Basic Site Details

Name: Belville Street Housing
Town, district or village: Greenock
City or county: Renfrewshire
Country: Scotland
Parish:  
Status:  
Grid ref:
Notes: £3.5m for 700 houses

N.B. Hugh Martin & Partners claims this as theirs in the RIBA directory 1975.

Building Type Classification

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

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
 AddressMain entrance?Notes
Item 1 of 1Belville Street  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 319631969Build/construction 
Item 2 of 31 January 1965 * Scheme acceptedDean of Guild Court sanctions £391,000 scheme of 43 Scandinavian-style patio dwellings, with 50 garages, on a sloping site; 55 other dwellings will be contained in five three-storey blocks
Item 3 of 312 August 1966 Build/constructionWork held up through site difficulties for 5 months. Work now to go ahead following modifications to original plan

* earliest date known from documented sources.


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 3Burke Martin Partnership (or Ian Burke, Hugh Martin & Partners) A19631969 
Item 2 of 3Hugh Harold Martin A19631969 
Item 3 of 3Ian David Burke A19631969 

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A1996A History of Scottish Architecture  p557
Item 2 of 2RIBA1975RIBA Directory of practices   

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2Builder1 January 1965  p49
Item 2 of 2Building19 August 1966  p156