 The new freeholder promptly took steps to remove this obstacle by buying out the rights of prohibition for small cash sums.Two of the ground-tenants, Ebenezer Stanley Burchett of 23 Ravenscourt Park and Frank Dethbridge of "The Hermitage", determined to block the development by demanding much larger sums of £1000 each.Their action had the desired effect, and other lessees demanded similar sums.