Basic Site Details
| Name: | Drumchapel Housing Development Unit 4 Housing |
| Town, district or village: | Drumchapel |
| City or county: | Glasgow |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | Located roughly north of Kinfauns Drive and south of Drummore Road. Unit 4 housing contained: 317 dwellings in mainly four-storey tenements (1953-6); 366 Lawrence crosswall dwellings (1954-6); 24 houses (1954); 624 dwellings in a mixture of proprietary non-traditional tenement types (215 Blackburn houses, 170 Atholl houses, and 239 crosswall houses) (1954-7). |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Housing | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Backmuir Road | ||
| Drummore Road | ||
| Rayne Place | ||
| Ryedale Place | ||
| Sherwood Place | ||
| Springside Place | ||
| Summerhill Road | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1953 | c. 1957 | Build/construction | |
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 | |
| A A Stuart & Son (Glasgow) Ltd | Engineer | Sometime between 1954 and 1957. Built crosswall houses with Mactaggart and Mickel Ltd and Melville. | |||
| MacTaggart and Mickel Ltd | Builder | Sometime between 1954 and 1957. Built crosswall houses with AA Stuart and Melville. | |||
| Archibald George Jury | Architect | A | 1953 | c. 1957 | As City Architect for Glasgow Corporation Housing Department (Architectural and Planning Department) |
| Glasgow Corporation Housing Department (later Architectural & Planning Department, Glasgow Corporation) | A | 1953 | c. 1957 | With A G Jury as City Architect | |
Related Buildings, Structures and Designs
Parent Structure and Site
| This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | ||
| Building name | Notes | |
| Drumchapel Housing Development | This record refers Glasgow Corporation's development of various housing schemes in the satellite town of Drumchapel. See related 'child' buildings for details on individual housing developments. |
References
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | GCA DG Unit 4 (1953/489; 1954/26, 322, 393) | |