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The Society aims at re-housing original tenants at the original rents.
The work is extremely valuable, not only as regards the provision of suitable and much
needed accommodation, but as an object lesson illustrating what can be done in the way of
converting old and dilapidated buildings.
The following particulars concerning the work carried out during 1927 is from information
kindly supplied by the Estate Managers and Honorary Secretaries :—
A.—Clarendon and Gee Streets. —This site consists of eight houses, five of which had been
dealt with during 1926. During the past year the scheme of conversion into selfcontained
flats was completed by dealing with the three remaining houses.
The work included the repair of dilapidations, the installation of baths and sinks
and connecting up to coppers to supply hot water.
15.—Drummond Cresent Area.—A considerable sum has been expended in general repair
work. Plans were also drawn up for building eight flats on a vacant site at the corner
of Drummond Crescent and Little Drummond Street. This included the demolition of
two small houses, one of which, very dilapidated and structually unsound, was a bad
type of cottage, used as a tenement house. In its 7 rooms, three of them very small,
were housed four families and two single tenants, totalling 23 persons.
One of the families displaced was re-housed by the St. Pancras Borough Council
and the remainder by the Society.
The work of demolition and rebuilding was commenced in October and it is
anticipated the new flats will be ready for occupation about the end of May, 1928.
The accommodation to be provided is as follows:—four flats each of 4 rooms,
with scullery and bath room, to be let at 18s. per week, and 4 flats each containing 5
rooms, with scullery and bath room, to be let at 22s. 6d. per week.
C.—In September, 1927, the Society acquired the freehold of two blocks of premises in
Somers Town, comprising 96 tenement houses. The property was in a very
dilapidated condition, and during the three months to the end of the year about £230)
was spent in urgent repairs and in cleaning and redecorating the worst rooms.
WORK OF THE ESTATES COMMITTEE OF THE BOROUGH COUNCIL.
The following account of the principal matters dealt with during the year has been
furnished by Mr. A. D. Corrick, Clerk to the Estates Committee : —
The Estates Committee is appointed by the Council to " take over, control and manage
" all houses and other properties of the Council, except such as are used by any department of
" the Council for its own purposes; to see that such houses and properties are kept in
" tenantable condition and let at reasonable rents; to prepare schemes under the Housing of
" the Working Classes Acts for the improvement or reconstruction of insanitary areas, and to
" supervise the erection of houses for the working classes; and to deal with such other
" matters as may be referred to the Committee by the Council."
The dwellings controlled by the Committee comprise :—
(a) Goldington Buildings, Great College Street (57 flats).
(b) Flaxman Terrace Dwellings, Euston Road (84 flats).
(c) Prospect Terrace Dwellings, Gray's Inn Road (71 flats).
(d) Una House, Prince of Wales Road (65 flats).