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Falkirk, Callendar Estate, Phase 1
Shop(S) (Period Unassigned), Tower Block(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Falkirk, Callendar Estate, Phase 1
Classification Shop(S) (Period Unassigned), Tower Block(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Falkirk, Callendar Rd
Canmore ID 70552
Site Number NS87NE 64
NGR NS 89543 79547
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/70552
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Falkirk
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS87NE 64 89447 79593
NMRS REFERENCE
Inventory to plans. Callendar House drawings typescript (R6(P37)).
Commission And Contract (1965)
Five sixteen-storey blocks set in a parkland setting. The blocks comprised the first phase of the Callendar Estate public housing development. Each block contains 84 dwellings over fourteen storeys, making 420 dwellings in total. Some blocks are known to have been built with shops at the first storey level. The blocks were constructed under Falkirk Borough Council. Construction was approved by committee in 1965.The contractors for the development were Crudens Ltd.
Glendinning and Methusius 1994
Photographic Record (January 1983)
Photo taken by Dr Miles Glendinning for research purposes.
