Exterior view showing the construction of a single storey prefabricated Swedish House at 5 Childrey Way

Date:
1945
Location:
5 Childrey Way, East Challow, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire
Reference:
P/H00002/001
Type:
Photograph (Transparency)
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Description

5000 prefabricated timber houses were imported to the UK from Sweden between September 1945 and March 1946. They were erected in several locations including Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, Shorn, Kent and Over Stratton, Somerset.

Content

This is part of the Volume: PSA01/04/H00002 Ministry of Works, Swedish Houses; within the Sub Series: PSA01/04/H Housing; within the Series: PSA01/04 Negatives; within the Collection: PSA01 Property Services Agency

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Prefabricated House