Inchinnan, 37-39 India Drive, Gate
Gate (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Inchinnan, 37-39 India Drive, Gate
Classification Gate (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 277664
Site Number NS46NE 140
NGR NS 47162 68315
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Inchinnan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS46NE 140 47162 68315
A series of 'cottages' in both India Drive and Allands Drive built for the India Tyre Factory, who took over the former Beardmore's Airship Factory (NS46NE 30.00) in 1930, on the edge of the factory site. The houses were built for key workers take the form of ' bungalow' for management and 'four-in-a-block' cottages for key workers . The India Drive housing was designed by J J Craig & Son of St Vincent Street, Glasgow around 1929 and built by John Train & Co. Ltd also of Glasgow.
The India houses were rented to workers under tenancy agreements and a few are still in 'as built' condition, the rest having been modernised.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), Janaury 2008; J Skinner, Dunlop Archive Project October 1981
