The Norbury Estate, consisting of about 30 acres, was purchased
by the Council in 1901 at a cost of B18,000 and is situated on the
South side of London, about 8 miles from Charing Cross and within
The traffic facilities are good, a railway sta-
2 miles of Croydon.
tion being within a few minutes walk of the Estate,, with workmen's
Electric
service of trains to the City and West End of London.
trams als0 pass the Estate with a frequent service of cars for Lon-
don.
The development of the Estate is shown on the accompanying site
At the present time about 16 acres are being developed, which
plan.
will provide accommodation for about 3,444 persons in 462 cottages;
The mumber of houses
of this mumber 240 cottages are completed.
The number of persons housed per acre is 216.
built per acre is 29.
The cottages are twTO storey buildings and similar in character
The average cost of types
to those on the Totterdown Fields Estate.
of cottages in course of erection, including architect's expenses
and incidentals:-
3 rooms with box room
3 rooms.
4 rooms
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