Samuel Bridgman Russell (9 August 1864 – 2 August 1955) was a Scottish architect who became chief architect to the Ministry of Health and after the Tudor Walters Report and the Addison Act 1919 designed to a series of model houses, which were copied extensively throughout the United Kingdom in the council estates of the 1920s and 1930s.
[2] Dr Addison appointed a number of architects to draw up designs for model plans for worker cottages (houses).
He established "the cardinal principles of good design as the proper dispositions of streets and buildings".
The living room should benefit from the sunny aspect, the larder should be in a cool position and the coal store should be easily accessed from both within the building and from outside the house.
The rear should be clear of projections that cut off both light and air, and the passageways, stairways and landings free from waste.