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Prince of Wales's Terrace Area.
East Street Area.
Nisbet Street Area.
Clarence Terrace Area.
Fulham PTace Area.
Austin's Buildings Area.
Pear Tree Court Area.
Dockway Nos. 1 and 2 Areas.
Middlesex Wharf Area.
Areas Taken Over by County Council for County Rehousing Schemes,
Northwold Road Area.
Duncan Square Areas 1 and 2.
Warburton Square Areas 1, 2 and 3.
Morning Lane Area.
High Hill Ferry Areas 1 and 2.
The following list gives the details of streets and buildings included in the
Clearance Areas.
Banister Street Area No. 1 (51 buildings).
Banister Street : Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 22.
College Street-. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
19, 20, 21, 22.
Homerton Row : Nos. 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42.
Properties in this Area comprised two, three and four-roomed cottage type
dwellings with addition single storey wash-houses at the rears, many of which were
used as living rooms. The buildings were very aged and the interior planning bad ;
street doors opened directly into living rooms; floors were below street levels and
the staircases led directly out of the rooms; rooms inter-communicated and the
dwellings lacked satisfactory internal ventilation and natural light, and had cramped
and low rooms and low-pitched ceilings, with heights of 5ft.. at the eaves.
All the dwellings were found to be damp, without concrete sites and damp-proof
courses, and generally lacked proper maintenance; the majority were without sinks
and had external water supplies in the yards, and in some instances the water-closets
were situated at the far end of the yards and approximately 40 feet from the house.
Structures were weak, bulged, settled, and in general disrepair.
Banister Street Area No. 2 (4 buildings).
Hayward's Buildings-. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4.
This Area comprised four very aged properties each of two floors, possessing no
sanitary or other conveniences and were without drainage, and according to local
history, were originally cow sheds. There was no permanent means of artificial
lighting, the tenants using oil lamps or candles. There was one communal water
supply and wash copper, situated in a communal wash-house. The water-closet
accommodation was situated on the opposite side of the narrow passage. There
were no yards.
Internal planning was very bad, floors were below the level of the ground, there
was no through ventilation, and internal ventilation was very unsatisfactory and
aggravated by the cramped and shut-in site and overshadowing. The structures
were weak and worn out. These areas, Banister Street No. 1 and No. 2 Areas, with
some vacant intervening land, were eventually developed for re-housing purposes,
and now known as Banister House.