Basic Site Details
| Name: | The Beeches Housing Development |
| Town, district or village: | Glenrothes |
| City or county: | Fife |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | 'The area of Woodside around The Beeches was developed with sm all schemes giving a variety of design. The Beeches has two small terraces ot two storey houses each terminated with a three storey block of flats. The projecting porches of the hosues provide privacy to the hosue entrances' |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Housing | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1954 | Build/construction | ||
| Early 1950s | Won award or awards | ||
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 | |
| Peter Tinto | A | 1954 | As Chief Architect of Glenrothes Development Corporation | ||
| Glenrothes Development Corporation (or Glenrothes New Town Development Corporation) | A | 1954 | |||
| Nina Lillias Forbes (Mrs Scott-Will) | A | 1954 | As project architect with Glenrothes Development Corporation | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Glenrothes Development Corporation | |
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 | p570 | ||
| Rutherford, H Roan | 1997 | Saltire Awards for Housing Design 1937-1997 | |||