Parkhead Street and Macdonald Street

Block details

Number of dwellings Number of storeys
Glencairn Court SC710 161 17

Agents

Building contractor
Crudens

Events

Committee approval date
Construction start date
Construction completion date
Habitation date(s)
First tenant move-in: December 1964
Significant alterations/demolition, etc.
Since demolished

Local authority

Original commissioning authority
Motherwell and Wishaw Burgh Council
Original location authority
Motherwell and Wishaw Burgh Council
Present day authority
North Lanarkshire Council

Site description

Contextual information
At the time of construction, Glencairn Court was the first steel-framed multi-storey housing project to be completed in Scotland
View of Glencairn Court
1983
View of Glencairn Court
View of Glencairn Court
1983
View of Glencairn Court
Original development name
Parkhead Street and Macdonald Street
Multi-storey block names
Glencairn Court SC710
Multi-storey block details
one 17-storey block containing 161 dwellings
Postcode area
ML1
Image dates
1983; 1983
Image details
View of Glencairn Court; View of Glencairn Court