Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

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

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	18 June 1954 *		Scheme accepted	Corporation accepts layout plans of: 642 three-, 208 four-, and 64 five-apartment houses; and 950 houses in flats
	11 October 1957		Build/construction	'Glasgow Corporation Housing Committee allocated ..contract for houses to direct labour department, one for 1,053 houses at Easterhouse, cost ₤1,805,561.' per Builder p655
	22 November 1957		Scheme accepted	'Dean of Guild Court approved plans for 1,361 houses in the city. Corporation to build 1,053 houses at Easterhouse....Corporation houses will be of three, four or five apartments in tenement buildings' per Builder p940
	15 August 1958		Scheme accepted	'The [Housing] Committee has also authorised construction of further houses at Lochwood, Easterhouse.' per Builder p290
	25 September 1959		Proposed	504 houses (432 three-apt. and 72 four-apt. units) per Builder p324

* 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	1954 *		As City Architect
	Glasgow Corporation Housing Department (later Architectural & Planning Department, Glasgow Corporation)		A	c. 1954		With A G Jury as City Architect

* earliest date known from documented sources.

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
	Easterhouse Unit 1	This scheme was laid out on a triangle of land bounded by Edinburgh Road, Bartiebeith Road, and Wellhouse Road. It comprised 900 houses mostly in the form of three-apartment three-storey tenements, with some cottages, terraced houses, and four/five-apartment tenements north of Torrans Road. A block of five shops and eight single person's flats was also built in Newhills Road. See separate records for primary school, two nursery schools, and church.
	Easterhouse Unit 2	This scheme was laid out east of Wellhouse Road. It comprised 416 dwellings (336 three- and 60 four-apartment tenement flats and 20 five-apartment terraced houses) plus four shops and six single person's flats in Warhie Road. See separate record for nursery school.
	Easterhouse Unit 3	This scheme was built on a detached site north of Blairtummock Road, immediately beside an extensive industrial estate. It comprised 588 dwellings (468 three- and 120 four-apartment tenement flats), as well as a group of six shops and eight single person's flats in Lonmay Road. See separate record for school.
	Easterhouse Unit 4	This scheme was laid out to the south of Westerhouse Road and West of Easterhouse Road. It comprised 1305 dwellings in largely three-storey tenement blocks (990 three-, 264 four-, and 24 five-apartment flats). See separate records for nursery school, primary school, and secondary school.
	Easterhouse Unit 5	This scheme was laid out along curving roads to the northeast of Provanhall (Auchinlea) Road, which was realigned and widened. It comprised 978 tenement dwellings (in mostly three- and four-apartment flats), and a block of shops and single person's flats in Conisborough Road. See separate records for schools and churches.
	Easterhouse Unit 6	This scheme was laid out on an extensive area on either side of Lochend Road and Lochdochart Road. It comprised 1785 dwellings (1428 three-, 297 four-and 27 five-apartment flats in tenement blocks) plus a block of shops and single person's flats. See separate records for schools, community centre, and church.
	Easterhouse Unit 7	This scheme was laid out immediately south of Unit 6, on either side of Lochdochart Road. It comprised 1053 dwellings (842 three-, 158 four-, 26 five- and 51 one-apartment flats in tenements), as well as a block of shops and single person's flats in Lentran Street and 16 aged person's flats in Denmilne/Lentran Streets. Some of the tenements were experimentally constructed in Wilson hollow precast blocks, and the remainder were in normal rendered brick.
	Easterhouse Unit 8	This scheme was laid out between Wellhouse 2 and the canal. It comprised 504 houses in three-storey tenement blocks and 45 single person's flats in two blocks.

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Glendinning, Miles	1997	Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75		Tuckwell Press Ltd	p63, p174 Castlemilk

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	18 June 1954			p1091
	Builder	11 October 1957			p655
	Builder	22 November 1957			p940
	Builder	15 August 1958			'Glasgow Scheme Approved' p290
	Builder	25 September 1959			p324