Model Dwellings were buildings or estates constructed, mostly during the Victorian era, along philanthropic lines to provide decent accommodation for the working class. They were typically erected by private model dwellings companies and usually with the aim of making a return on investment hence the description of the movement as "five per cent philanthropy". [1] As such they were forerunners of modern-day municipal housing.
This is a list of still-standing model dwellings, organised by builder. Most of these companies are now defunct; a few, such as the Peabody Trust are still operating and building new accommodation. This list covers urban development on the principal of "five per cent philanthropy"; for communities built to house workers for a particular trade or employer, see model village or company town.
The Artizans' Company was established in 1867 by William Austin, becoming one of the largest of the model dwellings companies in the late Victorian era. It was best known for its large, low-rise, suburban estates in London. It was later subsumed into Sun Life Financial.
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
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Noel Park | Wood Green, London | 1882-1929 |
Pinnerwood Park | Pinner, London | |
Queen's Park | Kilburn, London | 1874 |
Shaftesbury Park | Battersea, London | 1872-1877 |
Leigham Court | Streatham, London |
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Priory Place | Chester, Cheshire | 1898 |
The EEDC was founded by Samuel Barnett and others in 1882 in order to provide particularly for the area that is now the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Museum House | Bethnal Green, London | 1888 |
St Dunstan's Houses | Stepney Green, London | 1899 |
Thornhill Houses | Barnsbury, London | 1902 |
Whidborne Buildings | Kings Cross, London |
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Dalry Place and Breadalbane Terrace | Dalry, Edinburgh | 1868-1870 |
Shaftesbury Park | Shandon, Edinburgh | 1883-1904 |
Stockbridge Colonies | Glenogle Road, Stockbridge, Edinburgh | 1861 |
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Stepney Green Court [2] | Stepney Green, London | 1896 |
Navarino Mansions [3] | Dalston Lane, Hackney | 1903-5 |
Mocatta House [4] | Brady Street, Whitechapel, London | 1905 |
Evelina Mansions [5] | Camberwell, London | |
Rebecca House [6] | Mile End, London | 1933 |
Sir Sydney Waterlow founded the IIDC in 1863.
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Clarendon Buildings [7] | Balderton Street, Westminster, London | 1872 |
Cobden Buildings [8] | King's Cross Road, London | 1865 |
Cromwell Building [9] | Redcross Way, Camberwell, London | 1864 |
Derby Buildings [10] | Wicklow Street, Camden Town, London | c.1865 |
Leopold Buildings [11] | Bakers Rents, Poplar, London | 1872 |
Stanley Buildings [12] | Midland Road, Camden Town, London | 1865 |
Tower Buildings [13] | Brewhouse Lane, Poplar, London | 1864 |
Waterlow Court [14] | Chandos Way, Hendon, London | 1908-1909 |
Willifield Way | Hendon, London | 1909 |
The MAIDIC was the first company to be formed for the specific purpose of providing model homes. It built mainly within London.
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Albert Cottages [15] | Stepney, London | 1858 |
Alexandra Cottages | Penge, London | |
Deal Street | Stepney, London | 1864 |
Gibson Gardens | Stoke Newington, London | 1880 |
Victoria Cottages [16] | Woodseer Street, Stepney, London | 1864 |
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Garth Heads | Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1878 |
The Peabody Trust was set-up following a huge gift for the poor of London from the banker George Peabody. It became one of the biggest providers of model housing for the working classes.
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
135-153 Commercial Street | Bethnal Green, London | 1863-1864 |
Coleshill Flats [17] | Mozart Terrace, Westminster, London | 1871 |
Peabody Estate | Blackfriars Road, Bermondsey, London | 1871 |
Peabody Estate | [{Drury Lane]], Covent Garden, London | |
Peabody Estate | Elf Row, Poplar | 1866 |
Peabody Estate | Glamis Street, Stepney, London | 1866 |
Peabody Square | Greenman Street, Islington, London | 1864-1865 |
This company was founded in Edinburgh in 1849 (see colony houses).
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Shaw's Place [18] [19] | Edinburgh, Scotland | 1849-1862 |
The SICLC was one of the earliest model dwellings companies - it grew out of the Labourer's Friend Society into a housing provider in 1844 and built a number of properties in London.
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Dimsdale Street (built to SICLC pattern for the Great Exhibition | Hertford, Hertfordshire | 1852 |
Parnell House [20] | Streatham Street, Camden Town | 1849 |
Turner Court [21] [22] | St Luke's Street, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire | 1862 |
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
The Friary | Friary Close, Portsmouth | 1851 | |
New Court | Streatley Place, Camden Town, London | Built for Hugh Jackson, solicitor | |
Rosebank Cottages | Edinburgh, Scotland | Built by Sir James Gowans for "the better class of mechanics and others" [23] |
Model Dwellings were buildings or estates constructed, mostly during the Victorian era, along philanthropic lines to provide decent accommodation for the working class. They were typically erected by private model dwellings companies and usually with the aim of making a return on investment hence the description of the movement as "five per cent philanthropy". [1] As such they were forerunners of modern-day municipal housing.
