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Woolwich & Erith Site (Thamesmead), Stage III Local Centre, Blocks H1, H2

Block details

	Number of dwellings	Number of storeys
Harold Wilson House	72	8

one 8-storey block containing 72 dwellings

Agents

Building contractor:

Holland Hannen and Cubitt

Architects:

J.G.H.D. Cairns, P.A. Bottomley, N. Engleback, John Knight, R.E. Rigg, J.A. Robert, G.A. Comrie-Smith, P.A. Westwood

Events

Committee approval date:

1966

Construction start date:

1967

Construction completion date:

1973

Local authority

Original commissioning authority:

Greater London Council

Original location authority:

Greenwich London Borough Council

Present day authority:

Greenwich London Borough Council

Location

Postcode:

SE28 8BD

Other location names:

Arnott Close

References and links

• Surveyor 15-12-1962, 1519-20
• The Architects' Journal 12-12-1962, 1337-46
• Architect and Building News 12-12-1962, 871-2
• The Builder 14-12-1962, 1165-6
• Housing Review 1/2-1964, 22-25
• Housing Review 9/10-1969, 178-9
• The Architects' Yearbook Vol. 11 1965, 198-202
• The Architects' Yearbook Vol. 13 1971, 233-56
• Architectural Design 4-1966, 162
• Official Architecture and Planning 4-1967, 555
• The Architectural Review 1-1967, 20-1
• The Architectural Review 11-1967, 385-6
• Industrial Building Systems and Components 6-1968, 13-15
• Surveyor 3-2-1968, 55
• Surveyor 2-3-1968, 30
• Surveyor 16-3-1968, 66
• Concrete 11-1969, 436-40
• Architectural Design 1-1967, 26-7
• Architectural Design 11-1969, 602-13
• Building 17-5-1968, 128
• Journal Royal Society for the Promotion of Health 1/2-1971, 28-32
• Building Design 21-7-1972, 12-13
• The Architects' Journal 11-10-1972, 817-96

Site description

Building system:

Balency

Further Construction Details:

Single value-cost contract

1979
General view of Thamesmead