Excalibur Estate
Housing estate in Catford, London / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Excalibur Estate was a post-war 1940s housing estate of 189 prefabricated houses in Catford, South London. The estate contained the last sizeable collection of post-war prefabricated houses in the United Kingdom. In 2011, Lewisham Council approved a plan to replace the prefabs with 371 houses, with demolition scheduled to begin in 2013. English Heritage has granted listed building status to six of the "prefab" houses.[1] The proposed demolition led to campaigns by residents, English Heritage and the Twentieth Century Society to save the properties,[2] with an unsuccessful legal challenge to prevent redevelopment, and a return to parkland, if they were demolished.[3] Apart from the six with Grade II listing, all the buildings are due for demolition, and the redeveloped estate completed, by the mid 2020's.[4]
Excalibur Estate | |
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General information | |
Location | Catford, Lewisham |
Coordinates | 51.435115°N 0.000604°W / 51.435115; -0.000604 |
No. of units | 189 |
Construction | |
Constructed | 1945-46 |
Listing | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Designated | 16 March 2009 (six houses) |
Reference no. | 1393212 |