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Grove Lane Area (11 buildings)
Grove Lane : Nos. 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53.
This Area consisted of eleven typical aged terrace-type cottages fronting on a
public street. Ten houses each contained four rooms and wash-house and one contained
six rooms and wash-house. Most of the buildings were badly planned and
arranged internally, lacked satisfactory internal ventilation and natural light and
had floors below the level of the adjacent ground.
All the buildings contained low and cramped rooms and unventilated passages.
Staircases were mostly dark and unventilated, sunken and winding and led directly
out of living rooms. Structures were weak, bulged, settled, damp and in a state
of disrepair, and sanitary conveniences were unsatisfactory and not readily
accessible.
Represented on April 20th, 1936. Clearance Order made on September 23rd,
1936. No Public Inquiry was held and the Ministry of Health confirmed the Order
on March 31st, 1937. The buildings have not yet been demolished.
Swiss Cottages Area (37 buildings).
Lauriston Road : Nos. 103a, 105, 107.
Swiss Cottages: Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
Wetherell Road : Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21, 22, 23.
Some of the buildings in this Area were found to be exceedingly aged and
accordingly to local history, about 400 years old. The Area includes fifteen different
types of properties, the minimum accommodation consisting of a shop and two
rooms only with the maximum comprising shop, six rooms, wash-house, workshop
and outbuilding.
Six dwellings were without wash-coppers and twelve without internal water
supplies, and fifteen without sinks. The buildings were badly planned and
arranged internally, contained low and cramped rooms, lacked satisfactory internal
ventilation and many had windows of insufficient area, were overshadowed and
lacked natural light. In twelve instances the street doors opened directly into
living rooms and eighteen buildings were without passages. Many had floors below
the level of the adjoining ground.
Staircases of many dwellings led directly out of living rooms and were dark,
unventilated, narrow, steep and dangerous. Some of the buildings were without
yards and some had restricted yards below the required superficial area.
Sanitary conveniences were generally unsatisfactory and not readily accessible
and some buildings had internal water-closets opening and ventilating directly into
rooms where food was prepared and cooked. Structures were generally very aged,
weak, bulged, settled, damp and in general disrepair.
Represented on May 11th, 1936. Clearance Order made on October 28th, 1936.
Public Inquiry held on April 5th, 1937. The Ministry of Health's decision is
awaited.
Bridge Street Area (14 buildings).
Bridge Street : Nos. 29, 31-31a-32, 31.
Morning Lane -. Nos. 181, 183, 185, 187, 189, 191, 193, 195, 197, 199, 201.
The buildings in this Area ware all aged terrace-type properties fronting on
a main highway. The accommodation in the houses included seven different types,
the minimum individual accommodation consisted of three rooms only and the
maximum comprised shop, eight rooms, two wash-houses and temporary addition
structure. Most of the buildings were badly planned and arranged internally,
contained low and cramped rooms, lacked satisfactory internal ventilation and
natural light and were overshadowed. Six dwellings were of single-back type
and one partly back-to-back. In some instances the street doors opened directly
into living rooms and nine buildings were without passages. Several houses had
floors below the level of the streets and dark and unventilated staircases leading