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Homes built around a load-bearing timber frame, often made up in panels off site. 129 house types, each with how it was built, what to look out for and what it means when you buy.
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- 129 house types
- Updated July 2026
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The Anchor 12M House
The Anchor 12M house is a system-built residential property developed during the late 1960s and early 1970s in response to post-war housing demand. Constructed between 1967 and…
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The Andover House
The Andover House is a non-traditional timber-framed bungalow developed during the 1960s by the Andover Timber Co. Ltd. Often referred to as the Fyfield type, these properties…
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The Anvil House
The Anvil House is a distinctive non-traditional property type manufactured by Anvil Enterprises Ltd between 1965 and 1979. Also known as the Anvil 6B or Kilpeck, approximately…
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The Arbor House
The Arbor House is a distinctive non-traditional property type found across parts of the UK. Recognised for its timber frame construction and varied external finishes, it reflects…
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Arcal Houses
The Arcal house is a system-built form of non-traditional housing developed in the 1960s. Designed and manufactured by Gee Walker & Slater, this construction type formed part of a…
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Arrowtrim Houses
The Arrowtrim house, also known as the Prowting house, is a form of system-built housing developed in the late 1960s. These properties reflect a period of rapid construction…
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The Bennett Bungalow
The Bennett House is a distinctive form of non-traditional housing constructed in the mid-1960s. Designed and manufactured by H W Bennett Ltd in 1965, these properties were…
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The Boro House
The Boro house, also referred to as Borohus or Enso Gutzeit, represents a distinct form of non-traditional housing introduced in the late 1960s. These properties were constructed…
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The Boulton & Paul House
Boulton & Paul houses are early 20th-century non-traditional dwellings manufactured from the late 1890s onwards. Produced by the Norwich-based firm Boulton & Paul, these…
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The Bricket Wood Special House
The Bricket Wood Special house is a rare form of non-traditional residential construction dating from 1929. Only four examples were built, all as semi-detached chalet bungalows…
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The Bullock House
The Bullock house is a system-built form of non-traditional housing developed during the late 1960s. Manufactured by D T Bullock & Co. Ltd, these properties reflect the…
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The Bur-Pal House
The Bur-Pal house is a distinctive early 20th-century system-built property developed during the 1920s in response to growing demand for affordable housing. Its design reflects…
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The Burt Boulton House
The Burt Boulton house is a distinctive form of non-traditional, system-built housing developed in the mid-1970s. Designed by H K Harwood and manufactured by Burt Boulton Ltd…
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The Calder Homes
The Calder House is a system-built residential property developed during the mid-1960s. Constructed between 1964 and 1967 by Calders Ltd, with designs produced by Harding and…
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The Caldervale House
The Caldervale house is a rare form of non-traditional housing dating from the mid-1960s. Built in 1965 by Caldervale Construction Co. Ltd, only around ten examples were…
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The Calverley Type I House
The Calverley Type I house, also referred to as the Calverley Modular or CM, is a non-traditional system-built property developed during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Designed…
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Calverley Type II House
The Calverley Type II house is a system-built form of non-traditional housing constructed in the late 1960s as part of wider post-war efforts to address housing shortages. Built…
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The Cameron House
The Cameron House is a distinctive non-traditional property type developed in the early 1970s as part of the UK’s post-war housing programme. Manufactured by Donald Cameron Ltd…
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Canadian Demonstration Homes
The Canadian Demonstration Homes, also known as Canadian Timber, were built in 1965 as part of an experimental initiative to show what newer construction techniques could do. Only…
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The Canadian Timber Type I House
The Canadian Timber Type I house dates from the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, when the UK faced a severe housing shortage. Only 90 were built, between 1946 and…
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The Caspon House
The Caspon house is a system-built timber-framed house manufactured by J L Spooner (Hull) Ltd to designs by D C H Jenkin. Around 5,500 were built between 1964 and 1980, meeting…
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Cedar Homes
Cedar Homes are a system-built, timber-framed type that appeared in the UK in the mid-twentieth century, built from 1955 onwards. They were manufactured by Guildway Ltd and…
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Cedarworth Homes
Cedarworth Homes are a system-built timber type from the UK's post-war housing boom. They were manufactured by Worth Buildings Ltd between 1962 and 1970, and are also known as…
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The Celtic Homes House
Celtic Homes houses are timber-framed, system-built houses of the 1960s, produced by Celtic Homes Ltd. The company set out to address the housing shortage with new designs and…
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The Challow House
The Challow house, also known as the Challowette, is a system-built timber-framed bungalow from 1967. It was designed by D W Chitty & Partners and J R Swift and manufactured by W…
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The Colt House
The Colt house is a system-built timber house manufactured by W H Colt, Son & Co. Ltd to designs by A L Osborne and built between 1965 and 1975. It came out of a period of…
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The Cowieson House
The Cowieson house is a steel-clad, timber-framed, system-built house from 1926 to 1927, manufactured by F D Cowieson & Co. Ltd. 500 were built.
