Steel and metal-framed houses

Metal framed The AGB Modular 6 House The AGB Modular 6 house dates from the mid-1960s and represents a short-lived but distinctive form of British modular housing. Manufactured in 1965, this system was developed by… 3 min read → Metal framed The AIROH Temporary Bungalow The AIROH (Aircraft Industries Research Organisation on Housing) Temporary Bungalow, often referred to as the Aluminium Bungalow, is a form of post-war prefabricated housing… 3 min read → Metal framed The Aluminium House The Aluminium House is a rare form of non-traditional housing developed in the early post-war period. Constructed in 1950, it reflects a short-lived but highly innovative response… 3 min read → Metal framed The Arcal House The Arcal house is a form of system-built, non-traditional housing constructed in the UK between 1964 and 1970. Approximately 700 units were produced, primarily by Gee Walker &… 4 min read → Metal framed The Arcon House The Arcon house is a rare form of post-war non-traditional housing developed in 1947 during the acute housing shortage that followed the Second World War. Manufactured by Taylor… 4 min read → Metal framed The Arcon Temporary Bungalow The Arcon Temporary Bungalow, often referred to as the Arcon Mk V or simply a prefab, is a form of post-World War II prefabricated housing developed as an emergency response to… 3 min read → Metal framed The Arrowhead House The Arrowhead house, also known as Prowting, RFC, or Rigid Frame Construction, is a non-traditional residential property type developed in the UK during the mid-1960s… 4 min read → Flettons Photograph to follow Metal framed The Atherton House The Atherton house is a steel-framed house built in 1919, during the severe housing shortage that followed the First World War. It was designed by Atherton & Sharples, and only 24… 5 min read → Metal framed The Atholl 1926 House The Atholl 1926 house is a form of interwar non-traditional housing developed during the late 1920s. These properties were produced as part of a wider system-built housing… 4 min read → Metal framed The Atholl 1945 House The Atholl 1945 house is a post-war, non-traditional property type developed in response to the acute housing shortage following the Second World War. Manufactured by Atholl Steel… 3 min read → Metal framed The Atholl 1951 House The Atholl 1951 house is a post-war, non-traditional dwelling manufactured by Atholl Steel Houses Ltd between 1951 and 1955. Approximately 1,200 units were constructed as part of… 3 min read →

Flettons Photograph to follow Metal framed The B-J House The B-J house is a steel-framed, system-built house from 1946, built during the housing shortage that followed the Second World War. It was manufactured by B & J Structures Ltd… 6 min read → Metal framed The Beanland No 1 House The Beanland No 1 house is a form of post-war non-traditional housing developed in the 1940s in response to acute housing shortages following the Second World War. The system was… 3 min read → Metal framed The Birmingham Corporation House The Birmingham Corporation house is a rare post-war non-traditional property type designed by the Birmingham Corporation and manufactured by Hills Patent Glazing Ltd. Constructed… 3 min read → Metal framed The BISF Type A Houses The British Iron and Steel Federation (BISF) Type A house is a well-known form of post-war non-traditional housing developed to address severe housing shortages following the… 4 min read → Metal framed The BISF Type A1 House The British Iron & Steel Federation (BISF) Type A1 house is a steel-framed, system-built house from the years after the Second World War. It was one of the government's answers to… 7 min read → Metal framed The BISF Type B House The British Iron & Steel Federation (BISF) Type B house is a product of post-war reconstruction, developed to address the acute housing shortage following the Second World War… 3 min read → Metal framed The BISF Type C House The British Iron & Steel Federation (BISF) Type C house is a steel house from the 1940s, built during the severe housing shortage that followed the Second World War. It was… 6 min read → Metal framed The Braithwaite House The Braithwaite House, also known as the Unit Frame House, is a rare form of post-war non-traditional housing designed by F R S Yorke and manufactured by Braithwaite & Co. Ltd… 3 min read → Metal framed The British Housing House The British Housing house, also known as the Doxford or Lynn, is a form of non-traditional housing developed during the mid-1960s. These properties were manufactured by John Lynn… 4 min read → Metal framed The Buchan House The Buchan house is a rare form of post-war system-built housing constructed during 1945 and 1946. Manufactured by Johnston Bros. Ltd, only five examples were built, making this… 3 min read →

