Basic Site Details
| Name: | North Kelvin (Firhill) Treatment Area |
| City or county: | Glasgow |
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| Notes: | Rehabilitation of block of late 19th-century tenements |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Tenement | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Benview Street | ||
| Murano Street | ||
| Ruchill Park | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1976 | Alteration/conversion | Pilot scheme carried out at 56-60 Murano Street | |
| 1977 | 1978 | Alteration/conversion | Tenements rehabilitated internally and facades stone-cleaned. 415 flats yielded 314 converted and modernised units at a cost of £8000 per unit. |
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 District Council, Department of Architecture and Related Services (or Department of Civic Architecture & Design) | 1976 | 1978 | |||
| John Hepburn | A | 1977 | 1978 | ||
| John Hepburn and Associates | A | 1977 | 1978 | oversaw rehabilitation project | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | Tenements and Towers: Glasgow Working Class Housing, 1890-1930 | p70 | |||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Planning Sector and Local Government | December 1978 | 'Reprieved for half a century' p37 + 40 | ||