Basic Site Details | Name: | Buckfast, Carse View Drive | | City or county: | Glasgow | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | This was presumably one of the houses listed under Carse View Drive but which one has not yet been clarified.
Since renamed and renumbered, present designation not traced.
Cost £1185.
Purchased by James Moran in November 1933, moved in July 1935.
1934 -May 1939 Dampness and resultant legal action. House began to leak within six months, serious damp in walls and ceilings of bedroom and nursery, lounge, stairway, bathroom. Moran brought court case against McDonald senior in May 1939, for damages and breach of his contract to provide waterproof house. Due to mould growth, spongy plaster, Moran children had to share parents’ bedroom, and family moved out in Sept 1937. Sheriff found faulty roof construction, a fault ‘deep seated and chronic’, and not condensation was to blame, and awarded Moran £350 costs against McDonald. Sheriff Robertson described the building as ‘modernistic, namely the design is externally different from what is customary here. It rather resembles a band box. It has a flat roof with a low parapet ... and a smooth white cement external surface’. | Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Villa | | |
Street Addresses| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Carse View Drive | | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1933 | 1934 | Build/construction | |
PeopleDesign 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 | 1933 | 1934 | | | John McDonald Contractors (or J M Contractors) | | A | 1933 | 1934 | |
ReferencesPeriodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Daily Record | 30 May 1939 | | | p13 'Fungus grew on walls on new house'. | | Scotsman | 30 May 1939 | | | p10 'Chronic Dampness'.
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