Metal framed The Conatus House The Conatus house is a distinct form of non-traditional housing introduced into the UK from 1974 onwards. Manufactured by Conatus Industries Ltd, these properties form part of a… 3 min read → Metal framed The Connell House The Connell House, also known as the Phoenix, is a rare post-war non-traditional house type developed immediately after the Second World War. Designed by Sam Bunton & Associates… 3 min read → Metal framed The Cornes House The Cornes house is a form of non-traditional, steel-framed housing developed in the mid-1960s. These properties were designed as part of a wider post-war drive for rapid housing… 3 min read → Metal framed The Coventry Corporation House The Coventry Corporation house, also referred to as the Radiation House, is a rare example of immediate post-war British housing. Designed by Donald E. Gibson and Edric Neel and… 4 min read → Metal framed The Craig Atholl House The Craig Atholl house is a rare non-traditional property type manufactured by Atholl Steel Houses Ltd and designed by Sam Bunton & Associates. Constructed in 1951, only four… 3 min read → Metal framed The Crane House The Crane House is an early 20th-century non-traditional house type designed by Alderman Crane and constructed between 1925 and 1926. Around 400 examples were built, primarily as… 3 min read → Metal framed The Cranwell House Cranwell houses are a form of post-war system-built housing developed in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Constructed between 1945 and 1948, they were intended to… 3 min read → Metal framed The Cruden House Cruden houses are a form of post-war non-traditional housing constructed between 1947 and 1950 by Cruden Houses Ltd. Around 3,000 units were built during a period of acute housing… 3 min read → Metal framed The Cussins House The Cussins house is a post-war system-built property manufactured by Cussins Ltd and constructed between 1945 and 1946. These houses were developed during the period of acute… 7 min read →

Metal framed The Denis Poulton House The Denis Poulton house is a rare non-traditional property type dating from the mid-1930s. Designed by Denis Poulton and constructed between 1936 and 1937, only around 30 examples… 3 min read → Metal framed The Dennis House The Dennis house is a post-war, non-traditional property type developed in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Manufactured by E B Dennis in 1945, these houses formed… 4 min read → Metal framed The Dennis-Wild House The Dennis-Wild house is a system-built form of non-traditional housing developed during the 1920s in response to acute housing shortages across the UK. Manufactured by James Wild… 3 min read → Metal framed The Discus House The Discus house is a distinctive form of non-traditional housing developed during the 1970s by Discus Research & Method Ltd. These properties were generally constructed as… 3 min read → Metal framed The Dorlonco House Dorlonco houses are an early form of system-built housing developed during the inter-war period. They were manufactured by Dorman Long & Co. Ltd and constructed between the early… 3 min read → Metal framed The Duplex Sheath House The Duplex Sheath house is a highly unusual non-traditional dwelling introduced in 1924 by the Duplex-Sheath Construction Co. Ltd. It represents an experimental approach to… 3 min read →

Metal framed The Falkiner-Nuttall House The Falkiner-Nuttall house is a distinctive form of post-war system-built housing introduced in 1947, developed during a period of acute housing shortage following the Second… 3 min read → Metal framed The Formula House The Formula house is a distinctive system-built property developed during the mid-1960s, specifically between 1966 and 1967. It emerged during a period of significant innovation… 4 min read →

Metal framed The Gateshead Corporation House The Gateshead Corporation house, also known as the Gateshead Experimental house, is a rare post-war property type developed by Gateshead Borough Council in 1950. Only four… 4 min read → Metal framed The Gee Walker & Slater House The Gee Walker & Slater house is a highly unusual post-war non-traditional property type manufactured in 1946. Only two examples were ever constructed, making this one of the… 3 min read → Flettons Photograph to follow Metal framed The Grenfell Baines House The Grenfell Baines house was built in 1945, at a time of significant housing shortage in the UK, when the drive was for rapid housing solutions. It was designed by the Grenfell… 6 min read → Metal framed The Grid House The Grid House, also known as RM housing, is a system-built form of residential construction developed during the mid-20th century. Designed and manufactured by Morrison and… 3 min read →

Metal framed The Hawthorn Leslie House The Hawthorn Leslie house, also known as HLB or Plasteel, is a system-built property type manufactured between 1964 and 1969. These homes were designed by P Keate and F Mould and… 6 min read → Metal framed The Hillcon House The Hillcon house, also referred to as the Hills house, is a rare form of post-war system-built housing constructed in the early 1950s. Designed by Hills Patent Glazing Co. Ltd… 3 min read → Metal framed The Hills Presweld House The Hills Presweld house is a post-war non-traditional property type developed during the 1940s in response to acute housing shortages. Manufactured by Hills (West Bromwich) Ltd… 3 min read → Metal framed The Hitchins House The Hitchins House is a rare post-war system-built property designed to address the acute housing shortage following the Second World War. Manufactured by Hitchins Steel Core… 3 min read → Metal framed The Homeville Industrialised House The Homeville Industrialised House is a post-war system-built property developed during the 1960s housing expansion. Manufactured by The Homeville Co. Ltd between 1963 and 1970… 3 min read →

