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The BISF house is a type of steel-framed prefabricated house that was built in large numbers in England, Scotland and Wales from 1946. It was designed and produced by the British Iron and Steel Federa
Original (right) and externally cladded (left) BISF type houses at Moss Road and Bardrainney Avenue, Port Glasgow
New BISF house on a Ministry of Works experimental housing estate at Northolt
BISF houses on Ashcroft Road Tin Town, Luton
Prefabs were a major part of the delivery plan to address the United Kingdom's post–World War II housing shortage. They were envisaged by war-time prime minister Winston Churchill in March 1944, and l
BISF house
…in England, Scotland and Wales from 1946. It was designed and produced by the British Iron and Steel Federation (BISF), and was one of many types of prefabs in the United Kingdom used in national strategies to deal with the housing shortage after the end of World War II. BISF was an association of steel producers formed in 1934…
An AIROH prefab on permanent display at the St Fagans National Museum of History, as it would have appeared in 1950
Airey houses in Seacroft, Leeds
Cornish Unit houses in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.