Mixed-tenure housing returned to connected streets and perimeter blocks on the site of Hutchesontown Area E.
Quick facts
Date: Partnership established 1990; principal redevelopment during the 1990s
Design and delivery: CZWG masterplan; several architects for individual buildings
Designation: Regeneration ensemble; individual historic buildings retain separate designations
Rebuilding after Hutchesontown E
Crown Street’s partnership was established in 1990. The earlier seven-storey deck-access housing of Hutchesontown E had been completed in 1968, vacated by 1982 and cleared in 1987. Residents’ campaigning helped shape the decision to replace it.
The partnership brought together public agencies, the council, Scottish Homes, New Gorbals Housing Association and the local community. CZWG’s competition-winning masterplan established the framework for several architects’ buildings.
Streets, blocks and gardens
Mainly four-storey, tenement-like blocks line connected streets. Front doors and windows overlook public routes, while gardens within the blocks provide more sheltered communal space. The plan gives street elevations and inner courts different functions.
Social-rented and private housing share the urban framework. The restored street connections, shops and public spaces place everyday movement within the neighbourhood, rather than separating buildings into an undifferentiated landscape.
Crown Street occupies the former Area E site; the nearby replacement of Spence’s Queen Elizabeth Square blocks was a related but separate development.
Location and Photos
Crown Street and the surrounding public streets provide views of the perimeter blocks. Communal gardens belong to residents.
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Sources & further reading
- Scottish Government, PAN 83: Crown Street — Previous site, partnership, community involvement and urban plan.
- CZWG, Crown Street Regeneration — Masterplanning authorship and approach.
- Historic Environment Scotland, Trove, Crown Street housing — Representative location.
Location
OS grid reference NS 59211 64033 · Location confidence: Representative location from HES Trove place 277048; not the full regeneration boundary. · Select the marker to open its satellite view in Google Maps. On desktop, drag Pegman (the yellow figure) onto a blue road. On mobile, turn on the Street View layer and tap a blue road. Other photo markers may be user-contributed.
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