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Lanchester Rural District Council

Reference: RD/La Catalogue Title: Lanchester Rural District Council Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Council housing

Covering Dates: 1919 - 1954

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Lanchester Rural District Council - Council housing (Ref: RD/La)Specifications, bills of quantities and estimates (Ref: RD/La 174/1-4)

Specification for proposed conversion of Army huts into dwelling houses at Burnhope Colliery, 27 January 1920
(1 file)


Estimates and specifications for council houses on Durham Road, Lanchester, 1 April 1919- 12 August 1920
(1 file)


Estimates and specifications for council bungalows in Langley Park, 5 December 1919- 26 July 1920
(1 file)


Specification and bill of quantities for advance site preparation for 20 houses at Castleside, 20 July 1954
(1 file)


Bills of quantities for the erection of one standard pair of semi-detached houses at Castleside, 26 July 1954
(1 file)


Bills of quantities for the erection of one standard block of two aged and single persons bungalows at Castleside, 26 July 1954
(1 file)

Plans (Ref: RD/La 175)Lanchester (Ref: RD/La 175/1/1-7)

Plan showing an area by Durham Road, Lanchester where council houses are planned to be built, 2 September 1919
(1 plan, 33 cm x 20 cm, waxed paper backed with linen, ink)


Plan showing the layout of council houses at Durham Road, Lanchester, 12 May 1920
(plan, 125 cm x 28.5 cm, paper backed with linen, coloured)


Elevation, ground, section and first floor plans of a class 'B' house at Durham Road, Lanchester, July 1920
(1 plan, 59 cm x 35 cm, waxed paper backed with linen)


Layout for first 20 council houses at Durham Road, Lanchester, 29 November 1920
(1 plan, 77 cm x 30.5 cm, paper backed with linen, coloured)


Section, ground plan and south east elevation plans of proposed bungalows at Durham Road, Lanchester, 9 December 1921
(1 plan, 48 cm x 34 cm, waxed paper backed with linen)


Amended layout for Durham Road, Lanchester, 29 November 1923
(1 plan, 40 cm x 37 cm, paper backed with linen, coloured)


Plan of bungalow 'C' type, Durham Road, Lanchester, 7 January 1924
(1 plan, 50 cm x 31 cm, waxed paper backed with linen)

Langley Park (Ref: RD/La 175/2/1-3)

Layout of council houses on the Main Road in Langley Park, 17 December 1919
(1 plan, 40 cm x 29 cm)


Layout plan and sections of streets and sewers in Langley Park, 17 December 1919
(1 plan, 57 cm x 45 cm, waxed paper, backed with linen, ink)


Layout plan and sections of streets and sewers in Langley Park, 26 July 1920
(1 plan, 54 cm x 46 cm, waxed paper, backed with linen, ink)