Basic Site Details
| Name: | Specimen Sunlit Home |
| Town, district or village: | Burnside |
| City or county: | Glasgow |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | Aug-Sept 1927. Flat-roofer model erected in 12 daysto show speed of assembly. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | House | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| August 1927 | September 1927 | Build/construction | Demonstration of speed of erection of flat-roofed, hollow-walled house to City Council, wins orders for 500 duplicate houses with three bedrooms, kitchenette, living room; wooden board roof covered with interleaved felt and bituminous mastic sheets, finished with a top layer of road-quality bitumen; publicity photos of crowd of workmen standing on roof to demonstrate its stability. |
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 | |
| (Sir) John McDonald | A | 1927 | |||
| John McDonald Contractors (or J M Contractors) | A | 1927 | |||
| John Robert Harrison McDonald | A | 1927 | |||
References
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Glasgow Herald | 24 September 1927 | p3 'Sunlit Homes: Glasgow's New Flat Roofed House' | ||