Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Housing

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1935	1936	Plans prepared, construction not yet begun	Designed by William McNab
	1936	1939	Build/construction
	April 1977			Council approved scheme for demolition of 480 out of 1300 houses. Some areas rehabilitated.
	1980s	1990s		More houses progressively demolished
	1983			Other houses demolished for Monkland Motorway

People

Design and Construction

The 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
	Glasgow Corporation Housing Department (later Architectural & Planning Department, Glasgow Corporation)		A	1935	1939	With William McNab as Director of Housing
	William McNab		A	1935	1939	Responsible for design of scheme as Director of Housing

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Damer, Sean	1991	From Moorepark To Wine Alley: The Rise And Fall Of A Glasgow Housing Scheme		Edinburgh University Press
	Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A	1996	A History of Scottish Architecture			p569
	Martin, T	1982	The Blackhill Story
	RCAHMS	1999	Homebuilders: Mactaggart & Mickel and the Scottish housebuilding industry		RCAHMS	An image of three-storey 'Rehousing' tenements, and a plan of a corner tenement p213
	Williamson, Riches, Higgs	1990	Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland)			p439

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Architects Journal	20 April 1977
	Daily Record	25 January 1995
	Scotland on Sunday	2 October 1994			Spectrum - p6