Basic Site Details

Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
	Name	Current name?	Notes
	Drumchapel	Yes
	Drumchapel Housing Scheme

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Housing scheme
	Urban planning

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	September 1951		Plans prepared, construction not yet begun	Plans in hand for the erection of 813 houses
	22 February 1952 *		Proposed	Corporation proposed four-phase development for 30,000 people, with 7,000 houses, baths, school Road and sewer work has begun on the first phase Completion of the scheme's first part has been approved by the Corporation
	3 October 1952 *		Proposed	Plans to be prepared for 108 houses
	31 October 1952 *		Scheme accepted	Corporation to erect for 363 houses
	1 May 1953 *		Proposed	Plans to be prepared for 20 houses
	24 July 1953 *		Scheme accepted	Plans approved for erection of 1,220 dwellings
	4 September 1953 *		Plans prepared, construction not yet begun	Plans in hand for 56 houses
	11 September 1953 *		Plans prepared, construction not yet begun	Plans in hand for new shops and houses
	24 March 1953		Scheme accepted	Plan to erect 1,800 houses by Crosswell method of construction at Drumchapel approved (Housing Committee minutes, 24/3/1953).
	30 April 1954 *		Plans prepared, construction not yet begun	Plans in hand for 18 houses, est. cost £28,800
	30 April 1954 *		Plans prepared, construction not yet begun	Plans in hand for scheme of 768 houses to be erected at Unit 3 of Drumchapel Housing Site, est. cost £1,307,770
	4 June 1954 *		Plans prepared, construction not yet begun	Plans prepared and approved for 40 houses
	11 October 1957		Build/construction	'Glasgow Corporation Housing Committee allocated ...contract for houses to direct labour department,...for 506 houses at Drumchapel, cost ₤862,186.' per Builder p655
	18 October 1957		Scheme accepted	'Housing and Works Department granted permission for 56 houses at Drumchapel, No. 5' per Builder p701
	16 January 1959		Proposed	'independent development of shopping sites on a three-storey basis involving six acres of centrally located ground at Drumchapel [Housing Scheme]' 'four English development companies [invited by Glasgow Town Council] to undertake the development...Healey and Baker; Ravenseft Properties, Ltd.; Boyd, Ridgley and Partners; all of London, and Chippendale and Company, of Bradford.' per Builder p165
	15 April 1960		Proposed	306 houses in 15-storey blocks at a cost of £881,000; Scottish Office approval required per Builder p765
	1991	1996	Alterations and additions	Comprehensive rehabilitation of 80 existing flats in 9 tenement closes on Jedworth Avenue, Pineview (by Simister Monagan Architects).
	28 November 1997		Destruction/demolition	872 houses near Invercanny Drive and Linkwood Road in Drumchapel reported to be scheduled for demolition (per Scotsman)
	6 December 1999		Destruction/demolition	Plans mentioned for the demolition of 1,076 council houses in Drumchapel (per Scotsman)

* earliest date known from documented sources.

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
	Archibald George Jury		A	Before 1951	After 1959	Various housing schemes as Director of Housing
	Michael David Simister		B	1991	1996
	Simister Monaghan		B	1991	1996	Rehabilitation work Jedworth Avenue, Pineview
	William Vernon Monaghan		B	1991	1996
	Glasgow Corporation Housing Department (later Architectural & Planning Department, Glasgow Corporation)		A	Before 1951	After 1959	With A G Jury as Director of Housing

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	Glasgow Corporation

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Child Structures

This structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details):
	Building Name	Notes
	Drumchapel Housing Development Unit 1 Housing	Located north of existing Garscadden settlement, north of Garscadden and Drumchapel Roads (later called Stonedyke). New types of standard tenements were first used on a large scale here. The southeast portion of Unit 1, built 1952-4, consisted of 108 dwellings in three-storey tenements, and the northwest portion, built 1952-5, contained 730 dwellings in three-storey tenements plus other shops and flats.
	Drumchapel Housing Development Unit 2 Housing	Unit 2 was a much more ambitious development than Unit 1. Located on a hilly site, it required a water tower and included the first large-scale examples of crosswall construction evolved by Sam Bunton. Unit 2 housing consisted of: 257 dwellings south of Drumry Road (1953-5); 30 dwellings in Heathcot Avenue (1959); 1053 dwellings in tenements and 2000 crosswall dwellings (1953-6); and other shops and flats.
	Drumchapel Housing Development Unit 3 Housing	Located roughly north of Linkwood Drive/Southdeen Avenue and south of Kinfauns Drive, this section of the development consisted of 1236 dwellings in 1953-6, 768 dwellings in 1954-7, and other shops and dwellings.
	Drumchapel Housing Development Unit 4 Housing	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).
	Drumchapel Housing Development Unit 5 Housing	Unit 5 housing consisted of 506 dwellings in three/four-storey tenements (1957-60), 60 dwellings in three-storey tenements (1957), and 216 dwellings (1959-61).

References

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	14 September 1951			p367
	Builder	22 February 1952			p313
	Builder	3 October 1952			p488
	Builder	31 October 1952			p640
	Builder	1 May 1953			p700
	Builder	24 July 1953			p156
	Builder	4 September 1953			p373
	Builder	11 September 1953			p413
	Builder	30 April 1954			p786
	Builder	4 June 1954			p1007
	Builder	11 October 1957			p655
	Builder	18 October 1957			p701
	Builder	16 January 1959			'Shopping Sites at Drumchapel' p165
	Builder	15 April 1960			'Glasgow Building Plans' p765
	Scotsman	28 November 1997			'How the Drum rolled down and out'
	Scotsman	6 December 1999			'Glasgow denies covert 'social cleansing' of Drumchapel'

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		Unit 1 (1952/300, 301; 1953/334, 176; 1954/205); Unit 2 (1953/73, 74, 261, 490; 1954/96; 1957/794); Unit 3 (1953/230; 1954/206, 207); Unit 4 (1953/489; 1954/26, 322, 393); Unit 5 (1957/560, 793; 1959/585)