Housing, Improved: Great Britain, England. London. Rowton House: Improved Housing: London: Model Lodging Houses for single men, erected in London by Lord Rowton & co-subscribers 1892-1905, dividends of 4% are paid on the investment of £450,000 (1909): Rowton House Whitehall. Fieldgate Street. Near the London Hospital from the authorities of which the site was acquired. Opened Aug. 1892 and has 816 bedrooms.