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Section III.
THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
Sir Thomas More Buildings.
During the year 1901 the London County Council sanctioned the loan
of £57,000 for the erection of these buildings, the period of repayment
being fixed at 60 years, instead of 80 as asked for by the Borough
Council, the principal to be repaid by equal yearly, half-yearly, or
quarterly instalments. The loan was obtained from the Prudential
Assurance Company, Limited, with interest at the rate of £3 12s. 6d.
per cent. per annum, £17,000 being taken up at once, and the
remainder in four sums of £10,000 each, when called for, the principal
sum to be repaid by 120 equal half-yearly instalments, with interest on
the balance for the time being unpaid.
The question of ancient lights rights appertaining to certain houses
in Danvers-street was settled by agreements entered into between the
Chelsea Borough Council and Mr. Roger Cyril Hans Sloane Stanley,
and between the Borough Council and the executors of the will of
Thomas Richards, deceased, lessee of Stanley Cottage, 35, Danversstreet
(Minutes 1904, p. 98), the sum of £150 being paid to the
executors of Thomas Richards in full satisfaction of their claim in
respect of Stanley Cottage, and in full satisfaction of any claims made
by any under-lessee or tenant of the lessees. The costs of the settlements
amounted to £71.
The Council resolved that the dwellings should be designated Sir
Thomas More Buildings, and that the names of the five blocks,
proceeding from the north, should be Cadogan House, Winchester
House, Dacre House, Burleigh House, and Kingsley House.
The accommodation provided consists of 37 one-room tenements at
rents of from 3s. 6d. to 4s. per week, 130 two-room tenements at rents
of from 6s. to 7s. per week, and 94 three-room tenements at rents of
from 8s. 6d. to 9s. 6d. per week. The average rent per room per week
is 3s. 1½d. The prices per foot super. per week are as follows:—
One-room tenements (240 s. ft.) 0.17d. to 0.20d.
Two-room tenements (372 and 384 s. ft.) 0.17d. to 0.22d.
Three-room tenements (525 s. ft.) 0.19d. to 0.22d.
The above superficial measurements include in each case the
areas of the lobby, scullery, balcony, and w.c., as well as the living and
bedrooms.
The following Table shows the superficial areas of the living and
bedrooms in the different classes of tenement, the maximum number of
persons allowed, and the cubic capacity per head (two children under
10 count as one adult or person over 10). The rooms are 8-ft. 6-in. in
height.