11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate :: Shared Description

An A-listed large warehouse block designed in 1949-50 by Stewart Sim, Ministry of Works architect. It used pioneering methods of pre-stressed concrete frame construction, with prestressed floor beams on piloti columns
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I’m not sure if HMSO [now TSO – The Stationery Office] has any presence in this building now; possibly not. It is now used, at least in part, by a self-storage company, but for listing purposes is still referred to as ‘HMSO Store’. Adding to possible confusion on many listing websites, the address is given wrongly as on Bankhead Crossway South, with wrong coordinates that place it about 300m south east in a biscuit factory.
by M J Richardson
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NT1871 : 11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate by M J Richardson
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NT1871 : 11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate by M J Richardson
NT1871 : 11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate by M J Richardson
NT1871 : 11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate by M J Richardson
NT1871 : 11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate by M J Richardson


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Created: Fri, 10 Feb 2017, Updated: Sat, 11 Feb 2017

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