Basic Site Details
| Name: | Westburn Gardens |
| Town, district or village: | Wester Hailes |
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| Status: | Demolished |
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Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Wester Hailes Contract 5 | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Flats | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 7 September 1969 | Plans submitted to Dean of Guild | Dean of Guild Edinburgh Building Control Approval | |
| February 1990 | March 1993 | Destruction/demolition | 7 blocks of flats (442 individual flats) demolished as part of a £12million Wester Hailes regeneration scheme funded by Scottish Homes. Noted damp problems and low tenant demand. The flats were later replaced with 232 new homes, ranging from 1 bedroom flats to 5 bedroom houses. This £7.5million project was funded by Scottish Homes and the Wester Hailes Community Housing Association. |
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 | |
| Crudens Ltd | 1969 | 1971 | |||
Related Buildings, Structures and Designs
Parent Structure and Site
| This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | ||
| Building name | Notes | |
| Wester Hailes development | 4000 houses (including medium rise) and landscaping for population of 16,000. |
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 | p42, p64 Photographs | |
| 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 | p316 image | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Edinburgh Evening News | 25 January 1993 | p3 | ||
| Edinburgh Evening News | 29 January 1993 | p19 | ||
| Scotsman | 26 January 1993 | article entitled "Memories as tower blocks crumble" by Sarah Chalmers | ||
| Wester Hailes Update | December 1992 | Bulletin No.3, p2-3 | ||