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The Czechoslovakian Timber House
The Czechoslovakian Timber house is a timber-framed house from the period immediately after the Second World War. It was built between 1946 and 1947 in a limited production run…
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The Devon Lady House
The Devon Lady house is a timber-framed house manufactured by Devon Lady (Honiton) Ltd from 1959 onward. It is also known as the Compton or System DL. The type came out of a…
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The Douglas Special House
The Douglas Special house was designed by A H Mottram and built in 1944, during the severe housing shortage caused by the Second World War. Only 64 were built. The houses are…
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The Edgell House
The Edgell house is a timber-framed detached bungalow of the 1960s, manufactured by W & A Edgell (Radstock) Ltd. It was one of a number of system-built types produced to meet the…
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The Eklectron House
The Eklectron house is a system-built timber bungalow produced by the Eklectron System of Prefabrication in 1969, a period of growth in prefabricated housing. The system aimed to…
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The Elementhus House
The Elementhus house is a system-built, prefabricated timber house from the 1960s. It was designed by Lennart Bergvall and manufactured by AB Bostadsforskning, a Swedish company…
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The Elsworthy House
The Elsworthy house is a system-built timber-framed house of the 1960s, designed by M Lyell Associates and manufactured by Elsworthy Ltd. Around 500 were built, spread across the…
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The Engineered Homes House
Engineered Homes are system-built timber-framed houses manufactured by Engineered Homes (Great Britain) Ltd and built between 1966 and 1971. They were designed by R Griffiths, I…
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The Eurodean House
The Eurodean house is a timber-framed, system-built house from the 1970s, manufactured by Eurodean Construction Ltd and also known as the Dean. It came from a period of new…
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The Facta House
The Facta house is a system-built timber-framed house constructed between 1967 and 1972 by Modern Building (Wales) Ltd, a company known for its new approaches to residential…
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The Faculty House
The Faculty house is a timber-framed house from the 1960s, a period of new approaches to housing driven by demand for affordable homes. It was manufactured by Dudley Coles Long…
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The Federated System 2 House
The Federated System 2 house is a timber-framed, system-built house constructed by Federated Contractors Ltd in 1968. It belongs to the period when the need for quick and…
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The Flexi House
The Flexi house is a timber-framed house from the 1960s, manufactured by Flexi House Developments Ltd to a design by Myle, Bust & Simmonaes. It was built as a detached bungalow…
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The Fontaberry House
The Fontaberry house is a timber-framed house of the late 1960s, built mainly in 1967. It was manufactured by Fontaberry Insulated Homes Ltd and designed by K Sargant, and the…
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The Forfar Borough House
The Forfar Borough house is a timber-framed terraced house built in 1965 to a design by the Forfar Borough Architect. A total of 100 were built. The construction was carried out…
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The Frameform House
The Frameform house is a system-built timber-framed house built mainly between 1965 and 1975. It was manufactured by James Riley and Associates to designs by D G Jones, and around…
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The Fredericks Cedarwood House
The Fredericks Cedarwood house is a system-built timber bungalow from the 1960s, designed by Maurice R Day & Associates and manufactured by Fredericks & Pelhams Timber Buildings…
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The Fredericks Frame System House
The Fredericks Frame System house is a timber-framed system-built house of the 1960s, manufactured by Fredericks & Pelhams Timber Buildings Ltd. Only 50 were built. The type is…
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The G Block Watne House
The G Block Watne house is a timber-framed, system-built house from the 1970s, built between 1970 and 1975 by Bush Properties Ltd and G B Watne. A total of 750 were built. The…
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The Grenfell Baines House
The Grenfell Baines house is a timber-framed, system-built house from 1945, built in the aftermath of the Second World War when there was a pressing need for rapid housing. It was…