Metal framed The IBIS House The IBIS house is a form of system-built, non-traditional housing developed during the 1960s in response to post-war housing shortages in the UK. Designed by A Gordon & Partners… 3 min read → Metal framed The Integer House The Integer House is a rare non-traditional property type developed during the 1960s, reflecting a period of experimentation with prefabricated systems and modern materials. Only… 3 min read →

Metal framed The Kelvin House The Kelvin House is a highly unusual and exceptionally rare non-traditional bungalow type manufactured in 1926. Only two semi-detached examples are known to have been constructed… 3 min read → Metal framed The Keyhouse Unibuilt House The Keyhouse Unibuilt house is a rare post-war system-built property developed in 1946 by Keyhouse Unibuilt Ltd. Designed by Richard Sheppard and G Grey Wornum, only four examples… 3 min read → Flettons Photograph to follow Metal framed The Kingstone House The Kingstone house, also known as the Tarran house, is a system-built house from the end of the Second World War. It was manufactured by Tarran Industries Ltd and built in 1945… 6 min read →

Metal framed The Langlands House The Langlands house is an exceptionally rare non-traditional property type dating from 1926. Only two semi-detached bungalows of this design were ever constructed, giving the type… 3 min read → Metal framed The Liverpool Corporation House Liverpool Corporation houses were developed during the 1920s as part of a municipal response to post-First World War housing shortages. Constructed by Liverpool Corporation, these… 3 min read → Metal framed The Livett-Cartwright House The Livett-Cartwright house, sometimes referred to as the Bell-Livett, is a form of post-war, non-traditional housing developed in response to acute shortages following the Second… 3 min read → Metal framed The Lowton-Cubitt House The Lowton-Cubitt house is a mid-20th century system-built property developed in response to post-war housing shortages. Manufactured between 1964 and the 1970s, approximately… 3 min read →

Metal framed The Minox House The Minox house, a distinctive property type in the UK, has a rich history and unique construction characteristics that make it a subject of interest for home buyers and investors… 7 min read → Metal framed The MOHLG 5M House The MOHLG 5M house, also known as the CLASP 5M, is a system-built property type developed during the 1960s by the Ministry of Housing & Local Government Development Group… 3 min read → Metal framed The Mucklow Plan House The Mucklow Plan house is a recognised form of non-traditional housing developed in the UK from 1965 onwards. Designed by Mucklow Plan Ltd and constructed by A & J Mucklow Group… 4 min read → Metal framed The Multispan House The Multispan house is a form of system-built housing developed during the 1960s in response to post-war housing demand across the UK. These properties were designed to be… 3 min read →

Metal framed The New Georgian House The New Georgian house is a rare post-war residential form developed during the 1940s. It reflects a period of reconstruction in the UK, combining modern structural methods with… 3 min read → Metal framed The Nissen-Petren House The Nissen-Petren house is a rare form of interwar non-traditional housing developed in the mid-1920s. Designed by Petter & Warren and manufactured by Nissen-Petren Houses Ltd… 3 min read → Flettons Photograph to follow Metal framed The Northern Ideal Homesteads House The Northern Ideal Homesteads house is a steel-framed, industrialised house built in 1966 by Northern Ideal Homesteads Ltd and the Land & Developments Group. It was built at a… 6 min read → Flettons Photograph to follow Metal framed The Nuttall Building System House The Nuttall Building System house is a steel-framed system house from the period after the Second World War. It was manufactured by Nuttall Houses (Richmond) Ltd and built between… 6 min read → Flettons Photograph to follow Metal framed The Nuttall Mk II House The Nuttall Mk II house is a steel-framed, system-built house constructed in 1964. It was manufactured by Nuttall Houses (Richmond) Ltd and designed by Steane Shipman & Associates… 6 min read →

Metal framed The Open System Building House Open System Building houses, also known as OSB, Poulson, or Dare houses, form a distinct group of non-traditional housing developed between 1967 and 1970. Designed by J G L… 3 min read →

Metal framed The Paragon House The Paragon House, also known as the Weir or Weir Paragon, is a post-war system-built dwelling developed in the mid-1940s by G & J Weir Ltd. Around 100 units were constructed… 3 min read → Metal framed The Phoenix Temporary Bungalow The Phoenix Temporary Bungalow is a post-war, non-traditional dwelling developed between 1945 and 1948 as part of the UK’s response to acute housing shortages following the Second… 3 min read → Metal framed The Portal Temporary Bungalow The Portal Temporary Bungalow, also referred to as the MOW Emergency or Prefab, is a rare example of post-war non-traditional housing in the UK. Designed in 1944 as a rapid… 3 min read → Flettons Photograph to follow Metal framed The Procol House The Procol house is a steel-framed, system-built house from the 1960s. It was designed by T Spencer & Partners and manufactured by Harrison Procol Systems Ltd, and it belongs to… 5 min read →

