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AREA No. 4.
Boundaries.
This area has a frontage of terrace houses in Eamont Street, Frederick Street
and Charlbert Street, and contains a large interior space partly covered by stables
and workshops.
Area Measurements.
The total superficial area is approximately 57,600 square feet, and the total
interior uncovered garden and yard space is approximately 20,300 square feet.
The north-west corner of the area is occupied by No. 53a, Henry Street, a
Mission Hall and School House, the property of St. Stephen's Church, Avenue
Road, and the De Walden Institute.
No. 53a, Henry Street, let to two families (total 6 persons), is a brick built
dwelling house of three storeys above ground, containing 9 rooms and a basement
scullery. The ground floor back room and basement kitchen are dark and hemmed
in by adjoining buildings. Generally the premises are in a fair condition.
The School House is a brick built premises of three storeys containing eleven
rooms used for living and sleeping purposes by five families of nine adults and four
children under fourteen years of age, in addition to two large rooms at the rear
used for meetings by Boy Scouts and boys from the Parish Hall and Mission.
Generally the premises are in fair condition.
The De Walden Institute, which was built in the year 1897, contains well
designed accommodation for the caretaker and his family, in addition to club rooms,
a billiard room, and rooms used for public and other meetings. The first floor is
occupied during the daytime by the London School of Opera.
The superficial area, less School, Mission, Institute and 53a, Henry Street, is
41,440 square feet approximately. Yard and garden space of the reduced area is
approximately 17,277 square feet.
Lighting and Ventilation.
The lighting and ventilation are satisfactory at the front and rear of the
dwelling houses, except in the case of No. 35, Eamont Street, close at the rear of
which is a two-storeyed builder's workshop and store, and No. 33, Eamont Street,
at the rear of which is a one-storeyed building used as a store.
Dampness.
Owing to the absence of horizontal damp courses, there is a tendency to dampness
in the walls of the ground floor rooms, but in the instances discovered the
walls have been re-rendered inside with waterproof cement and sand, and, where
necessary, the exterior pointing and rendering have been repaired.