Basic Site Details
| Name: | Proposed workers' garden village for Argyle Motor Works |
| Town, district or village: | Alexandria/Vale of Leven |
| City or county: | Dunbartonshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
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| Notes: | Intended to comprised 250 cottages. Only partially built due to failure of company. No drawings exist in James Salmon Collection at NMRS. A society, known as the Vale of Leven Tenants Ltd., has been formed at Alexandria for the development on co-partnership lines of about 6 acres of land within a mile of Loch Lomond. The society is registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, and the capital has been raised by shares and loan stock. The land on which the cottages are built has been granted by the Argyll Motor Company - whose workers have formed the Society - free of feu-duty for five years and at the modified rate of 15 per acre thereafter. Good progress is being made. Sixteen houses are now being built.[Ewart G Culpin: The Garden City Movement Up-to-Date 1913 page 23] |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Vale of Leven Garden Suburb | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Housing scheme | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1912 | 1913 | Build/construction | |
| May 1914 | Opened | ||
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 | |
| James Salmon & Son / James Salmon FRIBA | A | 1913 | |||
| James Salmon (junior) | A | 1913 | |||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Vale of Leven Tenants Ltd | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Rosenburg, Lou | 2016 | Scotland's Homes fit for Heroes: Garden City Influences on the Development of Scottish Working Class Housing, 1900-1939 | Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies: The Word Bank | pp137-138 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | Late 1913 | CV | p492 | |
| Glasgow Herald | 18 May 1914 | |||