Name: Crookfur cottage homes
Alternative names: Crookfur Linen and Woollen Drapers’ cottage homes, Homes for the Elderly
Location: Newton Mearns
NGR: NS 53952 56150
Classification: Housing
Date: 1963
Architect: Sir Basil Spence, Glover and Ferguson
Status: not listed
Canmore ID: 159249
Proposed by: Matthew Benians
Description: Homes for retired workers set out in the policies of Crookfur House designed landscape with particular attention to topography, tree retention and creation of communal spaces between buildings. A new residential development quite out of scale with the original buildings was constructed between 2015-2020. The development involved the demolition of original cottages.
photograph by Matthew Benians 2021 
photograph by Matthew Benians 2021 
