FOR THE

INDUSTRIAL CLASSES.

BEING

A REVIEW OF THE DEFECTS OF EXISTING MODEL LODGING-HOUSES, AND
CONTAINING REGISTERED DESIGNS FOR MODEL HOUSES FROM WHICH

BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN ERECTED BY THE AUTHOR:

TOGETHER WITH

REGISTERED PLANS FOR THE ADAPTATION OF EXISTING
DWELLING-HOUSES FOR LETTING IN FLATS.

to which are added

MANY USEFUL HINTS TO INVESTORS IN SMALL HOUSE PROPERTY
ON PURCHASING AND MANAGEMENT

AND

A GENERAL VIEW OF THE NECESSARY CLAUSES WHICH SHOULD BE
CONTAINED IN A NEW ACT OF PARLIAMENT.

BY

BANISTER FLETCHER,

Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1871.

All rights reserved.

173. e. 35.

LONDON: PRINTED BY

SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET

OFTEN the subject treated of trenches so much on ground already occupied, that the author commences by an apology and explanation why he considered it desirable to publish his book. In the present instance, the reverse is the case: my work, at least, is new.

I have written as simply, and in as condensed a form, as possible, so that, by the very smallness of my book, I might tempt all to read, and thus diffuse my ideas and plans; confidently believing that if generally used for all new buildings for the industrial classes, and for the adaptation of existing houses, they would convert the wretched homes of the working people of London and our large towns into really healthy dwellings.

I would only add that the buildings which have been erected from the designs given in this book, much please both those who occupy, and those who go to criticise.

24 BEDFORD SQUARE: April, 1871.

B. FLETCHER.