Basic Site Details
| Name: | Flemington Redevelopment |
| Town, district or village: | Motherwell and Wishaw |
| City or county: | Lanarkshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
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| Status: | |
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| Notes: | Development includes five 18-storey blocks each containing 104 flats; 119 four-apartment low-rise flats; 2 shops; and 138 lock-up garages. The five tower blocks were named Burnside, Lodge, Glassford, Glen, Woodside [Dickson, James, 1970]. 528 houses, estimated cost £1.75m [Builder, 1966]. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Burnside, Lodge, Glassford, Glen, Woodside | These are the names of the five tower blocks in the scheme. | |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Housing scheme | ||
| Tower block | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1965 | Plans dated | Flemington Development layout plan. | |
| 1966 | 1968 | Build/construction | |
| 1966 | Plans approved | Flemington Development layout plan approved and passed by Dean of Guild Court. | |
| 1966 | Plans dated | 18 storey 'no fines' flats 6 no. to a landing ground floor plan + typical upper floor plan (blocks no. 6, 7, 9). | |
| 1966 | Plans approved | 18 storey 'no fines' flats 6 no. to a landing ground floor plan + typical upper floor plan (blocks no. 6, 7, 9) approved and passed by Dean of Guild Court. | |
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 | |
| George Wimpey & Co Ltd | A | 1965(?) | 1968 | ||
| Motherwell Burgh Council | B | 1965(?) | 1968 | With Hill as architect and planning officer. | |
| Thomas Coulthurst Hill | B | 1965(?) | 1968 | As Burgh Architect and Planning Officer for the Burgh of Motherwell & Wishaw. | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Glendinning, Miles and Muthesius, Stefan | 1994 | Tower Block: Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland | Yale University Press: New Haven and London | p237 Photograph includes Flemington Area Redevelopment | |
| James Dickson | 1970 | Living High, a Study of Living in Multi-storey Flats | Motherwell and Wishaw Town Council | p7-9,13 | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| North Lanarkshire County Archive, Cumbernauld | Motherwell Dean of Guild Records | Architectural plans for Flemington Development and 18 storey tower blocks dated 1965-66. Approval by Dean of Guild Court of the Burgh of Motherwell & Wishaw stamped 1966. | |