Sujet

Paternoster Square, City of London, 14/12/1962. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

Paternoster Square, City of London, 14/12/1962. Looking up at a tower crane against a maze of scaffolding during the construction of the Paternoster development. Work on the Paternoster development was carried out in a joint venture by John Laing Construction Limited, Trollope and Colls Limited, and George Wimpey and Company Limited. The scheme involved the redevelopment of a seven acre site on the north side of St Paul’s Cathedral. The site had been almost entirely devastated during an incendiary raid in December 1940. The development consisted of a series of office blocks, a shopping precinct, an extensive piazza and a three-level car park. The various blocks were named after former Bishops of London. The tallest block was 18-storeys in height and was called Sudbury House. The three 10-storey blocks were Courtenay, Walden and Grendall Houses, and the five-storey blocks were Laud, Sheldon and Bancroft Houses.

Date

1962

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM22A00_079

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

63,2Mo (2,4Mo) / 33,6cm x 47,2cm / 3966 x 5574 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building England development square architecture country construction site scaffold scaffolding British crane cranes English building site location century city of london Britain concept B&W Sixties Construction Industry tower Crane redevelopment black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century Paternoster Square TGN photograph Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc John Laing & Co John Laing and Company John Laing & Company John Laing and Co