The construction of a Swedish prefabricated house in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, showing workmen errecting its flat packed timber structure

Date:
1945
Location:
Trowley Rise, Abbots Langley, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire
Reference:
P/H00043/003
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, at some point on (or near) Trowley Rise.

Content

This is part of the Volume: PSA01/04/H00043 Erection of Ministry of Works Swedish House at Abbotts 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

Timber, Second World War Prefabricated House, Construction