Description

J A W Grant with Raymond Unwin as consultant. Built 1913/15. English Arts & Crafts. Asymmetrical 3-house block on gushet site at south end of group. Single storey and attic, harled, timber-framed above ground, Westmoreland slate roof. Symmetrical south front with main roof swept over wide projecting window, similarly-proportioned dormer above;

plainer street elevation with linked paired piend-roofed dormers. Brick stacks, set below apices.

Statement of Interest

Westerton is of interest because it's a rare example in Scotland of a pre-Housing Act garden suburb on the English 'ideal village' model, and where the village was organised on a co-ownership basis. J A W Grant was architect, but Raymond Unwin, pioneer in housing design, acted as consultant and his influence on the scheme was significant, most obviously in the very English detailing.

In 1911 the Glasgow Garden suburb tenant's society was formed to promote the principles realised at Westerton. The foundation stone was laid on 19 April 1912 and by 1915, 84 houses (all but, roughly, 2) were in occupation. The buildings have survived in a little-altered condition, with most original doors and glazing retained.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17793896

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