Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

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

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1958		Proposed
	28 May 1958		Proposed	'Preliminary planning proposals...were given at a Press Conference...General Sir Gordon MacMillan, chairman of the Development Corporation and Mr. L. Hugh Wilson, OBE, ARIBA, Dist.TP, AMTPI, Corporation's chief architect and planning officer, gave information [which is summarised in article]' per Builder 6 June 1958, p1038
	18 September 1959		Scheme accepted	along with Glenrothes and East Kilbride to supply 14,800 (Cumbernauld supplying 12,000) per Builder p277
	27 August 1960	7 September 1960	Design exhibited	Town and Country Planning Summer School, University of St. Andrews
	1 September 1960		Design exhibited	4,150 acre triangular site, 5 miles by 2 miles, was designated in Feb 1956; four main elements: hill with hogsback profile, hillside rising from valley where railway line is located, but cut off from hogsback by deep glen, small hill at Condorrat and a plateau at the northeast end; development to accommodate 50,000 population to be on hilltop area of 2 miles long by 1 mile wide, with houses, shops, schools, public buildings and some industry; main industrial areas to north and south of this; satellite villages around the main hill will accommodate an additional population of 20,000; housing densities will vary between 60 to 120 persons per acre; pedestrians and vehicles will have separate circulation networks per Builder 9 Sept 1960, pp474-476
	25 November 1960		Build/construction	parliamentary debate on 16 November over exemption for CDC to allow them to proceed without permissions from Dumbarton County Council planning - discussion of design and conflict btwn old and new ideas - per Builder p981

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
	Cumbernauld New Town Development Corporation		A	1958
	Leslie Hugh Wilson (known as Hugh Wilson)		A	1958
	Roy Hunter		A	1958
	William ('Bill') Gillespie		A	1958

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Parent Structure and Site

This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details):
	Building name	Notes
	Glasgow Overspill	various sites both within and without Glasgow, including new towns

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A	1996	A History of Scottish Architecture			p563
	Glendinning, Miles and Muthesius, Stefan	1994	Tower Block: Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland		Yale University Press: New Haven and London	Gazetteer 2, p380

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	28 August 1953			p333 - 'Cumbernauld New Town Project', details Clyde Valley Planning Committee's recommendation of Cumbernauld as suitable site for the location of a new town (largely owing to existing infrastructure)
	Builder	6 June 1958			'The New Town of Cumbernauld - Preliminary Planning Proposals' p1038; includes 'basic plan' image with legend
	Builder	18 September 1959			'Glasgow Overspill' p277
	Builder	27 November 1959			'The Scottish New Towns' p783; refers to annual report of Cumbernauld, East Kilbride and Glenrothes Development Corporations, published on Nov 18 (HMSO, price 7s)
	Builder	18 March 1960			'Scottish Architecture Lagging' p581
	Builder	9 September 1960			'The Planning and Development of Cumbernauld: Mr. Hugh Wilson's Paper to the Town and Country Planning Summer School' p474-476; image - Revised Basic Plan p476
	Builder	25 November 1960			'The Week in Parliament - Development of Cumbernauld New Town' p981
	Builder	23 December 1960			'Conclusion of Overspill Agreements' p1187 - mention
	Builder	1 December 1961			'Merging Towns for Overspill' p1068
	Builder	30 November 1962			p1073
	Surveyor	7 June 1958			p577-8
	Surveyor	3 September 1960			p999-1001

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Courtesy of William Gillespie	Interview of William Gillespie by Jessica Taylor, 2 February 2009 at ECA