A History of Council Housing in Wolverhampton
Contents
- Introduction
- The early 1900s and the Garden Suburb
- The 1920s - Homes for Heroes
- The 1930s - The inter war years
- The 1940s - Pre-fabs and early post war reconstruction
- The 1950s - Slum clearance and overspill housing
- The 1960s - Tower blocks
- The 1970s - The move to Social Housing
- Housing in Bilston UDC
- Housing transferred from Coseley UDC
Housing in Bilston UDC
Bilston UDC was absorbed into Wolverhampton in 1966. The town had actively promoted municipal council housing schemes. Building land within the council boundary was limited and similar to Wolverhampton development took place on former colliery and industrial sites.
Among the first houses built immediately after the Great War were these unusual properties in Bradley and other sites around the Borough.
The 1920s Lunt Estate was built on the former colliery site
The 1930s Villiers Estate
The 1930s, 1940s & 1950s Bradley
The early 1950s Stowlawn Estate was built around a series of greens, many of which were later infilled.
Flats were built beside the Birmingham New Road.
In 1963 three 10 storey Bison pre-cast system flats were built on Parkview Road on the Green Park Estate in Bilston with a similar block in Coronation Road. The names of the blocks reflect the politics in this predominantly working class constituency.
Arthur Greenwood Court in Coronation Road
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