Daily Mail, UK -
They don't exactly qualify as stately homes. The rain patters noisily on asphalt-covered rooftops and the boxy, featureless walls are painted in various shades of pastel.
In one house the polystyrene ceiling tiles are circa 1960, and visibly feeling their age. In another, the garden boasts random displays of plastic flowers that owe more to the local Co-op than to Capability Brown.
But for many of the people who live here, their little post-war prefabs are their castles. And now they are set to be saved for the nation....
The Excalibur estate was named in a competition conducted among original residents, who adopted King Arthur's sword as their emblem and chose knight's names such as Pelinore, Baudwin and Mordred for their roads.
Thus, a large swathe of open pasture in a far from mystical land known as 'Catford' became home for scores of families - and helped to ease the housing shortage that followed the destruction of the Blitz.
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