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The Hallam Mk I and Mk II Houses
The Hallam Mk I and Mk II houses are system-built, timber-framed houses designed by S A Roe and manufactured by Vic Hallam Ltd between 1963 and 1970. They were built at a time…
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The Hallam Mk III House
The Hallam Mk III is a system-built timber-framed house from 1965 to 1975, a decade of rapid urban development and pressing demand for affordable housing. Around 8,000 were built…
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The Hallam Volumetric House
The Hallam Volumetric house is a system-built timber-framed house manufactured by Vic Hallam Ltd between 1972 and 1975. Approximately 2,000 were built, as bungalows and two-storey…
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The Harvey Frame House
The Harvey Frame house is a timber-framed, system-built bungalow built mainly in 1969. It was manufactured by Harveys (Structural Services) Ltd and designed by M Seal &…
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The Hertfordshire County Council House
The Hertfordshire County Council house is an early twentieth-century timber-framed house, built in 1921. The houses were manufactured by Botsford, Vale & Wightman Ltd to a design…
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The Hultsfreds House
The Hultsfreds house is a system-built timber house from the 1970s, manufactured by AB Hultsfreds Industrierna and Western Timber Co. Ltd, both of which brought timber…
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The Humphreys House
The Humphreys house is a timber-framed system-built house from 1968 to 1970, developed by Humphreys Homes Ltd with design by Hubbard Ford & Partners. Only 50 were built. The type…
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The Kier BDC House
The Kier BDC house is a system-built timber-framed house from the 1960s. It was built by Kier Ltd to designs by Hughes Lomax and Adutt, as part of the wider 1960s movement to…
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The Lanark County Council House
Lanark County Council houses are timber-framed, system-built homes from the 1940s, built in response to the urgent need for affordable housing after the Second World War. Speed…
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The Langlands Bungalow
The Langlands Bungalow is a timber-framed bungalow dating from 1926, a period of new approaches to meeting the growing demand for affordable homes. Only 20 were built, which makes…
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The Langlands Terrazzo House
The Langlands Terrazzo house is an early twentieth-century timber-framed bungalow, built in 1926 during a period of new building techniques. Only two were built, as a pair of…
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The Lawrence House
The Lawrence house is a timber-framed system-built house from 1966, developed by Walter Lawrence & Son Ltd. The design was a collaboration between the architects Booth Ledeboer &…
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The LCC Mobile House
The LCC Mobile house is a timber-framed, system-built bungalow from the 1960s. It came out of a period of rapid urban development and a pressing need for affordable housing, as…
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The Linton Mobile House
The Linton Mobile house is a system-built timber-framed house manufactured by Linton System Buildings Ltd to a design by R Cheshire, and built between 1965 and 1970. It is also…
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The Liverpool Special House
The Liverpool Special house dates from the 1920s, a period of severe housing shortage and rapid urban expansion, when new construction methods were adopted to meet demand. The…
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The Lovell House
The Lovell house is a timber-framed, system-built house constructed between 1967 and 1979, as part of a broader effort to address housing shortages in the UK. It was manufactured…
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The Macrae Plus House
The Macrae Plus house is a volumetric timber-framed house of the 1970s, produced by Hugh Macrae & Sons Ltd at a time of rapid housing development, when demand for affordable and…
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The Mactrad House
The Mactrad house is a system-built, timber-framed house built between 1964 and 1971 by John Maclean & Sons Ltd to designs by E N Hall. Around 3,200 were built, a figure that…
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The Maple Leaf House
The Maple Leaf house is a timber-framed house built in 1966 by Maple Leaf Homes Ltd, during a period of architectural experimentation in the mid-twentieth century. Only eight were…
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The McAlpine House
The McAlpine house was built in 1945 by Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons, and only two were ever built. It is also known as the Westminster. The houses are two-storey and semi-detached.
