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73 houses each containing two tenements of four rooms
and scullery, rent 10s. and 10s 6d. per week per
tenement.
1 four-roomed house with scullery, rent 10s. per week.
The total estimated cost of carrying out the work is
This includes the cost of the houses on the west
side of Matthews Street and that of the water supply, which
is derived from two artesian wells near the Latchmere Baths.
The streets and buildings cover an area of nearly 8 acres, and
the remainder of the Estate, 3 acres, 3 roods, 35 poles, is
reserved for a recreation ground. Each dwelling is fitted
with the excellent combined kitchen range, copper and bath,
invented by Councillor J. Cornes, of Leek. In this apparatus
the range is fixed in the kitchen, the grate being in the centre,
with the oven on one side and the boiler on the other. The
bath is in the scullery behind the range and the copper is
fixed in the wall between the kitchen and scullery and is
accessible from both rooms. This arrangement appears to
be much appreciated by the tenants.
The dwellings are exceedingly well designed, the utmost
use having been got out of the space provided, and the Estate
reflects the greatest credit on the Housing Committee and on
the Borough Architect. The dwellings are by far the most
satisfactory workmen's homes I have yet seen.