Thanks for this. Google Streetview shows the current scene, among other survivals, the houses on the left, the one with the gable end on the right, and the house whose gable end in Dave F's dad's photo is above the signalbox. The road on the trackbed being their 'new' neighbour ...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.1883296,-1.7137144,3a,75y,357.29h,84.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZwzMX0V4S7aQda4dKwrF-g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Mark
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.1883296,-1.7137144,3a,75y,357.29h,84.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZwzMX0V4S7aQda4dKwrF-g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656