London
Yard
A
prestige residential development in London's Docklands
London
Yard, completed during 1988,is comprised of 312 properties, mainly of
leasehold apartments but with some freehold houses on Manchester Road,
Rotterdam Drive and Leerdam Drive. The freehold of the communal areas
and apartment blocks is owned by the London Yard Management Company
Ltd whose shareholders are the 312 property owners. The shareholders
elect a Board of Directors who, in turn, collect ground rents; appoint
managing agents; set the service charge; administer the code of
conduct, including the parking scheme; maintain and renew the
infrastructure and ensure compliance with the leases.
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Shipyard
to Comfortable Living
In
April 1861 London Yard was the scene of a launching of a state-of-the-art
warship - HMS Resistance.
The
iron-cased frigate Resistance was launched from the yard of Messrs. Westwood,
Baillie and Co., by whom she has been built. It was quite a gala day in the
Isle of Dogs. The whole population seemed to have turned out to do honour to
the launch, and with the large additions of visitors every point of view on
both shores was crowded with spectators. There were three bands of music —
viz. those of the 1st Life Guards, the Marine Society, and the 6th Tower
Hamlets Rifles. A triumphal arch of evergreens, with flags waving above it,
and an inscription in honour of the Lady Mayoress, was erected at the
principal entrance-gate. At two o’clock the Lady Mayoress, who stood on a
platform at the vessel’s bow, surrounded by a great number of City
dignitaries, dashed the bottle against the beak, wishing at the same time
”Success to the Resistance." (Extract from the London Illustrated
News)
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