The Alexandra Cottages, of which Albert Road forms a part, were built between 1866 and 1868 by the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrial Classes, the first such organisation to build semi-detached houses with gardens, rather than traditional terraces or tenement blocks.

They were intended as low cost housing for London workers, being close to Penge station, although local workers were soon accommodated too.

Now primarily in private ownership, they remain popular small houses.