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Rowton|ˈraʊtən|
The name of Montague William Lowry-Corry, 1st Lord Rowton (1838–1903), used attrib. in Rowton (lodging-) house, a type of cheap lodging-house intended to provide better conditions than a common lodging-house.
1892Times 16 Dec. 8/1 Yesterday a large model lodging-house which has been erected by Lord Rowton at Bond-street, Vauxhall, for the accommodation of working men, was opened for the inspection of visitors. The building, which has been named ‘Rowton-house’, stands upon a site within a few yards of Vauxhall-cross. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 789/1 In 1894 a company, Rowton Houses (Limited), was incorporated to extend the scheme, a main characteristic of which was that the houses should not be charitable institutions but should be on a paying commercial basis. 1932Kipling Limits & Renewals 388 In what they call a Rowton lodging-house. 1937H. G. Wells Brynhild vi. 74 One man wrote from a Rowton lodging-house on ruled paper torn from an exercise book. 1956A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Att. ii. ii. 355 He had drifted from lodgings to Salvation Army hostels and Rowton Houses. 1960C. Wilson Ritual in Dark i. ii. 41 It would have destroyed his appetite, like a meal in a Rowton House. 1968Listener 28 Nov. 735/2 Eventually we drove him round Camden Town looking for a night's lodging. We went first to the local Rowton House. 1972Guardian 19 Feb. 9/3 He ended up in a hostel, like Rowton House, for the down and out. 1977Vole No. 3. 23/2 Gone is the once normal category of ‘the lodger’ and gone are such institutions as Rowton House, providing decent short-term accommodation for single people. |