| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Housing |
| Founded | London, UK (1863) |
| Founder | Sydney Waterlow |
| Headquarters | |
| Products | Model dwellings |
The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company (IIDC) was a Victorian Model dwellings company founded in 1863 by the printer, philanthropist and later Lord Mayor of London Sir Sydney Waterlow. The company operated predominantly in Central London as a provider of block dwellings for the working classes, employing a strict selection and discipline regime amongst its tenants to ensure a healthy return on investment.[1] Starting with a capital of £50,000,[2] the IIDC became one of the largest and most successful of the model dwellings companies, housing at its height around 30,000 individuals.[3]
Waterlow's example was influential. The Newcastle Upon Tyne Improved Industrial Dwellings Company was set up by James Hall of Hall Brothers Steamship Company, Tynemouth, after visiting Sir Sydney Waterlow's establishment in London.[4][5]
- ^ Tarn, J.N. (1968) The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company, Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, vol. 22, pp. 43-59.http://www.lamas.org.uk/archives/transactions/volume22.html
- ^ National Archives acquisition LMA/4013
- ^ Wohl, A.S. (1977) The eternal slum: housing and social policy in Victorian London. London: Edward Arnold
- ^ William Hayward (1896). James Hall of Tynemouth: A Beneficent Life of a Busy Man of Business. unknown library. s.n.]
- ^ Geography, Kay's (2 June 2019). "Garth Heads". Newcastle residential areas. Retrieved 3 June 2019.