From the days when a one garage was a luxury

 

When I was a boy the immediate neighbourhood where I lived had almost no homes with an attached garage. Even carports were rare. We did have alleys and some homes had a garage accessed from the alley behind the home.

This home in North London must have been a rare beauty when it was new. It had an attached garage,  set back a little and not built in the later garage-forward style. The front door was impressive in a quiet way with its cut ston and thick wood trim. I would not be surprised if the wood door with large, black hinges is either the original or a replacement door with the look of the original.

This is a home that has lost none of its eloquent demeanour over the passing decades. Nor has its neighbourhood, for that matter.