Basic Site Details
| Name: | Balornock Housing Scheme |
| Town, district or village: | Balornock |
| City or county: | Glasgow |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | Balornock Housing Scheme was designed in 1939 by William McNab's staff as a typical late-1930s garden suburb (along with Robroyston Housing Scheme). 216 houses were built in Balornock under this design, but the remainder was revised under Ronald Bradbury and built after the war. See related 'child' buildings for details on individual schemes. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Housing scheme | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Lamont Road | ||
| Menzies Road | ||
| Wallacewell Road | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| Build/construction | 1939, 1945-6 | ||
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 | |
| Glasgow Corporation Housing Department (later Architectural & Planning Department, Glasgow Corporation) | A | 1939 (with William McNab as Housing Director), 1945-6 (with Ronald Bradbury as Housing Director). | |||
| William McNab | A | 1939 | As Director of Housing in Glasgow Corporation Housing Department | ||
| Ronald Bradbury | A | 1945 | Bradbury as Director of Housing in Glasgow Corporation Housing Department | ||
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 | |
| 100 houses, around Wallacewell Road, Balornock Housing Scheme | 100 pre-fabricated Swedish Timber houses |
| 200 houses around Lamont Road, Balornock Housing Scheme | 200 pre-fabricated Swedish timber houses |
| 216 houses, Balornock Housing Scheme | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | Tenements and Towers: Glasgow Working Class Housing, 1890-1930 | ||||
| Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | p439 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | GCA DG 1939/65, 1945/187, 1945/269 | |