LCC Municipal Lodging House London (Architectural Competition)

THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL’S PROPOSED MUNICIPAL LODGING-HOUSE FOR 320 MEN -  In this competition, we are informed that seventy-five designs have been received; and the drawings are now being arranged for the inspection of the Assessors, Mr. Ewan Christian, and the Architect to the Council. [Builder LIX 29 November 1891 page 422]

MUNICIPAL LODGING-HOUSE - In this important competition, held under the auspices of the London County Council, the award of the assessors (Mr. Waterhouse and Mr. T. Blashill) has been presented. It recommends that “the premiums should be awarded as follows: To Messrs. Gibson & Russell, 27a, Old Bond-street, £100; to Messrs. Williams & Hopton, 156, Regent-street, £40; to Messrs. Chorley & Connon, 15, Park-row, Leeds, £30; to Mr. T. Locke Worthington, 23, Queen Anne’s-gate, Westminster, £30.” The matter will now be brought before the Council for its determination. The drawings are not yet publicly exhibited, but it is expected that they will be arranged in some convenient room for public exhibition in a few days. [Builder 31 January 1891 page 89]

No. 70, by Mr. T. Locke Worthington, which receives a premium of £30, fills up the site very much on the ground floor, which however is well arranged. There is a central entrance leading into a large square hall, the office being placed in the middle of it, and having full command of the day- room and dining-room doors, which are on the right, and of the stairs, which are on each side of the entrance. The dormitories form a longitudinal block running along the Parker-street front, as in No. 51, also with “Glasgow” cubicles, a double row back to back down the middle, and a single row down the walls with a gangway between. Behind the single row of cubicles, which do not come quite up to the wall, is a narrow causeway for inspection, getting at pipes, opening windows, &c. The back portion of the site is entirely occupied by one-story buildings lighted from the top. A corridor leads from the left of the entrance- hall to the left-hand portion of the site, which portion is utilised as the open yard. On the whole this plan appears to us more meritorious than either 51 or 19. [Builder 7 February 1891 page 100]

Reference    Builder LIX 29 November 1890 page 422;
Reference    Builder 31 January 1891 page 89
Reference    Builder 7 February 1891 page 100