A housing development in the Govan area of Glasgow has scooped a top prize in a UK-wide series of awards.
Linthouse Housing Association’s Cromdale Square in the southside of the city welcomed its first tenants a year ago, with it now having triumphed in the Inside Housing Developments Awards.
Built by CCG (Scotland), the £10.2 million development won the Best Regeneration Project, which the housing association has described as the ‘perfect’ birthday present for the 49 affordable home development.
The homes have been described as having ‘breathed new life’ into the site where Drumoyne Primary once stood, just off Shieldhall Road. In a nod to its scholastic past, the façade of the former B-listed school, which was built in the 1930s, has been retained and incorporated into the development.
The properties includes a mix of two and three-bedroom homes and apartments with four being wheelchair accessible. The former janitor’s property has been re–purposed into a large family home – again helping to preserve the link with the site’s previous use.
Alongside Linthouse Housing Association and CCG (Scotland)’s work on the project, Grant Murray Architects provided the design for the project, whilst the engineers were Clyde Design Partnership and quantity surveyor being Thomas Cost Consultants.
Irene C McFarlane, chief executive of Linthouse Housing Association, said, ”This is great news, coming as it does, on the first anniversary of the opening of Cromdale Square. We are delighted to have won this award for what was a true team effort to deliver much needed affordable homes in the community we serve.
“We know from the residents of Cromdale Square how much they enjoy living there and the retention of the former façade also helps us preserve the built heritage of Glasgow.”
Councillor Kenny McLean, convener for housing and built heritage at Glasgow City Council, added, “It is fantastic to see the Cromdale Square development receiving this well-deserved recognition. The development shows what can be done in refurbishing an unused building, simultaneously creating much-needed new homes while restoring part of our local built heritage. We were delighted to support Linthouse Housing Association in the development of these homes, which have undoubtedly improved the area.”
