Volume: Ministry of Works Orlit prefabricated bungalows, Stanwell, Surrey

Date:: 19 Mar 1947

Location:: Stanwell, Spelthorne, Surrey

Reference:: PSA01/04/H00139

Type:: Volume containing Photographic material

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Description

A collection of 6 black and white negatives showing completed Orlit prefabricated bungalows in Stanwell, Surrey. It is unclear where exactly the bungalows were located within Stanwell. The properties were designed by a Czech architect called Erwin Katona, with around 17,000 built in the UK. Only around 255 bungalows were constructed as part of the Temporary Housing Programme, with more prefabricated homes constructed after this date. The Temporary Housing Act of 1944/5 was intended to alleviate the acute housing shortages of the immediate postwar years. The Ministry of Works was the government department tasked with the organisation and efficiency of the push for housing construction. A number of individual designs and constructions methods for housing were built during the 1940s, of which the Orlit method was one. The prefabricated construction method involved precast concrete frames and panels that were assembled on site.

The original Ministry of Works storage envelope lists the division as "D.D.T.H" and the operator as “B”.

2 of the 6 images were catalogued and digitised as part of a 2020 project.

Content

This is part of the Sub Series: PSA01/04/H Housing; within the Series: PSA01/04 Negatives; within the Collection: PSA01 Property Services Agency

This Volume is divided into 3 Child Records

This Volume contains the following materials:

Photograph (Negative): 6

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Creator of Archive: Katona, Erwin: Ministry Of Works

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Prefabricated House, Mid 20th Century Bungalow