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accommodation unfit for human habitation, in respect of which action will be taken by the
Council under the Housing Acts. Tenders have been invited for the erection of the first block
of dwellings on the site which will consist of 62 flats.
Kennistoun House, Leighton Road.
This Estate was completed in the early part of the year and was opened by His Worship
the Mayor (Councillor Frederick Hewson, J.P.), on 2nd February. It is the eighth estate
developed by the Borough Council and comprises 64 flats with a total of 210 rooms.
The site on which the building is erected is approximately half an acre. There were
originally 9 houses on the site, and 24 families were displaced. The Estate has provided an
opportunity to rehouse 64 families, comprising 200 adults and 146 children under 15 years,
a total of 346 persons, in flats of the latest type, with facilities for electric cooking, heating
and lighting, and provided with labour saving devices.
The total cost of the scheme was approximately £37,314.
The Estate was designed by the Council's Architect, Mr. Albert J. Thomas, F.R.I.B.A.,
under whose supervision it was erected by Messrs. Gee, Walker and Slater, Ltd.
Housing Site, Highgate Road.
In April the Council were in negotiation for the acquisition of a site situated between
Highgate Road and York Rise, at the rear of Twisden Road, with an area of approximately
three acres, with frontages to both Highgate Road and York Rise. An offer was made to the
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Co., who were the freeholders, which it was understood
would receive favourable consideration.
The provision of working class accommodation on this site would have enabled the
Council to deal with many of their housing problems. The Company, however, ultimately
decided that they were not prepared to dispose of their interests. It is, however, expected
that the Council will acquire about three-quarters of an acre of this site, with a frontage on
Highgate Road, for housing purposes.
London County Council Housing Estates.
The Borough Council continue to avail themselves of the preferential treatment which
is given to bad cases of overcrowding and special hardship when recommended to the London
County Council. Since the initiation of this scheme in January, 1925, the number of St.
Pancras families who have been housed under this arrangement up to December, 1934, is 929.
It will, of course, be appreciated that, in addition, a number of St. Pancras families make direct
application to the County Council, and in many cases accommodation is obtained by this
method.
Housing Schemes in the Borough.
The Borough Council control eight estates in the Borough, with a total of 709 flats
comprising 2,295 rooms.
During the year the London County Council completed the South section of Levita
House on the Ossulston Street Estate, which consists of 63 flats (189 rooms). The dwellings
erected on this Estate now number 310, with a total number of 983 rooms. The third section
of Levita House, consisting of 61 flats, is now in course of preparation.