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
	February 1950		Proposed	Plans to be prepared for housing scheme
	20 November 1958	18 December 1958	Proposed	'SSHA contracts placed [between the above dates]: House erection: Toryglen, Gap sites 2 and 3, Glasgow, all trades. Direct labour.' per Builder 16 January 1959 p170
	c. 1950	1960s	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
	Scottish Special Housing Association (SSHA)		A	c. 1949	1960s	With James Austen Bent as Chief Technical Officer
	James Austen Bent		A	c. 1949	1960s	As Chief Technical Officer for SSHA

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
	192 Weir Houses, Toryglen
	Space-saving cottages, Toryglen
	SSHA Housing, Toryglen Phase 1	196 Weir “Quality” Houses
	Toryglen SSHA Housing Scheme, Eleventh Development	Two 15-storey Mark III blocks containing 112 three-apartment flats each
	Toryglen SSHA Housing Scheme, Fifth Development
	Toryglen SSHA Housing Scheme, Sixth Development	Two ten-storey blocks contaning 30 three-apartment flats each, constructed of load-bearing no-fines concrete walls. Designed in association with L. K. Kresse, architect, and the late Professor K. Deininger, Engineer, both of Stuttgart.
	Toryglen SSHA Housing Scheme, Tenth Development	Two ten-storey blocks containing 30 three-apartment flats each, constructed of load-bearing no-fines concrete walls

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	A.W. Cleeve Barr	1958	Public Authority Housing			p241
	Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A	1996	A History of Scottish Architecture			p594
	Glendinning, Miles and Muthesius, Stefan	1994	Tower Block: Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland		Yale University Press: New Haven and London	p369 Gazetteer 1 p381 Gazetteer 2

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	17 February 1950			p246
	Builder	25 January 1957			p185-6
	Builder	16 January 1959			p170
	Concrete Quarterly	March 1958	36		p38-9
	Municipal Journal	8 February 1957			p299-300
	Prefabrication	January 1954			p22-4