Parkhead Street and Macdonald Street

Block details

	Number of dwellings	Number of storeys
Glencairn Court	161	17

Building contractor:

Crudens

Committee approval date:

1963

Construction start date:

1963

Construction completion date:

1964

Significant alterations/demolition, etc.:

Since demolished

Original commissioning authority:

Motherwell and Wishaw Burgh Council

Original location authority:

Motherwell and Wishaw Burgh Council

Present day authority:

North Lanarkshire Council

Contextual information:

At the time of construction, Glencairn Court was the first steel-framed multi-storey housing project to be completed in Scotland

1983
View of Glencairn Court

Habitation date(s):

First tenant move-in: December 1964