Exterior, rear view of a row of Orlit prefabricated house, showing the perimeter garden walls, on the Kingfield Estate, Poplar

Date:
3 Dec 1946
Location:
5-23 Billson Street, Kingfield Estate, Tower Hamlets, Greater London Authority
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10-24 Parsonage Street, Kingfield Estate, Tower Hamlets, Greater London Authority
Reference:
P/H00114/005
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Prefabs were constructed in Billson Street and Parsonage Street after the area was damaged by wartime bombing.

The semi-detached Orlit houses on Parsonage and Billson Street back onto each other. It is difficult to determine exactly which houses the image relates too.

Content

This is part of the Volume: PSA01/04/H00114 Ministry of Works Orlit Houses, Poplar, London; 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

People & Organisations

Architect: Katona, Erwin

Keywords

Concrete, Mid 20th Century Prefabricated House