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HERBRAND STREET SITE.
This site was acquired in 1901, for the purpose of providing for 680 of the 3,700 persons of the
working class displaced by the new Holborn to the Strand street (Kingsway), and the building
operations were begun about August, 1902, and continued during 1903. The three blocks Coram,
Dickens and Thackeray Buildings were completed by March, 1904.
PREMISES DEMOLISHED, CLOSED OR REBUILT.
St. Giles and Bloomsbury.
Alfred Place, Nos. 1 to 7. Rebuilding completed.
,, „ „ 8 to 19. Premises being rebuilt.
„ ,, No. 31. Closed for demolition.
,, ,, „ 32. Occupied by caretaker only—to be demolished.
,, ,, Nos. 33 to 38. Demolished. New warehouses being built.
Betterton Street, Nos. 8, 10 and 12. Demolished. New warehouses being built.
Bloomsbury Street, Nos. 7 to 19 (with 29 to 34 Great Russell Street). Demolished and being
rebuilt as the "Ivanhoe Hotel."
Castle Street, Nos. 38 and 40. Demolished. New public house being built on site.
Chapel Yard. Demolished.
Charles Street, No. 3 (with No. 5, Robin Hood Yard). Dairy and dwelling house. Rebuilding
completed.
Charles Street, No. 19a. Being rebuilt.
Chenies Street, Nos. 8 and 10. Rebuilding completed.
Coptic Street, No. 7. Rebuilt.
Coram Street, Nos. 6 and 7. Flats being erected.
„ ,, No. 23 (with No. 27 Kenton Street). New boarding house being erected,
Cosmo Place, Nos. 2, 4 and 6 (with 126 and 128, Southampton Row). Rebuilt as the "Cosmo
Hotel."
Drury Lane, Nos. 175 and 176. Premises rebuilt as shops and flats.
Endell Street, Nos. 33 and 35. Premises rebuilt.
Francis Street, No. 18. Site still vacant.
Gate Street, Nos. 1, 22 to 24. Premises still vacant.
Great Queen Street, Nos. 19, 20 and 21. Being rebuilt.
,, „ Nos. 1 and 2. Demolished.
Great Russell Street, Nos. 29 to 34 (with 9 to 19, Bloomsbury Street). Premises being rebuilt
as the " Ivanhoe Hotel."
Great White Lion Street, No. 3. Still closed.
Goldsmith Street, No. 9. Closed.
Goldsmith Street Buildings, Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Factories erected.
Gower Mews, Nos. 18, 19 and 20. Premises re.occupied.
Herbrand Street (with corner of Bernard Street). New flats completed.
Herbrand Street—
Coram Buildings
Dickens „
Thackeray ,,
New Dwellings for the Working Classes erected.
High Holborn, Nos. 111, 114, 115, 127, 128 and 129. New premises erected.
,, ,, „ 112 and 113. Neiv premises being rebuilt.
,, ,, ,, 223 to 228. Premises demolished for the new Kingsway.
Kenton Street, No. 27 (with 23 Coram Street). New "Boarding House" being erected.
Keppel Mews North, Nos. 2 to 5 inclusive. Demolished. Whole area Nos. 2 to 10, now vacant.
Keppel Street, Nos. 20 to 23 inclusive. Demolished.
„ ,, „ 34 to 40. Demolished.
Kingsway, Craven House. New offices erected.
Montague Place, 3 to 16. Demolished.