August 9 2021

Thomson Hunter Architects have filed plans for a flatted development at 152 Newlands Road, Cathcart on behalf of Avid Xircon North.

Inspired by the 'classical' industrial style of the nearby Weir Pumps factory the homes pick up on the materials and proportions of its neighbour to bed in 31 modern flats alongside traditional tenements.

The B-listed west range offices at 147-149 Newlands Road were built in 1912 to designs by Albert Kahn's Trussed Concrete Steel Co using a steel frame with concrete and multi-paned glazed infill panels.

The current plans will entail demolition of an unlisted single-storey brick gushet building at the corner of Tankerland Road and a tarmac surfaced car park above, no longer part of the engineering complex.

A rear yard area at the 0.4-acre site will be landscaped for communal use, subject to a follow-up application. 

5 Comments

#1 Posted by Bow-wow on 9 Aug 2021 at 13:50 PM

The idea is not but, what an absolute dog of a scheme.

#2 Posted by Chris on 9 Aug 2021 at 15:11 PM

#1 Large windows, tenement scale and cues to the industrial urban fabric. What else are you expecting here?

If you want to see what a bad scheme looks like then refer to the plans for the grounds of the old Scottish Power HQ next door.

#3 Posted by Jaded on 9 Aug 2021 at 15:44 PM

I love this. I've always admired the warehouses opposite so this is a nice tip of the hat.

More people here would be fantastic. Cathcart junction has really come to life over the past year. More people would be very welcome.

#4 Posted by Ben on 9 Aug 2021 at 16:09 PM

#2 it is what often happens on this website, any proposal that is situated within a G postcode is trashed immediately.

#5 Posted by Neil C on 10 Aug 2021 at 10:30 AM

This might be a good proposal on a difficult site but it's the lamentably poor computer images that is letting it down badly.

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