Basic Site Details Name: | Kildrum 1 Housing | Town, district or village: | Kildrum, Cumbernauld New Town | City or county: | Lanarkshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Housing | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1957 | | Build/construction | | | 5 July 1957 | | Proposed | 98 two-storey, four-apartment houses at Kildrum; the rest of this area will involve a total of 353 houses, the remainder being in three-, four- and five-storey blocks with one 15-storey tower block as the dominating focal feature per Builder p44
| | 20 June 1958 | | Proposed | 'Kildrum 1 (Housing) Development (Second Phase).Tenders invited for erection of 209 houses in six blocks of 3 to 5 storeys. Applications to Chief A. and Planning Officer, Cumbernauld Development Corporation, Cumbernauld-hse., Cumbernauld, by Glasgow.' per Builder p1154 | | 26 June 1958 | | Proposed | deadline for submission of tenders for construction of '209 houses' per Builder 20 June 1958 p1154 | | 15 December 1961 | | Proposed | 17-storey block of 64 flats at Kildrum 1 housing site (3rd phase) per Builder p1167 |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 | | | p569 | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p60 p170-1 Cumbernauld Original Housing Areas | | Miles Glendinning, Diane Watters, David Whitham | | Docomomo Scotland Leaflet | | | p229 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 5 July 1957 | | | 'Cumbernauld Takes Shape: The Central Area' p44 | | Builder | 20 June 1958 | | | p1154 | | Builder | 15 December 1961 | | | p1167 | | Building | 24 February 1967 | | | p82 [image of completed Kildrum 1 housing] |
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