A collection of 18 black and white images of completed Spooner Type permanent homes in Preston, Yorkshire. The Spooner home was produced by Hull based manufacturer J L Spooner Ltd and was a timber framed, brick clad property. 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 Spooner method was one. Spooner also produced a temporary bungalow. It is likely that the homes were constructed on and around Oak Tree Estate in Preston.
The original Ministry of Works storage envelope lists operator as “D” and division as “A.D.W/A”
6 of the 18 images were catalogued and digitised as part of a 2020 project.
This is part of the Sub Series: PSA01/04/H Housing; within the Series: PSA01/04 Negatives; within the Collection: PSA01 Property Services Agency
Source: Historic England Archive
Brick, Timber, Mid 20th Century Prefabricated House, Domestic Interior
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