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Lordship Road/Lordship Terrace.
Housing Scheme.—This site which contains an area of 70,000
square feet was acquired by the Council from the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners for the purpose of erecting 100 flats for rehousing the
displaced tenants from the clearance areas in the borough. Of these
it was computed that 51 flats would be required to rehouse the
persons displaced from the seven small clearance areas declared by
the Council in July, 1933, and that the remainder would be
available for such tenants from the Barn Street Area as were willing
to accept the Council's offer of this alternative accommodation
situated so conveniently adjacent to their former dwellings.
Work was commenced on this housing site in November, 1933,
and the erection of the 100 flats was completed in September, 1934.
On the afternoon of the 28th September the opening ceremony was
performed by the Minister of Health.
Description of Buildings.—The plans approved by the Council
provided for the erection of three blocks of buildings, four storeys
in height, containing 100 Flats. The blocks are arranged around a
large paved courtyard and there are grass lawns and trees between
the buildings and the surrounding roads.
The buildings are treated on traditional lines with multicoloured
brick walls, large sash windows and pantile roofs. The
windows are divided into small panes, and some are picked out with
arched heads and small brick balconies to give additional interest
to the design. On the courtyard elevations the long balconies with
brick parapets and stone copings form an attractive feature.
A hard brick dado is provided to the courtyard walls and to
the common staircases.
The three blocks of flats have been named Clissold House,
Ormond House and Lordship House, respectively.