Treberth

Treberth
Treberth Location within Newport
Population	1,600 approx.
OS grid reference	ST334870
Principal area	Newport
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWPORT
Postcode district	NP19 9
Dialling code	01633 Maindee exchange
Police	Gwent
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Newport East
List of places UK Wales Newport 51°35′38″N2°56′36″W / 51.593851°N 2.943428°W / 51.593851; -2.943428

Treberth is a suburb within the electoral ward of Ringland, Newport.

Treberth was previously home to numerous prefab homes. ^[1] These were built across Wales as part of Winston Churchill's Temporary Housing Programme. The aim was to provide housing for people in the wake of World War II, as many homes had been destroyed by bombing. ^[2] Some residents were allocated homes in Treberth in 1946, just a year after the end of WWII. ^[3]

The prefabs built in Treberth included the Arcon Mk V, ^{[4] [5]} a popular bungalow style prefab, that featured double corrugated asbestos cladding, and a distinctive curved roof. ^{[6] [7]}

In the 1980s some of the Treberth estate prefabs began being demolished, and replaced with more modern brick buildings. ^[8] This demolition continued into the early 2000's, ^[9] despite attempts by Under the Thatch to preserve one of the post-war buildings. ^{[1] [10] [11]}

References

1. "Lecturer in battle with planners over rescued - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
2. "Prefab - Collections Online". Museum Wales. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
3. "A letter of allocation of a prefab to the Page family by the County Borough of Newport 1946". Prefab Museum. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
4. "A prefab (Arcon Mk V) covered with snow, and tree, Newport, Wales". Prefab Museum. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
5. "The Treberth prefab estate from above (Arcon Mk V) Newport, Wales". Prefab Museum. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
6. "One Arcon story". Prefab Museum. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
7. "The Arcon Temporary Bungalow - Non-Standard House Construction - Information & Resource Centre". nonstandardhouse.com. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
8. "Caption of a prefab (Arcon MkV) covered with snow". Prefab Museum. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
9. "English – Coflein". coflein.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
10. "Lecturer in fight to move prefab". 18 November 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
11. "Prefab fight lost by lecturer". 19 February 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2025.