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Industrial hostels for war workers at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Swynnerton, Stafford: a boiler house with fire-watching post and water tank

RIBA52323
Holford, William Graham, Baron (1907-1975)
NOTES: There were seven hostels built for the war workers in the vicinity of the factory.

Factory for Ilford Ltd, Paycocke Road, Basildon, Essex: the steel water tower and the boiler house

RIBA61318
Basildon Development Corporation. Department of Architecture & Planning
NOTES: Basildon, created from the conglomeration of four small villages, namely Pitsea, Laindon, Basildon and Vange, was designated a new town in 1948, together with the other London orbital developments of Stevenage, Harlow, Hemel Hempstead and Bracknell. The development of the New Towns, built after World War II to ease overcrowding in London, was overseen by Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin (1888-1972), the Minister for Town and Country Planning from 1945 to 1950. Anthony Davies was the Chief Architect for the Basildon Development Corporation.

Aladdin Factory, Western Avenue, Greenford, London

RIBA72656
Nicholas & Dixon-Spain
NOTES: The central feature of this factory is the water tower, which provides the water storage for the factory, pumped from an artesian well 450 feet deep.

Bousfield Primary School, South Bolton Gardens, Old Brompton Road, Kensington, London: the junior teaching block and the yellow concrete water tank

RIBA76556
Chamberlin Powell & Bon
NOTES: This largely prefabricated school was designed on a modular basis by Chamberlin, Powell & Bon in 1954-1956 for the London County Council.
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