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China-walk
area.
The China-walk area when reconstructed will be known as China-walk estate.
On 22nd May, 1928, the Council approved a capital estimate of £32,375 for the
erection of the first three blocks of dwellings (Coalport, Davenport and Derby Houses)
on the estate. These buildings will comprise 59 tenements with accommodation
of the normal type for 374 persons. The tender of Mr. A. T. Rowley, amounting
to £29,208, was accepted for the building work, which was well in hand at the end
of the year. On 20th November, 1928, the Council approved a capital estimate
of £10,400 for the erection of a further block, to be known as Minton House,
comprising 17 tenements with accommodation for 106 persons, 9 costermongers'
barrow sheds and 4 workshops. The block will be of the normal type, but with
the reduced standard of finish referred to on page 179. The building
work, which was commenced in November, 1928, is being carried out by
Mr. A. T. Rowley as an extension of his contract for the erection of Coalport,
Davenport and Derby Houses. During the year the Council accepted the offers
of the South London Electric Supply Corporation, Limited, to install electricity
for lighting in all four blocks, free of cost to the Council, and of the Gas Light
and Coke Company to install gas for cooking and heating at a charge to the
Council of £1 a tenement.
Hatfieldstreet
area.
Most, if not all, of the Hatfield-street area (2¾ acres), which is situated in an
industrial district, will when cleared be devoted to commercial purposes. Agreements
were entered into in 1926 with two commercial companies owning property in
the area for the retention by them of the cleared sites for the extension of their
businesses, and on 8th May and 31st July, 1928, the Council decided to enter
into further agreements with these companies (J. Sainsbury, Limited, and the
Associated Iliffe Press. Limited) for a sale and exchange of lands in the area.
Hankey-place
area.
Hankeyplace
site.
Wyndhamroad
site.
It is proposed to erect on the Hankey-place area one block of dwellings, to be
known as Medway House, comprising 27 tenements of the normal type with accommodation
for 152 persons. On 4th December, 1928, the Council approved a capital
estimate of £14,080 for the building work.
Particulars are given in the Annual Report of the Council, 1927 (Vol. III., p. 204)
of the housing site (½ acre) acquired by the Council at Hankey-place, Southwark,
comprising a billiards hall (formerly a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel) and a disused
burial ground. The incidental expenses, including the cost of the removal of the
human remains, proved to be larger than was originally anticipated, and the Council
on 4th December, 1928, approved a supplemental capital estimate of £500 in addition
to the £5,000 previously approved for the acquisition of the property and the preparation
of the site for building. A portion (about ⅓ acre) of the site has been leased
to Church Army Housing, Limited, for 99 years at a rent of £100 a year, for the
erection of dwellings, and the remainder has been appropriated for an open space,
which will be maintained by the Council.
The name Comber-estate has been selected for the new dwellings to be erected
on the Wyndham-road area and the adjoining 4 acres of land acquired under Part
III. of the Act of 1925. The first block of dwellings known as Moffat House, comprising
42 tenements of the normal type with accommodation for 254 persons, was
completed during the year, and was appropriated for rehousing purposes in connection
with certain street improvement schemes. On 31st July, 1928, the Council approved
a capital estimate of £42,162 for the erection of two further blocks, to be known
as Livingstone and Speke Houses, and accepted the tender of R. J. Rowley, Limited,
amounting to £36,308, for the building work. Livingstone House will comprise 56
tenements with accommodation for 320 persons, an estate office, workshop and
store, and Speke House will contain 17 tenements with accommodation for 106
persons. Both the buildings will be of the normal type, but Speke House will be
constructed with the reduced standard of finish. (See page 179.) The buildings
are due to be completed by December, 1929.