Noel Park in north London is a planned community built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries consisting of 2,200 model dwellings, designed by Rowland Plumbe. It was developed as the Noel Park Estate on a tract of land on the edge of north London as part of the fast growing development of Wood Green. It is one of four developments on the outskirts of London built by the Artizans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company. From 2003 to sometime in 2009, the name was also given to a small park near the southern edge of Noel Park, formerly known – and now known again – as Russell Park.
Fourth-class houses in Darwin Road, built during the initial development of Noel Park in the 1880s
Duckett's Manor (the future Noel Park) and the village of Wood Green in 1619
Insignia of the Artizans Company on company-built shops, Noel Park
Rowland Plumbe in 1890, shortly after the construction of Noel Park
Model dwellings companies (MDCs) were a group of private companies in Victorian Britain that sought to improve the housing conditions of the working classes by building new homes for them, at the same time receiving a competitive rate of return on any investment. The principle of philanthropic intention with capitalist return was given the label "five per cent philanthropy".
Peabody Square Model Dwellings in Blackfriars Road, Southwark.
Image: Artizans Company logo (cropped)