This is a list of still-standing model dwellings, organised by builder. Most of these companies are now defunct; a few, such as the Peabody Trust are still operating and building new accommodation. This list covers urban development on the principal of "five per cent philanthropy"; for communities built to house workers for a particular trade or employer, see model village or company town.
The Artizans' Company was established in 1867 by William Austin, becoming one of the largest of the model dwellings companies in the late Victorian era. It was best known for its large, low-rise, suburban estates in London. It was later subsumed into Sun Life Financial.
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Noel Park | Wood Green, London | 1882-1929 |
Pinnerwood Park | Pinner, London | |
Queen's Park | Kilburn, London | 1874 |
Shaftesbury Park | Battersea, London | 1872-1877 |
Leigham Court | Streatham, London |
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Priory Place | Chester, Cheshire | 1898 |
The EEDC was founded by Samuel Barnett and others in 1882 in order to provide particularly for the area that is now the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Museum House | Bethnal Green, London | 1888 |
St Dunstan's Houses | Stepney Green, London | 1899 |
Thornhill Houses | Barnsbury, London | 1902 |
Whidborne Buildings | Kings Cross, London |
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Dalry Place and Breadalbane Terrace | Dalry, Edinburgh | 1868-1870 |
Shaftesbury Park | Shandon, Edinburgh | 1883-1904 |
Stockbridge Colonies | Glenogle Road, Stockbridge, Edinburgh | 1861 |
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Stepney Green Court [2] | Stepney Green, London | 1896 |
Navarino Mansions [3] | Dalston Lane, Hackney | 1903-5 |
Mocatta House [4] | Brady Street, Whitechapel, London | 1905 |
Evelina Mansions [5] | Camberwell, London | |
Rebecca House [6] | Mile End, London | 1933 |
Sir Sydney Waterlow founded the IIDC in 1863.
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Clarendon Buildings [7] | Balderton Street, Westminster, London | 1872 |
Cobden Buildings [8] | King's Cross Road, London | 1865 |
Cromwell Building [9] | Redcross Way, Camberwell, London | 1864 |
Derby Buildings [10] | Wicklow Street, Camden Town, London | c.1865 |
Leopold Buildings [11] | Bakers Rents, Poplar, London | 1872 |
Stanley Buildings [12] | Midland Road, Camden Town, London | 1865 |
Tower Buildings [13] | Brewhouse Lane, Poplar, London | 1864 |
Waterlow Court [14] | Chandos Way, Hendon, London | 1908-1909 |
Willifield Way | Hendon, London | 1909 |
The MAIDIC was the first company to be formed for the specific purpose of providing model homes. It built mainly within London.
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Albert Cottages [15] | Stepney, London | 1858 |
Alexandra Cottages | Penge, London | |
Deal Street | Stepney, London | 1864 |
Gibson Gardens | Stoke Newington, London | 1880 |
Victoria Cottages [16] | Woodseer Street, Stepney, London | 1864 |
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Garth Heads | Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1878 |
The Peabody Trust was set-up following a huge gift for the poor of London from the banker George Peabody. It became one of the biggest providers of model housing for the working classes.
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
135-153 Commercial Street | Bethnal Green, London | 1863-1864 |
Coleshill Flats [17] | Mozart Terrace, Westminster, London | 1871 |
Peabody Estate | Blackfriars Road, Bermondsey, London | 1871 |
Peabody Estate | [{Drury Lane]], Covent Garden, London | |
Peabody Estate | Elf Row, Poplar | 1866 |
Peabody Estate | Glamis Street, Stepney, London | 1866 |
Peabody Square | Greenman Street, Islington, London | 1864-1865 |
This company was founded in Edinburgh in 1849 (see colony houses).
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Shaw's Place [18] [19] | Edinburgh, Scotland | 1849-1862 |
The SICLC was one of the earliest model dwellings companies - it grew out of the Labourer's Friend Society into a housing provider in 1844 and built a number of properties in London.
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction |
---|---|---|
Dimsdale Street (built to SICLC pattern for the Great Exhibition | Hertford, Hertfordshire | 1852 |
Parnell House [20] | Streatham Street, Camden Town | 1849 |
Turner Court [21] [22] | St Luke's Street, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire | 1862 |
Name of dwelling | Location | Date of construction | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
The Friary | Friary Close, Portsmouth | 1851 | |
New Court | Streatley Place, Camden Town, London | Built for Hugh Jackson, solicitor | |
Rosebank Cottages | Edinburgh, Scotland | Built by Sir James Gowans for "the better class of mechanics and others" [23] |