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Pages in category "Housing estates in Glasgow" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
A typical Glasgow tenement block. Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, has several distinct styles of residential buildings.Building styles reflect historical trends, such as rapid population growth in the 18th and 19th centuries, deindustrialisation and growing poverty in the late 20th century, and civic rebound in the 21st century.
Rettie is a toponymic surname of local origin from the old lands Reattie or Raittie in the parish of Innerboyndie, Banffshire. [1] These lands were granted to Gilbert de Dun by David II of Scotland in 1368. [2] [3] Willmus (latinised version of William) Rettie was elected to the Common Council of the Burgh of Aberdeen in 1474. [1] [4]
The house was the ancestral home of the Stirling-Stuart family and was built around the 15th-century Cassiltoun Tower during the 18th and 19th centuries. The house and Castlemilk Estate were purchased by Glasgow Corporation in 1938, with the house serving as a children's home until it was closed in 1969 and demolished in 1972.
In Scotland a factor (or property manager) is a person or firm charged with superintending or managing properties and estates—sometimes where the owner or landlord is unable to or uninterested in attending to such details personally, or in tenements in which several owners of individual flats contribute to the factoring of communal areas.
Arden (UK: / ˌ ɑːr ˈ d ɛ n /) is a medium-sized housing estate on the south-western edge of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.The M77 motorway runs directly to the west of the neighbourhood, with Junction 3 serving the area; a small industrial estate is located to the south-east (this falls within Glasgow although is named after the neighbouring settlement of Thornliebank in East Renfrewshire ...
The frequent (six per hour) [5] '41' and '60' bus services operated by First Glasgow pass through Wellhouse Road (on different routes between Glasgow City Centre and Easterhouse), while the '38E' service passes along Edinburgh Road towards Baillieston. [6]
On 14 March 2010, The Sunday Times in Scotland featured the recollections of Glasgow born film-maker, Matt Quinn, who grew up in the flats. [30] Glasgow Life, a part of the city authorities, have a project to document the Red Road experience. [31] This features specially commissioned photography, film and even a novel to celebrate life in 'the ...