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Deanfield Area of Townscape Character
Date 18 December 2013
Event ID 1000614
Category Recording
Type Characterisation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1000614
This site covers the Deanfield Area of Townscape Character which was defined as part of the Bo'ness Urban Survey Project 2013. The text below relates to the whole area.
Historical Development and Topography
The Deanfield Area of Townscape Character lies to the south of the Corbiehill and Snab Area and includes the areas of Deanfield and Castleloan. The southern boundary of the area is marked by Dean Road which runs along the route of the Antonine Wall. Some one-and-a-half- and two-storeyed 19th century cottages survive on Dean Road as the earliest remaining development in the area.
This area originally contained a variety of industrial sites including the Snab Pits and coke ovens of Kinneil Colliery in the far west, along with small quarries and reservoirs, but any trace of this 19th century industrial past has been swept away to be replaced by high-density social housing developments in the mid- to late 20th century. Some of these developments were built by the Scottish Special Housing Association.
At the western edge of the area is the Snab Brae development of 1970 designed by Walter Scott (1926-2010) & John Malcolm McIntosh (1922-2000). This development of 100 terraced, single- and two-storeyed flats and houses is characterised by monopitch roofs and rendered finish.
Present Character
The eastern part of the Deanfield Area of Townscape Character, comprising Deanfield Road, Crescent, Place, Drive and Terrace, is characterised by a garden city layout with semi-detached and terraced houses and flats arranged in cul-de-sacs around green squares. Wotherspoon Drive in the west of the area is characterised by a denser arrangement with terraced houses and some linked housing arranged in a stepped zig-zag layout. Between these two are smaller groups of semi-detached and terraced houses or four-in-a-block housing with pedestrian access routes running between blocks.
The most distinctive architectural feature in the area is the ‘saw-tooth’ pattern of the monopitch roofs within the Snab Brae development by Walter Scott & John Malcolm McIntosh of 1970. The roofline and stepped facade adds texture and variety to the plain rendered buildings. This residential area comprises a mixture of social housing and private dwellings, along with a handful of shops on Dean Road, Post Office on Gilburn Place and a bowling green with associated clubhouse in Angus Road.
Information from RCAHMS (LK), 18th December 2013
