Basic Site Details

Name: Housing development, Broom Estate, Areas A and B
Town, district or village: Whitecraigs
City or county: Glasgow
Country: Scotland
Parish:  
Status:  
Grid ref:
Notes: There seems to be some confusion about the date of these houses - mentioned in Nomination Paper but if the Mactaggart & Mickel houses, then first phase completed by April 1935. C-type and cubist house types; cubist house types abandoned as difficult to sell. 'Period' houses introduced 1936.

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Housing  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 319311935 Date given in 'Homebuilders' is somewhat later - i.e. beginning in 1935 and up to 1940
Item 2 of 3April 1935  Two blocks in Area B. This is probably too early for Gladstone's involvement. Date more likely to be 1937 onwards
Item 3 of 31936  Period houses introduced

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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 2James Taylor  19311935Cubist and period houses.
Item 2 of 2William A Gladstone  1935 Two blocks in Area B

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 1Mactaggart & Mickel 

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2McKean, Charles1987The Scottish Thirties: An Architectural Introduction Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Pressp169-171
Item 2 of 2RCAHMS1999Homebuilders: Mactaggart & Mickel and the Scottish housebuilding industry RCAHMSpp85-97

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 1RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert MuseumRIBA Nomination Papers James Taylor: F no2971 (box 15)