HOUSE HISTORY & MORE

Ideal Homes: Uncovering the History and Design of the Interwar House

by Deborah Sugg Ryan

The interwar housing era famously began with the Homes Fit For Heroes campaign of the Lloyd George government, which saw a million local authority houses built across the nation. The building boom wasn’t just benevolent, and was mirrored by a further 3 million homes built by the private sector. As a consequence, many millions of us in the UK, even subsequent Blitz destruction not-withstanding, will live in an interwar home today.

In her research over the past few decades, series consultant and presenter for TV series ‘A House Th rough Time’, Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan (Portsmouth University)