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AREA No. 3.
Boundaries.
This wedge-shaped area has a frontage of terrace houses in Henry Street,
Townshend Road, Frederick Street, and Eamont Street, and contains three courts,
Beckett's Place and Tucker's Place entered from Frederick Street, and Eamont
Place entered from Eamont Street, in addition to a large garage entered from
No. 18, Eamont Street, and a building used as a coal and wood store entered
from No. 41, Henry Street.
Area Measurements.
The total superficial area is approximately 89,700 square feet, and the total
uncovered garden and yard space is approximately 32,626 square feet.
lighting and Ventilation.
The lighting and ventilation of the houses on the frontages generally are
satisfactory although in some instances in Henry Street, Townshend Road and
Frederick Street the lighting of the rear ground floor rooms is impeded by back
addition buildings. The houses in Beckett's Place back on to the houses on the
east side of Tucker's Place, and the two are separated by very small yards. In
front of Beckett's Place, however, there is a large open space used as a garden, and
between the two sides of Tucker's Place there are long forecourts. The houses on
the west side of Tucker's Place have similar small yards, three of which back on
to the small yards of the houses in Eamont Place ,and five on to the rear wall of the
garage at No. 18, Eamont Street. No. 1a, Tucker's Place, consisting of a
builder's store on the ground floor with dwelling rooms above, has a forecourt
only. The houses in Eamont Place are separated from the rear yard wall of
premises in Eamont Street by a narrow court approached from Eamont Street.
General Condition.
With few exceptions the houses in the area have been inconveniently occupied
for many years by more families than they were intended to accommodate and the
consequent wear and tear to such parts as windows, doors and stairs has been
excessive, although structurally the houses remain generally sound.
Dampness.
Owing to the absence of horizontal damp courses, there is a tendency to dampness
in the walls of the ground floor rooms. In the instances discovered during
the survey the walls have been re-rendered inside with damp-proof Portland cement
and sand and external rendering or pointing has been made good where necessary.
Sites not Concreted.
Except in the few cases where wooden floors have been replaced by concrete it
is probable that the sites of the houses are not protected by a layer of concrete,