Ledbury’s sibling Aintree Estate in Hammersmith & Fulham facing similar crisis
It has been revealed that a further two Taylor Woodrow Anglian Large Panel System tower blocks built as part of the ‘Morris Walk Series’ (a programme to build 1800 flats in inner London boroughs under the GLC) are facing the same issues as the Ledbury Estate. At a Southwark Council Housing Scrutiny Committee meeting held on Wednesday 31st January 2018 at Southwark Tooley Street Headquarters, Southwark’s Head Of Engineering Tony Hunter revealed that the Southwark team had met
Taylor Woodrow Anglian Large Panel Systems - A History by Sam Webb
Sam Webb (RIBA) undertook significant research into the construction of the Ronan Point tower block and other "Large Panel System" buildings following the collapse of the flats after a gas explosion in 1968. This piece is an open letter by Webb relating to Lannoy and Hartopp points, two TWA blocks on the Aintree Estate in Hammersmith and Fulham. The very same issues apply at the Ledbury Estate, which is also part of the ‘Morris Walk series’. INTRODUCTION
I first became aware