Metal framed The Quality House The Quality House is a distinctive post-war system-built property developed in 1945 by G & J Weir Ltd and designed by Cardonald Housing Corp. Ltd. Around 4,000 units were… 3 min read →

Metal framed The Reith House The Reith House is a rare form of non-traditional housing dating from 1926. These semi-detached bungalows were manufactured by John Cran & Somerville Ltd and represent an early… 3 min read → Metal framed The Resiform House Resiform houses are a rare form of system-built housing developed during the mid-1960s as part of the UK’s post-war drive for rapid residential construction. Only a very limited… 3 min read → Metal framed The Riley House The Riley House is a distinctive non-traditional property type developed in the 1940s as part of the post-war response to acute housing shortages. Only around 200 of these houses… 3 min read → Metal framed The Roften House The Roften House is a distinctive system-built property developed during the mid-20th century in response to the UK’s post-war housing shortage. Manufactured by Roften Homes Ltd… 3 min read → Metal framed The Rothschild House The Rothschild House, also known as Shamah Houses, represents a distinctive form of post-war British housing. Constructed between 1946 and 1948, these two-storey semi-detached… 3 min read → Flettons Photograph to follow Metal framed The Rotinoff House The Rotinoff house is an aluminium-framed, system-built house from 1945. It was designed by Patrick Abercrombie and R Nickson and manufactured by Rotinoff Construction Ltd. Only… 6 min read → Metal framed The RTB Temporary Bungalow The RTB Temporary Bungalow is a rare example of post-war prefabricated housing developed in the 1940s to address acute housing shortages following the Second World War… 3 min read → Flettons Photograph to follow Metal framed The Rubery Owen House The Rubery Owen house is a steel-framed, post-war house built in 1945, part of the wider effort to deal with the housing shortage that followed the Second World War. The houses… 5 min read →

Metal framed The Seco Temporary Bungalow The Seco house stands as a post-war system-built house type in the UK. Designed by R G Booth and manufactured by Selection Engineering Co. Ltd, these homes were constructed in… 6 min read → Metal framed The Span Type K House The Span Type K house was designed by the architect Eric Lyons and built by Span Developments Ltd between 1967 and 1969. A total of 341 were built. Lyons and Span set out to… 6 min read → Metal framed The Steane House The Steane house is a distinctive post-war non-traditional property type, recognised for its use of precast reinforced concrete components and steel framing. These houses were… 3 min read → Metal framed The Stewart & Lloyd House The Stewart & Lloyd house is a steel-framed house manufactured in 1945, when the end of the Second World War left the UK with a pressing need for housing that could be built… 5 min read → Metal framed The Stuart House The Stuart House is a form of post-war non-traditional housing developed between 1946 and 1950 by Stuart & Sons (Housing) Ltd. Around 2,500 properties were constructed, primarily… 3 min read → Metal framed The Symplex House The Symplex house is a form of system-built, non-traditional housing developed in the mid-1960s as part of wider efforts to address housing demand using industrialised… 3 min read →

Metal framed The Thames House The Thames House is a distinctive form of non-traditional housing developed during the 1940s in response to post-war housing demand. Designed by Joseph Emberton and manufactured… 3 min read → Metal framed The Thorncliffe House The Thorncliffe House is a rare non-traditional property type constructed in the late 1920s. Built between 1927 and 1928 by Newton Chambers & Co. Ltd, only around 600 examples… 3 min read → Metal framed The Trusteel 3M House The Trusteel 3M house is a form of post-war non-traditional housing developed during the 1960s to meet urgent demand for new homes. Manufactured by Trusteel Corporation… 3 min read → Metal framed The Trusteel MK II House The Trusteel MK II house is a form of post-war non-traditional construction developed between 1946 and 1966. Manufactured by Trusteel Corporation (Universal) Ltd and designed by C… 3 min read → Metal framed The Turner & Newall House Turner & Newall Ltd played a significant role in mid-20th century British construction, with a particular focus on industrialised building systems. In 1966, the company introduced… 3 min read →

Flettons Photograph to follow Metal framed The Unitroy Prototype Bungalow This guide covers the steel-framed Unitroy prototype of 1946. It is a different construction from the later precast concrete Unitroy house of the 1950s, and the two should not be… 5 min read → Metal framed The Universal Temporary Bungalow The Universal Temporary Bungalow, often referred to as a “Prefab” or “Universal Mk III”, is a form of non-traditional housing developed during the 1940s. These properties were… 3 min read → Metal framed The Universal Type I House The Universal Type I House is a rare form of post-war prefabricated housing developed in 1945 in response to acute housing shortages following the Second World War. Manufactured… 4 min read → Metal framed The Universal Type II House The Universal Type II house is a steel-framed, system-built house developed in the 1940s in response to the urgent housing need that followed the Second World War. It was built as… 4 min read →