 The three storey Georgian buildings that stood in between 6-9 Charterhouse Square before Florin Court, used to be a vicarage and a lady’s school until 1859, that was later converted into a staff dormitory once purchased in 1872 by Copestake, Crampton & Co. Ltd (lace manufacturers and wholesalers located in Cheapside).Copestake, Crampton & Co. Ltd employees’ hostel housed up to 100 male and 18 female, but once the company started to move to Nottingham the building was sold to balance part of the loss due the business slowing down around 1934.In 1989 the building became the fictional residence of "Agatha Christie's Poirot", known as "Whitehaven Mansions".