Park Town Estate, Battersea, London (original layout)

The Flower family developed the Park Town estate, the second largest in Battersea (57 acres, 1,346 houses), around  the  southern approach to Chelsea Bridge  from 1863-1900. The dramatic change in style, from substantial three-storey terraces in Phase 1 (1863-70), to two-storey  half-houses in Phase 2 (1890-1900), underlines very clearly how the aspirations of the owners for a middle-class development close to the amenities of Battersea Park was ruined by the railways and the inexorable demand for artisan accommodation in north-east Battersea. Although Park Town was laid out, and the first- generation houses designed by James Knowles, the original plan was by R. J. Withers, and it was he who applied for thirteen new streets in 1863. [Bailey, Keith Alan: The metamorphosis of Battersea 1800-1914]

Reference           Bailey, Keith Alan: The metamorphosis of Battersea 1800-1914