Anthony Minoprio
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Charles Anthony Minoprio was a British architect and town planner. Much of his early work was in partnership with Hugh Spencely, a friend since they attended Harrow School together. Later he worked mo
Fairacres, Roehampton
Crawley Development Corporation was set up in February 1947 by the Government of the United Kingdom to establish, administer and control the development of the New Town of Crawley in accordance with t
Anthony Minoprio
…elements of it made their way into the 1952 Development Plan for the County of Essex which guided Chelmsford's later development. Three years later, Crawley Development Corporation appointed him as consultant planner in place of Thomas Wilfred Sharp after the latter's sudden decision to resign soon after submitting his master…
Crawley Development Corporation used Broadfield House, a 19th-century villa, as its headquarters
The public inquiry into Crawley's New Town designation took place at the Montefiore Institute in November 1946; meanwhile, the committee which became the Development Corporation had already been formed.
Smalls Mead in the West Green neighbourhood was the first residential street built by the Development Corporation.
Most of the Corporation's housing stock consisted of "Group I" houses. Many were terraced or semi-detached, as here at Paddockhurst Road in Gossops Green.