List of existing model dwellings
Name of dwelling Location Date of construction
Asmun 's Hill cottages Hampstead Garden Suburb , London 1909
Clarendon Buildings Balderton Street , Westminster , London 1872
Cobden Buildings King 's Cross Road , London 1865
Cromwell Building Redcross Way , Camberwell , London 1864
Derby Buildings Wicklow Street , Camden Town , London c.1865
Grosvenor Estate ( now operated by Peabody Trust ) Brownhart Gardens , Mayfair , London 1886-1982
Leopold Buildings Bakers Rents , Poplar , London 1872
Stanley Buildings Midland Road , Camden Town , London 1865
Tower Buildings Brewhouse Lane , Wapping , London 1864
Waterlow Court Hampstead Garden Suburb , London 1907-1909
Improved Industrial Dwellings Company
Main article : Improved Industrial Dwellings Company The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company ( IIDC ) was founded by the stationer ( and later Lord Mayor ) Sir Sydney Waterlow in 1863 .
Model Dwellings were buildings or estates constructed, mostly during the Victorian era, along philanthropic lines to provide decent living accommodation for the working class. They were typically erected by private model dwellings companies and usually with the aim of making a return on investment hence the description of the movement as five per cent philanthropy. As such they were forerunners of modern-day municipal housing. This is a list of still-standing model dwellings, organised by builder. Most of these companies are now defunct; a few, such as the Peabody Trust are still operating and building new accommodation, and others have been subsumed by larger firms. This list covers urban development on the principal of five per cent philanthropy; for communities built to house workers for a particular trade or employer, see model village or company town.