 On 14 May 1788, a committee met at the Freemasons' Tavern in Great Queen Street to thrash out the details of the proposed institution.An advertisement for the position of Matron was put in the papers, and the committee set about finding suitable premises from which their charity could operate.The house at Somers Place East in Somers Town was a suggestion from Dr de Valangin, and was taken in October at a rent of £35 per annum to house 15 children.