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became necessary to decide upon the particular secular purpose to which
the remainder of the money should be devoted, and after having considered
several proposals, the Trustees with the sanction of the Vestry, decided to
apply the same, amounting to about £4,000,to the erection of a building for
the accommodation of the labouring poor. This fund was supplemented by
the assignment of a leasehold house, known as No. 7, Ingestre Place, which
had been erected by voluntary effort in or about the year 1850, as a model
lodging house, and a sum of about £2,000 being accumulated surplus rents
derived therefrom, also by the transfer of a further sum of nearly £80,.
being the unapplied balance of a fund raised for the relief of sufferers by a
fire which occurred in Little Windmill Street in the year 1876, and by the
transfer of a sum of £200, a portion of the funds remaining in the hands of
the Trustees at the closing of the trust in July, 1886, under the provisions
of the London and North-Western Railway Act 1884. The total sum thus
available for the building is nearly £6,300. The Building is erected by the
authority of an Order of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division)
made by Mr. Justice Pearson on the 3rd day of August, 1885, the scheme
being set forth therein as follows:—
1. The funds are to be applied by the Vestry of the Parish of St.
James, West minster (hereinafter called the Vestry) in or
towards the erection and fitting up on the land comprised in
the agreement dated the 18th May, 1885, and made between
Sir Richard .Francis Sutton of the first part and the Vestry
of the Parish of St. James, Westminster, in the County of
Middlesex, of the second part, of a lodging house or lodging
houses to be used together with the leasehold messuage and
premises No. 7, Ingestre Place, for the accommodation at
moderate rents of female pieceworkers and others of the
labouring classes.
2. Such lodging house or lodging houses and the premises No. 7,
Ingestre Place, are to be vested in the Vestry and to be under
the control and management of the Vestry or a Committee
appointed by them. A proper declaration or declarations of
Trust of the premises comprised in the said Agreement for
lease and of No. 7, Ingestre Place, shall be executed by the
Vestry and enrolled pursuant to the Acts of 9 George 2nd
chapter 36, and 24 Victoria chapter 9.
3. Any surplus income of the said properties after providing for
repairs and other outgoings and expenses of management shall
be invested in the name or names of the Vestry or of Trustees.