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A council house, corporation house or council flat is a form of British public housing built by local authorities. A council estate is a building complex containing a number of council houses and othe
Semi-detached council house in Seacroft, Leeds, West Yorkshire
A mixture of council and ex-council housing (through Right to Buy scheme) in Hurlford, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Grade II listed Phoenix prefabs in Wake Green Road, Birmingham
1950s semi-detached PRC houses in Seacroft, Leeds, West Yorkshire
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
Council house
…war stopped all construction, and enemy action reduced the usable housing stock. The Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act 1944 led to the building of prefab bungalows with a design life of ten years. Innovative steel-framed properties were also tried in an attempt to speed up construction. A number survive…
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
BISF houses in Port Glasgow with modified (left) and original (right) cladding
Cornish Unit houses in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.