Basic Site Details

Name: SSHA Housing, Mains of Fintry
Town, district or village: Mains of Fintry
City or county: Dundee
Country: Scotland
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Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Housing  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 521 May 194921 June 1949 Contract placed for handrails for two-hundred Atholl and fifty-four Orlit houses
Item 2 of 528 December 195024 January 1951 Contracts placed for painting for Orlit and Atholl houses, and for all trades for 100 no-fines houses
Item 3 of 520 April 195020 May 1950 Contract placed for front and intermediate garden fencing for 334 various houses
Item 4 of 531 July 1953 * ProposedPlans to be prepared for new housing scheme
Item 5 of 522 February 1957 Plans prepared, construction not yet begun'plans in hand for 394 houses at the Mains O'Fintry housing scheme' p391

* 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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 3Scottish Special Housing Association (SSHA)  1949After 1951 
Item 2 of 3James Austen Bent  1953 * To prepare plans for new housing scheme
Item 3 of 3James Austen Bent  22 February 1957 Builder p391

* earliest date known from documented sources.


References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Gifford, John2012The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee Yalep283

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 5Builder8 July 1949  p62
Item 2 of 5Builder9 June 1950  p795
Item 3 of 5Builder16 February 1951  p262
Item 4 of 5Builder31 July 1953  p188
Item 5 of 5Builder22 February 1957  p391