Exterior view showing a prefabricated Swedish House under construction in an unidentified location
- Date:
- 1945
- Reference:
- P/H00002/005
- Type:
- Photograph (Transparency)
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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
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
Source: Historic England Archive
Mid 20th Century Prefabricated House
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