Basic Site Details Name: | Scottish Garden City Suburb | Town, district or village: | Gourock | City or county: | Renfrewshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | For workers of the Torpedo Factory.
GOUROCK AND GREENOCK TENANTS. This, the first co-partnership Society registered in Scotland, has opened its first blocks of houses. As is the case elsewhere in Scotland, loan stock is difficult to secure, and this is illustrated by the fact that the amount of share capital is three times as large as that of the loan stock. The shareholders are principally artisans in the Royal Naval Torpedo factory, who since their transfer from Woolwich have had great difficulty in obtaining suitable housing, the tenement system of the district not meeting with the southern ideas. It is proposed to build 500 houses. [Ewart G Culpin: The Garden City Movement Up-to-Date 1913 Page 31
| Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | DOMESTIC | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Caledonia Crescent | | | | Cardwell Bay | | | | Manor Crescent | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | Before 1914 | | | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Andrew Balfour | | | Before 1914 | | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Culpin, Ewart G | 1913 | The Garden City Movement Up-to-Date | | Town Planning Association | p31 | | Rosenburg, Lou | 2016 | Scotland's Homes fit for Heroes: Garden City Influences on the Development of Scottish Working Class Housing, 1900-1939 | | Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies: The Word Bank | pp132-135 | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Greenock Telegraph | 18 December 1909 | | | | | Greenock Telegraph | 30 March 1914 | | | p4 | | Greenock Telegraph | 31 March 1914 | | | p4 |
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