Abroad in Britain — Season 1, Episode 1: Severn Heaven
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 5 episodes
Episode synopsis
Just north of Bewdley in Worcestershire, beside the Severn Valley Railway, is the largest surviving interwars 'plotland' settlement in Britain. This is a village of dwellings built by their owners from improvised materials: old railway carriages, chicken coops, the fuselages of gliders etc. Decried as an instant slum and opposed by planning authorities it is today regarded as a valuable manifestation of working class history.
About Abroad in Britain
Series in which Jonathan Meades considers unusual homes or architecture around Britain.