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Selleck Nicholls Williams

From Graces Guide
1978. Cornish Bungalow.

of St. Austell

Quarrymen and suppliers of clay and minerals

formerly Selleck Nicholls and Co

1961 Name changed to Selleck Nicholls Williams Ltd

1964 Mr. J. H. Shennan, a director of Selleck Nicholls Williams Ltd.[1]

1967 Name changed to Selleck Nicholls Williams (ECC) Ltd; the company were in the business of builders and developers.

1967 Two systems of industrialised housing - The "X.W. system" - it stands for cross-wall construction - and the other "R.T. construction" is a rationalised traditional system in which parts of traditional building are industrialised. 'It is the "X.W." which is most interesting. The construction uses precision made precast concrete exposed-aggregate panels two storeys high made at the Gothers works or at Crofts in Leicestershire, another subsidiary of English China Clays. The internal walls are cast on the slab which forms the floor of the downstairs rooms and are lifted into position. The space between the exterior panels is filled by prefabricated timber work including doors and windows made at John Williams works. And a great deal of the plumbing and electrical wiring is prefabricated.' Transported to the site by Heavy Transport Ltd. another subsidiary of the group.[2]

1967 Mr. J. L. Williams, managing director of Selleck Nicholls Williams Ltd.[3]

1970 Award for split-level house.[4]

1978 Advertising Cornish Bungalows.[5]

1986 Became ECC Construction Ltd

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Sources of Information

  1. Sleaford Standard - Friday 29 May 1964
  2. Cornish Guardian - Thursday 16 February 1967
  3. Cornish Guardian - Thursday 16 March 1967
  4. Cornish Guardian - Thursday 26 February 1970
  5. Carmarthen Journal - Friday 24 March 1978
  • Companies house filings