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The McDonald House
The McDonald house is a timber-framed, system-built house of the late 1920s, designed and manufactured by J McDonald (Contractors) Ltd. Approximately 1,000 were built between 1926…
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The MeTraTim House
The MeTraTim house is a system-built timber-framed house from the mid-1960s, a period of rapid urban development and new construction techniques. The houses were manufactured by…
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The Meyer House
The Meyer house is a system-built timber-framed house constructed between 1969 and 1979. It was manufactured by Montague L Meyer Ltd and designed by the Montague L Meyer Technical…
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The MHC House
The MHC house was produced by the Midlands Housing Consortium between 1965 and 1975, as part of a wider initiative to address the post-war housing shortage. The design is credited…
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The Miller House
The Miller house is a timber-framed, system-built house manufactured by Miller Construction (Northern) Ltd to a design by G Taylor, and built from 1965 into the 1970s…
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The Moelven Brug House
The Moelven Brug house is a system-built timber-framed house manufactured by Barratt Developments between 1965 and 1975. It is also known as the Barratt, the Norwegian Timber…
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The MOHLG House
The MOHLG house is a timber-framed, system-built house designed by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Development Group, with Patricia Tindale playing a central role in…
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The Multigrid House
The Multigrid house is a timber-framed, system-built house constructed between 1959 and 1967. It was produced by the Weir Housing Corporation Ltd to a design by J Gray, and…
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The Newcastle Corporation House
The Newcastle Corporation house, also known as the Norwegian Timber house, is a timber-framed house built in 1927. Only 100 were built. The houses were part of a broader effort at…
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The Nokkelhus House
The Nokkelhus house is a timber-framed, system-built house of the 1970s, a period of strong demand for affordable housing that could be built quickly and economically. It was…
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The Norwegian Log House
The Norwegian Log house, often called the Norlog, was built mainly in the 1960s and manufactured by the Norwegian Log Construction Co. Ltd, the company that brought this style of…
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Peak Homes
Peak Homes are a system-built, timber-framed type built between 1967 and 1970. They were manufactured by Industrial Building Services (Northern) Ltd to designs by D Thornhill…
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The Perren House
The Perren house is a detached bungalow manufactured by J Perren in 1946, as the country emerged from the Second World War with an immense demand for housing and a need for new…
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The Prestoplan House
The Prestoplan house is a system-built timber-framed house of the 1970s, manufactured by Prestoplan Homes Ltd at a time of demand for quick and cost-effective housing…
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The Purpose Built Type I House
The Purpose Built Type I house is a timber-framed, system-built house built between 1966 and 1979. It was designed by A W Penn and manufactured by Purpose Built Ltd, and…
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The Purpose Built Type II House
The Purpose Built Type II house is a timber-framed, system-built house from the early 1970s. It was manufactured by Purpose Built Ltd to a design by A W Penn, and 1,000 were built…
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The Puutalo House
The Puutalo house is a system-built, timber-framed house from the 1960s, a period of strong demand for affordable homes that could be built quickly. The houses were manufactured…
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Reeves Frame Houses
The Reeves Frame house is a form of system-built housing constructed in the UK during the mid-20th century. Manufactured by Reeves Timber Engineering Ltd, these properties were…
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The Resiform House
The Resiform house is a system-built, timber-framed house from the 1960s, a period of rapid urbanisation and pressing need for affordable housing. It was manufactured by William…
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The RMR House
The RMR house is a system-built timber-framed house built between 1969 and 1978 by R M Rowlands Ltd, working with designers to produce a functional house with a considered…
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The Rowcon Type I House
The Rowcon Type I house is a post-war system-built timber-framed house, manufactured by Rowlinson Construction Ltd and built between 1961 and 1970. Around 1,700 were built, mainly…
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The Rowcon Type II House
The Rowcon Type II house is a system-built timber-framed house from the second half of the twentieth century, built between 1966 and 1970 as part of the wider drive to tackle…
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The Scano Type I House
The Scano Type I house is a timber-framed house from 1925, designed by the London County Council and manufactured by Scanhouse Ltd. Only four were built. The type is also known as…
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The Scano Type II House
The Scano Type II house is a timber-framed house built in 1925, designed by the London County Council and manufactured by Scanhouse Ltd. Only two were built. The type is also…
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The Scano Type III House
The Scano Type III house is a timber-framed, system-built house designed by the London County Council and manufactured by Scanhouse Ltd. It was built between 1925 and 1928, when…
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The Scotlog House
The Scotlog house is a solid timber house built in 1967 by Timber Systems Ltd, a company known for its approach to timber construction, at a time of growing interest in…
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The Scottwood House
The Scottwood House is a non-traditional property type built between 1948 and 1953 as part of the post-war housing programme. Approximately 1,500 units were constructed, primarily…
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The Seco Temporary Bungalow
The Seco Temporary Bungalow is one of the best-known post-war prefabs. Around 29,000 were built across the UK between 1943 and 1946, manufactured and designed by Uni-Seco…
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The Segal House
The Segal house is a timber-framed house built between 1962 and 1975, designed by Walter Segal and constructed by C J O'Shea Construction Ltd. Segal, a Swiss architect, set out an…
