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(f) New Housing Estates.
New End.
Area of site : 0.41 acres.
No. of dwellings : 24.
(2 1-room flats ; 11 3-room dwellings ; 4 4-room dwellings ;
7 5-room dwellings.)
Three lock-up shops are included in the scheme.
Work started : 22nd July, 1946.
Dwellings completed and occupied : 21st September, 1948.
Estimated Cost of Scheme :
Land £6,250
Building £41,000
Parkhill Road.
Area of site : 2.35 acres.
Number of dwellings : 92.
(8 1-room flats, 8 2-room flats, 8 3-room flats, 60 4-room
flats and maisonettes, 8 6-room flats.)
Work started : 3rd February, 1947.
By the end of 1948, 19 flats were ready for occupation and
the remaining 73 flats were nearing completion.
The Scheme is arranged in two blocks of 46 flats on the
Parkhill Road and Upper Park Road frontages, varying
from four to five storeys.
Lifts, a communal laundry, playrooms and store rooms are
to be included.
Estimated Cost of Scheme :
Land £45,800
Buildings £194,100
Well Walk.
Area of site : 1.8 acres.
No. of dwellings : 64.
(4 2-room flats, 25 3-room flats, 31 4-room flats, 4 5-room
flats.)
Work started : 3rd March, 1948.
Contract date of completion : March, 1950.
The new buildings are of Georgian style and vary from two
to five storeys. Lifts to the five-storey sections and
communal rooms are included.
Estimated Cost of Scheme :
Land £35,000
Buildings £134,000
King Henry's Road.
Area of site : 2.25 acres.
No. of dwellings : 102.
(11 1-room flats, 15 2-room flats, 24 3-room flats, 35 4-room
flats, 17 5-room flats.)
Work started : 8th November, 1948.
Contract date of completion : November, 1950.