Key Words :- housing

Address :- Francis Street, London, Greater London
Grid Ref :- TQ 2935 7899
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.495064 , Long -0.138084
Local Authority :- Westminster City Council
Pre 1974 County :- London
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Dates :- 1875 -

Description and History of Site :-
Built by the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company,. one of London's leading 'five per cent philanthropy' companies, so called because dividends to shareholders were limited to no more than 5%.

High up on left hand wall is written 'The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company. Sir Sydney Waterlow Bart., Chairman 1875'.

There is a statue of Sir Sydney Waterlow, founder of the Improved Industrial Dwellings Co, in the grounds of a school on Palace Street (on the north side of Victoria Street).

Waterlow was also at various times a leading businessman (Waterlow's, the stationers and printers), Lord Mayor of the City of London, and a Liberal MP.

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Contributor :- Robert Mason - 16 November 2023
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