Cornish Unit Homes : advert in Daily Mail Royal Tour Souvenir, 1954
An interesting advert for the Cornish Unit Homes system marketed by Sellick, Nicholls & Co Ltd of St Austell, Cornwall, who were effectively the construction arm of the conglomerate English Clays Lovering Pochin & Co Ltd. The main company had been formed from a 1930s amalgamation of several china clay concerns, including the English China Clays Co that was itself a merger of three companies formed in 1919.
Selleck Nicholls Williams had been acquired in 1945 and the company performed well in the post-war years with the need for new housing stock due to both war damage and slum clearances. "Unit" type construction, often using pre-fabricated sections or components, were widely trialled and the Cornish Unit was effectively a form of this - the concrete used was produced from the spoil from the clay pits. By the early 1950s they were one of the most numerous of such construction types and over 30,000 were produced and constructed both for private and municipal clients. The third example seen here is for the City of Hereford and it displays the Mansard style roof line that is typical of Cornish Units homes.
Cornish Unit Homes : advert in Daily Mail Royal Tour Souvenir, 1954
An interesting advert for the Cornish Unit Homes system marketed by Sellick, Nicholls & Co Ltd of St Austell, Cornwall, who were effectively the construction arm of the conglomerate English Clays Lovering Pochin & Co Ltd. The main company had been formed from a 1930s amalgamation of several china clay concerns, including the English China Clays Co that was itself a merger of three companies formed in 1919.
Selleck Nicholls Williams had been acquired in 1945 and the company performed well in the post-war years with the need for new housing stock due to both war damage and slum clearances. "Unit" type construction, often using pre-fabricated sections or components, were widely trialled and the Cornish Unit was effectively a form of this - the concrete used was produced from the spoil from the clay pits. By the early 1950s they were one of the most numerous of such construction types and over 30,000 were produced and constructed both for private and municipal clients. The third example seen here is for the City of Hereford and it displays the Mansard style roof line that is typical of Cornish Units homes.