List of existing model dwellings
Name of dwelling Location Date of construction
Abbey Orchard Street Estate Victoria , London 1880s
Bethnal Green Peabody Estate Cambridge Crescent , Bethnal Green , London 1910
Coleshill Flats Mozart Terrace , Westminster , London 1871
Horseferry Peabody Estate Victoria , London 1922
Islington Peabody Estate Greenman Street , Islington , London 1864-6
Langley Mansions Langley Lane , Vauxhall , London 1900
Lawrence Street Peabody Estate Lawrence Street , Chelsea , London 1870
Old Pye Street Peabody Estate Victoria , London 1880s
Peabody Square Blackfriars Road , Bermondsey , London 1871
Pimlico Peabody Estate Peabody Avenue , Pimlico , London 1876
Poplar Peabody Estate Elf Row , Poplar , London 1866
Shadwell Peabody Estate Glamis Street , Stepney , London 1866
Spitalfields Peabody Dwellings Commercial Street , Spitalfields , London 1863-4
Tottenham Peabody Estate Lordship Lane , Tottenham , London 1907
Whitechapel Peabody Estate John Fisher Street , Whitechapel , London 1880s
Whitecross Street Peabody Estate Finsbury , London 1883
Wild Street Peabody Estate Drury Lane , Covent Garden , London
Peabody Trust
Main article : Peabody Trust The first block of Peabody dwellings in Commercial Street , Spitalfields . A wood-engraving published in the Illustrated London News in 1863 , shortly before the building opened . Whitecross Street Peabody Estate The Peabody Trust was set up following a huge gift for the poor of London from the banker George Peabody in 1862 . [ 45 ] It became one of the largest providers of model housing for the working classes .
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.