indeed , many are now listed buildings
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take a trip down Wake Green Road and you could be forgiven for thinking you’d stepped back in time. Sitting back off the road, behind their front gardens, you’ll find a row of seventeen 1940s’ Phoenix design prefabs.
The Grade II listed Phoenix prefab bungalows in Wake Green Road were designed and manufactured by John Laing, McAlpine and Henry Boot, as part of a consignment of 2,428 prefabs supplied to the Ministry of Works under the Temporary Housing Programme. These temporary homes were only expected to be in use for ten years but 70 years on they are still in use. There are no other known surviving Phoenix prefabs still lived in which makes these extra special.