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Latitude: 55.9078 / 55°54'28"N
Longitude: -4.3377 / 4°20'15"W
OS Eastings: 253966
OS Northings: 670768
OS Grid: NS539707
Mapcode National: GBR 011.SZ
Mapcode Global: WH3NV.BRPW
Plus Code: 9C7QWM56+4W
Entry Name: 8 North View, Westerton, Bearsden
Listing Name: Westerton, 2 -16 (Even Numbers) Northview
Listing Date: 30 June 1988
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 357690
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB22163
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200357690
Location: Bearsden
County: East Dunbartonshire
Town: Bearsden
Electoral Ward: Bearsden South
Traditional County: Dunbartonshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
J A W Grant with Raymond Unwin as consultant. Built 1913/15. English Arts & Crafts. Symmetrical 8-house block, harled, 2 wide timber framed gables; 2 storeys, upper windows break through eaves; 2/3 light windows at ground; mostly original glazing with small-paned upper sashes. Harled stacks, set below apex; slate roofs; porches recessed on flanks.
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.
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