Woolaways of Taunton
of Canon Street, Taunton and of Bickington Road, Barstaple
Post-WWII The firm had patents on a form of prefabricated housing.
1946 Tarran Industries acquired an interest in Woolaway Construction[2]
1946 'Woolaway Constructions Ltd. This company controls the British patents on a form of prefabricated house which is eminently suitable to rural areas. The Woolaway House, which has been approved by the Burt committee, and passed by the Ministry of Health for loan purposes, is a house built of prefabricated units made out of lightweight or aerated concrete. Your Company has also developed its own model of factory made house, a house which is eminently suitable for industrial areas. It is called the Newland House. The basis of the Company's system of construction for prefabricated houses has always been concrete wall unit with an exposed aggregate finish. At the time when your new Board took control, this unit was made plywood frame, but although reasonably easy to manufacture, it was an unsatisfactory form of Unit, because concrete and wood are apt to pull apart under the stress of weather variations. A new form of Unit has been developed, employing the same exposed aggregate finish, but without the plywood and new moulds for the production of this Unit have been tested and perfected on the temporary house programme.'[3]