Basic Site Details
| Name: | Moredun Housing |
| Town, district or village: | Moredun |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | The Moredun temporary housing areas included: 145 prefabricated aluminium bungalows, 186 'Blackburn Mark III' houses (designed by Sam Bunton in 1948), and 170 steel 'BISF' houses. The scheme's layout had originally been designed by J.A.W Grant with traditionally-built, Lorimerian-style cottages in mind: 251 of these were eventually built here. (Glendinning, 1997, p161) |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Housing | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Craigour Avenue | ||
| Craigour Drive | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1947 | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | ||
| 1948 | 1949 | Build/construction | |
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 | |
| John Alexander William Grant | A | 1947 | |||
| Sam Bunton | A | 1948 | 1949 | ||
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 | ||
| Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p161-2 | |
| http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/details/669579/ | http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/details/669579/ | Accessed 21.04.12 | |||