A view from the north-east showing Carless House, a block of Easiform maisonettes, with Merry Hill Court, a multi-storey block of Sectra flats behind

Date:
6 Jan 1968
Location:
Carless House, Smethwick, Sandwell
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Merry Hill Court, Vittoria Street, Smethwick, Sandwell
Reference:
JLP01/08/077780
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Laing's Birmingham Region built 60 four-storey Easiform maisonettes and one 16-storey block of Sectra flats on this site for the Borough of Warley with work starting on the tower block in 1966. The maisonettes and tower block have subsequently been demolished.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Flats, Mid 20th Century Maisonette