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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.

Artizans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company

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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

Chester Cottage Improvement Company

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Name of dwelling Location Date of construction
Priory Place Chester, Cheshire 1898

East End Dwellings Company

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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

Edinburgh Co-Operative Building Company

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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

Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company

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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

Improved Industrial Dwellings Company

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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

Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes

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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

Newcastle upon Tyne Improved Industrial Dwellings Company

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Name of dwelling Location Date of construction
Garth Heads Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1878

Peabody Trust

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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

Pilrig Model Dwellings Company

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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

Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes

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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

Others

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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]

References

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