TheGlasgowStory 

Skip Navigation / Jump to Content

Featured Images

Drinking Ginger in the Park
Drinking Ginger in the Park

The ICI Building
The ICI Building

Kempsthorn Road

Glasgow City Archives, Department of Architectural and Civic Design

*Open in New Window
Kempsthorn Road

New semi-detached houses built by Glasgow Corporation Housing Department at Kempsthorn Road, Pollok, in 1949. The block on the right of the picture has two three-apartment Type K semi-detached houses. To the left is a block of two four-apartment Type D houses, with the gable of another Type K block behind.

Type K houses are relatively small and popular with smaller families. The small entrance hall leads into a good-sized living room of 180 square feet, and a kitchen of the type seen in larger houses. The is a bathroom and two bedrooms upstairs, of 150 and 120 square feet, complete with wardrobe accommodation.

Type D has a living room and kitchen on the ground floor. The bathroom is placed on a landing which is two steps up from the ground floor, giving additional cloakroom and pram space in the hall. Upstairs are three bedrooms, each with a wardrobe. There is a linen cupboard on the upper floor landing.

Reference: D-AP9/7/10/30

Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries, Information and Learning

Keywords:
council houses, Glasgow Corporation, Housing Department, housing estates, housing schemes, semi-detached houses, Type D cottages, Type K cottages



Quick Search


Photo Album

You have 0 images in your photo album.

View Photo Album

Log-In (Optional)

username:
password:
Not a user? Register now for FREE!

Other Options