The 1871 large scale map of Reigate shows Brightlands Road as a cut between Wray Park Road and Raglan Road, with only one large house in the road, surrounded by extensive grounds. This was Brightlands, situated where the modern house on the right of the photo now stands. It was only in the 1950s that the road started being developed further, with a few houses being built in the grounds of Brightlands, and it was not until the 1970s that Brightlands itself was demolished, to be replaced by the house seen here.
The historic importance of Brightlands was that it was the home of the Victorian photographer, Francis Frith, whose photographic printing works was in Reigate - see
TQ2450 : Churchfield Road.
For photos of the original house see
Link and
Link (the latter showing Francis Frith himself relaxing in the garden of the house).