Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, Southwark, London

Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, Southwark, London - A panoramic view from the north-west showing the Aylesbury Estate during construction_x000D_
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Laing's Southern Region started building the Aylesbury Estate in 1967. At the time it was the largest industrialised housing scheme ever undertaken by a London Borough, providing homes for more than 7000 people, comprising of low and high-rise linear blocks from four to fourteen-storeys high containing flats and maisonettes, built using the 12M Jespersen system. The photograph may have been taken from the top of the Studland tower block at the junction of Portland Street with Trafalgar Street in Walworth

7000 Aylesbury Blocks Borough Builder Comprising Construction X000d Containing Cranes Flats High-rise Industrialised Jespersen Junction Laing Laings Linear Maisonettes North-west Portland Providing Roofscape Scheme Southwark Studland Trafalgar Undertaken Walworth X000d

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