Basic Site Details | Name: | Lochfoot Village Housing | | Town, district or village: | Lochfoot | | City or county: | Kirkcudbrightshire | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | Two pairs of semi-detached cottages (1-3 and 2-4 Moat Drive, Lochfoot), the first houses to be erected under the rural housing scheme in Scotland, were formally opened on 28 December 1943 by Joseph Westwood, the Under Secretary of State for Scotland. Plans and front elevations of these were illustrated in the Builder for 28 January 1944.
They formed part of a larger scheme of 28 houses (the layout of which was also illustrated in the Builder), a scheme subsequently modified to provide a total of 30 houses as built on the same site. Only these four original cottages were of two stories, all the remaining dwellings are semi-detached single story.
| Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Housing scheme | | |
Street Addresses| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Moat Drive | | | | Steele Avenue | | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 28 December 1943 | | Opened | First four houses | | Early 1944 | | | |
PeopleDesign 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 | | A R Caldwell | | | 1943 | | | | Archibald Thomson Caldwell | | | 1943 | | A R Caldwell is probably an error for A T Caldwell. |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this building: | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Periodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 28 January 1944 | CLXVI | | p71 including site layout and individual house plans |
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