Photograph: Oliver Wooller

The original plans did not include a garage, but this omission was corrected in the course of the 1930s and 1940s by the upwardly mobile owners.

Not all the houses on the Danson Estate were intended for the well to do middle-class commuters.

Those with more modest means could buy homes built by firms such as T. H. Jones with the aid of a government subsidy.

The plain exteriors were individualised by the use of different coloured tiles and rendering.