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(c) SURPLUS LAND, PLUMBER'S PLACE AREA.
After providing for the erection of Working Class Dwellings and Street Improvements
the Vestry had 18,554 superficial feet of surplus land available on the
Plumber's Place Area for Commercial purposes.
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Mr. Rowland Plumbe, F.R.I.B.A., was appointed consulting Architect in connection
with this portion of the work at a commission of one per cent. on the cost
of the Buildings to be erected, and he was instructed to prepare sketch Plans for
developing Plumber's Place Area, plotting out the ground to the best advantage, and
designing a facade for the shops facing Nile Street to secure uniformity.
The surplus land has been accordingly divided into 17 Building Plots, and the
Vestry is inviting Tenders for Annual Ground Rents for the Plots on building leases
of 80 years for Shops facing Nile Street, and Shops, Warehouses, Dwellings, or
Factories on the Plots facing the New Street.
OPEN SPACES.
In June, 1897, the Housing Committee appointed an Open Spaces Sub-Committee,
consisting of 8 members, including the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, to
take charge of the open Spaces under the control of the Vestry.
The Housing Committee resolved that the grounds should be open seven days a
week all the year round, and an extra man was appointed in July, 1897, in order to
relieve the caretakers at the various grounds one day in the week.
As several of the open spaces had no dwarf railings to the paths to protect the
grass and flower beds, the Housing Committee invited Tenders for the supply of
the railings necessary, and the Vestry on 21st December, 1897, accepted the Tender
of Messrs. Rayboulds & Co., to supply and fix railings at a cost of £171 4s. 5d., in the
Churchyards of Shoreditch, Hoxton, and Haggerston, and Goldsmiths Square Recreation
Ground, and the work has been commenced and is being proceeded with.
(a) ST. LEONARD CHURCHYARD,
The London County Council in carrying out the Boundary Street Scheme found it
necessary to widen Calvert Street (now Calvert Avenue), and the opportunity was taken
by the Vestry to arrange with the Council to rectify the southern boundary of the
churchyard which was very irregular in outline. The London County Council erected
a new boundary railing on the southern side of the churchyard and placed a gate in
the railings opposite Boundary Street.
In August last the Housing Committee advertised for a gardener at the churchyard
and Mr. G. Bance, who had valuable experience in landscape gardening and
nursery garden work, was appointed.