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Lenscrete Ltd

Location:

Lenscrete Ltd in 1936 Architect's Standard Catalogue
Architect's Standard Catalogue · 1936
  • 11 Buckingham Gate, S.W.1; Phone Victoria 5340 [1936]
  • Queens Circus, London, S.W.8; Phone Macaulay 1063 (4 lines) [1959]
  • Telegrams "Lenscrete, Claproad," London

Timeline:

  • 1936 - Architect's Standard Catalogue listing
  • 1946 - John Baldock joins board
  • 1959 - Laxton's and Lockwood's listing
  • 1967 - Acquired by Luxfer Pavement Lights Ltd

Products:

  • Glass & Ferro-concrete construction: Roof Lights, Canopies, Pavement Lights, Windows, Stallboards

Paper:

Gallery:

Lenscrete Specification Card No. 2
7 cm × 6 cm
Lenscrete Specification Card No. 2  
LENSCRETE SPECIFICATION CARDS

A SERIES OF 48 (BY REQUEST)
No. 2
TYPE : Reinforcements de Luxe.
USE : On special occasions—
SUCH AS : Xmas.
TESTS : Non-fireproof, and we hope,
better than ever.
GUARANTEED  
LOAD :
"LENSCRETE'S" VERY BEST
WISHES for a MERRY XMAS
and a PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
On reverse side:
Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd.,
New Southgate, N.11.
Roof: 300'0" × 60'0"
4,500 ft. super of "Lenscrete" ferro-concrete roof lights
containing 4,000 lenses, 10" diam. × 1" thick, designed
to ensure that the maximum angle of light is collected
and re-distributed as perfectly diffused daylight over
a wide area.
Consulting Engineers for Reinforced Concrete
Considere Constructions, Ltd.
Contractors: Humphreys Ltd.
ISSUED BY LENSCRETE LTD. 11, BUCKINGHAM GATE, S.W.1.