Sir Sydney Waterlow, 1st Baronet and The Improved Industrial Dwellings Company brown plaque

London, England, United Kingdom

Cromwell Buildings These flats were constructed in 1864 by Sir Sydney Waterlow, founder of the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company, and were modelled after a pair of houses designed by the Prince Regent for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Founded in 1863, the Company was one of the most successful a

nd earliest providers of low cost housing. — Cromwell Building, 5-6 Redcross Way

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