Basic Site Details Name: | Barlanark Housing Scheme | Town, district or village: | Barlanark | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | This was the first big postwar housing scheme in eastern Glasgow. The masterplan comprised 2016 dwellings in a few three and mostly four-storey tenements, 236 cottages, and 56 maisonettes and flats over shops. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Housing | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Hallhill Road | | North and south of Hallhill Road |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1951 | | Scheme accepted | Master-plan approved | | 1951 | 1954 | Build/construction | Masterplan built, comprising 2016 dwellings in a few three and mostly four-storey tenements, 236 cottages, and 56 maisonettes and flats over shops | | 1986 | | | 352 flats modernised and rehabilitated for Calvay Co-op in the Calvay area of Barlanark Housing Scheme | | Late 1980s | | | 504 houses in Pendeen Road/Sandaig Road area reburbished/redeveloped (230 flats demolished, 274 refurbished for sale, 40 new houses built, and other adjacent houses upgraded). Area renamed Braeview. |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p438 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architects Journal | 20 August 1986 | | | | | Architects Journal | 27 August 1986 | | | | | Architects Journal | 6 May 1987 | | | | | Scotsman | 28 February 1994 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | GCA DG 1951/209, 1951/390, 1952/98, 1952/100, 1952/189 |
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