The estate was designed by Francis Skinner, Douglas Bailey and an elder mentor, the Soviet émigré Berthold Lubetkin.

[1] Cranbrook Estate consists of six tower blocks in pairs in height order.

"[3] The estate was designed by Soviet Russian architect Berthold Lubetkin, who pioneered modernist design in Britain in the 1930s and was helped by Francis Skinner and Douglas Bailey,[4] with the Oxford House being an enduring presence during the area wide slum clearances and rebuilding including what would become the Cranbrook Estate as residents were rehoused into the new high rise flats.

[6] Further development in the estate took place in the early 1990s, with a children playground and a community center designed by Pentarch architects on Mace Street which was built in 1993.

[11] The Blind Beggar and his Dog is a bronze statue first displayed in 1958 by the sculptor Elisabeth Frink.