Catford London. Excalibur Estate Prefab Maze Art Print
Eye for London Prints£14
London Print featuring the Excalibur Estate, a post-war 1940s prefabricated housing estate in Catford, South London.
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Product description
London Print featuring the Excalibur Estate, a post-war 1940s prefabricated housing estate in Catford, South London.
This London Print featuring the Excalibur Estate in Catford, is unusual and intriguing and makes for a great gift for a lover of London architecture and history.
The Excalibur Estate is a post-war 1940s prefabricated housing estate in Catford, South London. For decades, residents of the Excalibur Estate, have been fighting against property developers and hostile local authorities to save their bungalows from demolition.
This fight has proven to be in vain. The council have proposed to demolish it and replace or “regenerate” the estate, claiming that it would be virtually impossible to bring them up to modern standards. Conservationists have fought to save the estate from demolition, which they claim is a unique surviving example of twentieth-century architecture.
For this illustration, I thought of juxtaposing a ever hungry Pac man gobbling away bit by bit.
The prefabs were commissioned by Churchill from 1945-48 to solve the 'housing crisis' after the war. They were assembled in record time—each one took between eight hours and three days to build. One set an actual Guinness World Record, having been constructed in a mere 42 minutes. They were a national success: residents immediately loved them and strong communities grew out of this successful social housing scheme, which was only temporary and supposed to last 10 to 15 years.
Variations
This poster is available in 4 different sizes A5, A4, A3 or A2 (Giclee)
Giclee prints on 300 gsm thick archival paper also available. The archival inks enhance the colours on a light texture paper.
Please note: The posters are not framed.
Overview
Made in Britain
Dimensions
A5: 14.8 x 21cm
A4: 21.0 x 29.7cm
A3: 29.7 x 42.0cm
A2: 42.0 x 59.4cm
Made from
Printed on 300gsm thick matte paper. A2 printed on 250gsm matte paper. The prints are mailed in sturdy postal tubes (A3,A2) or in board back envelopes (A4).
Delivery in UK: Royal Mail First Class.
Intl Delivery: Royal Mail Tracked. (Please allow 10-20 days for delivery after dispatch for international deliveries bearing customs in mind)
Product code
799500
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Delivery to selected countries only
Delivery info
- Prints are posted in sturdy postal tubes (A3/A2) or board backed envelopes (A4/A5)
- Within UK : Royal Mail First Class
- Rest of the World: Royal Mail Tracked (10- 20+ days after dispatch)
- International orders can sometimes take longer due to customs, especially to USA/ Aus/ France.
Returns
You have 28 days, from receipt of cancellable goods, to notify the seller if you wish to cancel your order or exchange an item.
Please note: goods that are personalised, bespoke or made-to-order to your specific requirements, perishable products and personal items sold with a hygiene seal (cosmetics, underwear) in instances where the seal is broken are non-refundable, unless faulty.
