Ledbury Estate

[1] The Ledbury blocks were constructed between 1968 and 1970 using a method called large panel system, in which giant concrete sections were bolted together on site.

Many companies produced these building systems, including Tracoba, Camus and Sectra in France, and Jespersen, Skarne and Larsen-Nielsen in Scandinavia.

British construction firms such as John Laing and Taylor Woodrow-Anglian used these systems, working for local housing authorities to quickly produce the new homes that were a political necessity in the 1960s.

[2] They are the form of an H, there are two flats on each of the long (28m) walls connected by a narrow central service area where one finds the lifts and stairs and a disused drying room.

The Ledbury Action Group was formed to voice these concerns to Southwark Council, but that little was done until the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower Fire.

[2] Following residents insistence post-Grenfell Ove Arup, was then commissioned by Southwark Council to conduct a structural report.