Volume: Weir type prefabricated housing construction, for the Ministry of Works, at an unspecified location

Date:: 1947

Reference:: PSA01/04/H00177

Type:: Volume containing Photographic material

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Description

A collection of 16 black and white detailed images from the construction of Weir type prefabricated homes, at an unspecified location. The images depict the research and development of the steel panels used in the construction of Weir housing. A typed note with the negatives reads:

“Weir House. Negatives of steel members showing paint and penetration behind top-hat stiffeners.”

The Temporary Housing Act of 1944/5 was intended to alleviate the acute housing shortages of the immediate postwar years. The Ministry of Works was the government department tasked with the organisation and efficiency of the push for housing construction. A number of individual designs and constructions methods for housing were built during the 1940s, of which the Weir method was one. The Weir house was designed and produced by the Weir Housing Corporation of Coatbridge, Scotland and were originally introduced during the 1920s. The Weir house structure and outer skin consisted of pressed steel, whilst its internal cladding and partitions were timber. It was built in sections and assembled on site. The original Ministry of Works storage envelope lists operator as “W” and the division as “CSA”.

None of the images were catalogued and digitised as part of a 2020 project.

Content

This is part of the Sub Series: PSA01/04/H Housing; within the Series: PSA01/04 Negatives; within the Collection: PSA01 Property Services Agency

This Volume contains the following materials:

Photograph (Negative): 16

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Steel, Mid 20th Century Prefabricated House, Construction