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With the consent of the Minister of Health, the Borough Council
has leased the site to the Guinness Trust for a term of 99 years at a nominal
rent and the Trust has erected working-class dwellings thereon, preference
as to tenancies being given (a.) to persons residing in Chelsea and
(b.) to persons employed in Chelsea. These buildings comprise a total
of 160 flats, of which 41 contain four rooms, 78 three rooms, 40 two
rooms, and one is a one-room flat. Each flat has, in addition, a scullery,
bathroom and lavatory. Perambulator sheds are provided in the grounds,
also a drying room for clothes, and a constant hot water supply at the
boiler house. The total weekly rents vary from 5s. 6d. to 16s. 11d.
These additional housing facilities are of material assistance in meeting
the needs of a large section unable to pay the rents at Hortensia Road.
(3) Peabody Trust Buildings, Manor Street.
This group of buildings, completed in 1931, occupy a site comprising
an area of 1 acre, 16 poles, situated centrally in the Borough, in close
proximity to the Town Hall. The frontage is on the western side of
Manor Street, its northern and southern boundaries being Wellington
Street and Grove Buildings respectively. It was purchased by the
Borough Council towards the end of 1928 at a cost of £19,000.
With the consent of the Minister of Health, the Borough Council has
leased the site to the Peabody Trust for a term of 99 years at a nominal
rent and the Trust has erected working-class dwellings thereon, in
accordance with plans approved by the Borough Council, the London
County Council, and the Ministry of Health. The buildings consist of
eight blocks of flats four stories high, comprising a total of 112 flats,
of which 24 contain four rooms, 46 three rooms, 32 two rooms and 9
one room. In addition, each flat includes scullery, bathroom and lavatory.
A combined flat and office is occupied by the Superintendent. The
total weekly rents vary from 6s. 2d. to 16s. 9d. These additional housing
facilities have also been of material assistance in meeting the needs of a
large section who cannot pay a high rent.
(4) World's End Passage Improvement Scheme.
This group of buildings, completed in 1932, occupies an area of about
1 acre, 37 poles in extent. It is situated in the western district of the
Borough and consists of four blocks of flats, now fully occupied, com'
prising 64 tenancies, with a population of 320, made up, for the most
part, of the former inhabitants of the area. The approximate total
cost of the cleared site was £8,100.
With the consent of the Minister of Health, the Borough Council has
leased the site, for 99 years at a nominal rent, to the Chelsea Housing
Improvement Society, Limited—a public spirited and practical body.
This Society has erected all four blocks of working-class dwellings thereonThe
total weekly rents vary from 5s. to 16s. 6d. Twenty-three perambulator
and bicycle sheds have been provided for use of the tenants.
The Estate is admirably managed by a representative of the Womsn
House Property Managers, and there is a full-time resident caretaker.