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1940s British Social Housing
Below is a selection of British social housing from the 1940s.
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The Portal prefabricated house: the rear elevation
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NOTES: F.R.S. Yorke was the consulting architect for this factory-made steel-clad house commissioned by the Ministry of Works. The house derived its name from Baron Portal, of Laverstoke in the County of Southampton (later Viscount Portal), who served as Minister of Works during World War II.
Ministry of Works Demonstration Housing at Northolt, London: street view of the two types of houses
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NOTES: Thirteen part-prefabricated houses were built for the Ministry of Works at Northolt to show alternative types of materials, plans and construction. The steel frame and cladding were designed by Frederick Gibberd and built by the British Iron and Steel Federation.
Needwood House, Woodberry Down Estate, Stoke Newington, London
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NOTES: Construction on this low-cost housing estate began in 1946 and on its completion in 1962, fifty-seven blocks had been erected on the 64 acre site that had previously been dairy farmland.
Ocean Estate, Stepney, London
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NOTES: An example of housing planned before the Second World War and carried out by the Valuer's Department after 1945.
Harold Hill Estate, Romford, London
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NOTES: This is one of the estates built by the Valuer's Department of the London County Council from 1945-1951.