View from the construction of a prefabricated Swedish House Type D for the Ministry of Works, showing the laid plates for the ground floor joists

Date:
19 Oct 1945
Location:
Trowley Rise, Abbots Langley, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire
Reference:
P/H00054/002
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

It is difficult to determine where precisely these Swedish Houses were constructed. However, the first Swedish Houses in the UK were built in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire at some point on (or near) Trowley Rise.

Content

This is part of the Volume: PSA01/04/H00054 Erection of Ministry of Works Swedish House Type D at Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire; 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, Construction