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The Sherwood House
The Sherwood house is a system-built timber-framed house from the late 1960s, designed by Mason and Richards and Partners and manufactured by Tarmac Building Ltd. The houses were…
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The Silksworth House
The Silksworth house is a system-built, timber-framed house designed by the National Building Agency and built between 1968 and 1970 as part of a wider effort to address the…
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The Simms C-DA House
The Simms C-DA house is a post-war system-built timber-framed house, constructed mainly during the 1950s and 1960s by W J Simms Sons & Cooke Ltd at a time of significant demand…
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The Simms Sons & Cooke SWPA House
The Simms Sons & Cooke SWPA house is a timber-framed, system-built house from the 1960s, also known as the West Pennine or simply the Simms. Approximately 1,500 were built…
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The Simms Sons and Cooke House
The Simms Sons and Cooke house is a system-built, timber-framed house manufactured by W J Simms Sons and Cooke Ltd in the 1950s and 1960s, a period of strong demand for affordable…
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The Solid Cedar House
The Solid Cedar house is a non-traditional system-built property developed in the late 1930s. Designed by R G Tarran and manufactured by Solid Cedar Homes Ltd, these houses were…
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The Spooner House
The Spooner house is a post-war timber-framed house, manufactured by J L Spooner (Hull) Ltd and designed by R Binnington. Approximately 4,800 were built between 1948 and 1955…
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The Spooner Temporary Bungalow
The Spooner Temporary Bungalow, also known as the Spooner Mk III or simply a prefab, is a timber-framed, steel-clad bungalow manufactured by Spooner Ltd in the 1940s. It was one…
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The SSHA House
SSHA houses, also known as SSHA Canadian Commissioner's Houses or SSHA Canadian Timber houses, were built between 1937 and 1941 as part of a government initiative to tackle…
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The Swedish Sectional Timber House
The Swedish Sectional Timber (SST) house, also known as the Swedish Timber house, is a non-traditional property type constructed in the UK between 1937 and 1947. These homes were…
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The Swedish Timber House
The Swedish Timber House, often referred to as “Swedish Homes”, represents a distinctive form of post-war housing constructed in the UK between 1945 and 1951. Approximately 4,500…
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The Swift House
The Swift house is a system-built, timber-framed house manufactured between 1965 and 1970 by Swift Homes Ltd and Netherton Building and Construction Co. Ltd. It dates from a…
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The Swiftplan Multiflex H12 House
The Swiftplan Multiflex H12 is a timber-framed system house from the mid-1960s, a period of new construction techniques and a pressing need for affordable housing. The houses were…
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The Terrapin House
The Terrapin house dates from the 1960s, a period of innovation and experiment in the construction industry. It was manufactured by Terrapin Ltd as part of the wider move towards…
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The TRADA Type I House
The TRADA Type I house is a timber-framed house designed by the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA), an organisation known for its expertise in timber…
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The TRADA Type II House
The TRADA Type II house is a system-built timber-framed house designed by the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA) and built between 1970 and 1975. Approximately…
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The Trybo House
The Trybo house is a timber-framed detached bungalow from the 1960s, manufactured by the Norwegian Log Construction Co. Ltd, a company with expertise in timber construction. Only…
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The Unicorn House
The Unicorn house is a timber-framed, system-built house from 1954, designed by A E Hadley and manufactured by Cruden Houses Ltd. Only 15 were built. The type is also known as the…
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Unit System 67 Houses
The Unit System 67 house is a form of non-traditional housing developed during the post-war building programme. Manufactured by Unit Construction Co. Ltd, these properties were…
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The USA Temporary Bungalow House
The USA Temporary Bungalow House, often referred to as a “prefab”, is a form of non-traditional housing developed during the 1940s. These properties were produced as a response to…
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The Wates House
The Wates house is a form of system-built housing developed in the UK between 1969 and 1976 as part of a wider programme to address housing shortages. Approximately 5,000 units…
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The Weir Postwar House
The Weir Postwar house is a timber-framed, system-built house put up between 1952 and 1956 in response to the housing shortage that followed the Second World War. It was…
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The Weir Prewar House
The Weir Prewar house is a steel-clad, timber-framed system house built between 1925 and 1927 by G & J Weir Ltd, a firm that pioneered system-built housing. The approach set out…
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The Wellbuilt House
The Wellbuilt house is a timber-framed, system-built house constructed from 1967 into the 1970s. It was manufactured by Alfred Halliwell & Son (Chester) Ltd and F J Halliwell Ltd…
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Yorkshire Timber Frame Houses
The Yorkshire Timber Frame house is a form of non-traditional construction that emerged prominently during the 1960s. These properties are found across Yorkshire and other parts…
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The Young Elizabethan House
The Young Elizabethan house is a volumetric timber-framed detached bungalow built between 1968 and 1970. It was manufactured by Nene Valley Homes Ltd and Kingsberry Homes Ltd, at…
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The Youngman House
The Youngman house is a distinctive non-traditional property type developed in the UK during the 1960s. Designed by J Malone & Associates and manufactured by W C Youngman Ltd…
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Yuill Houses
The Yuill house is a system-built property developed during the early 1970s in response to housing demand across the UK. Constructed between 1970 and 1972, the design was…
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