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making detailed inspections it was found that several of these houses
were in a better condition than was previously supposed and in
consequence the single Area which was proposed in the Schedule has
had to be divided into four separate Areas.
Lancaster Road (No. 1) Clearance Area : This Area consists of
eight houses, being Nos. 201-215 inclusive and is situated on the east
side of the road. The Medical Officer of Health represented this Area
to the Committee at their September meeting and the Council subsequently
declared these houses to be a Clearance Area. This Area
consists of a part of a terrace of 16 houses of a cottage type with
plain front elevations and gabled ended roofs. The houses were built
at various periods, the oldest being approximately 100 years old and
the newest about 70 years.
Lancaster Road (No. 2) Clearance Area : This Area was represented
to the Housing Committee by the Medical Officer of Health at the
same time as Lancaster Road (No. 1) Clearance Area, that is at the
September meeting, the Council declaring it a Clearance Area at the
following Council meeting.
The Area consists of three houses, Nos. 124, 126 and 128 Lancaster
Road, and is part of a terrace of four houses, which were built
approximately 90 years ago. The houses are of a cottage type with
plain front elevations and are of rather drab appearance. The roof
is continuous over the whole of the block of four although the first
two houses have been recently re-tiled. The party walls of these
houses are 4" in thickness.
Lancaster Road (No. 3) Clearance Area: This Area was represented
to the Committee by the Medical Officer of Health at the November
Committee. The Council at the following meeting declaring it to be
a Clearance Area. It consists of two houses, Nos. 179 and 181 Lancaster
Road and is situated on the same side as the Lancaster Road
(No. 1) Clearance Area.
No. 179 Lancaster Road is the last house of a terrace of 3 houses
but was built at a different date to the other two houses in the
terrace. It is separated from No. 181 by a passageway. No. 181 is
part of a pair of semi-detached houses, the other house of the pair
being No. 183. The pair were built in 1886.
Lancaster Road (No. 4) Clearance Area: This Area was represented
to the Committee by the Medical Officer of Health at the same time
as No. 3 Area and the Council declared it to be a Clearance Area at
the same Council meeting as No. 3 Area was so declared. It consists
of two houses Nos. 185 and 187 Lancaster Road. These houses are
brick built and are part of a terrace of 16 houses which includes the
Lancaster Road (No. 1) Clearance Area.
At the end of the year the Council were still considering whether to
make clearance orders or compulsory purchase orders on all of these
Areas.
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