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The dilapidated former offices of one of the Clyde's great shipbuilding firms has secured almost £500,000 to allow its conversion to a business centre.
It is hoped the A-listed red sandstone former Fairfield Company shipyard office building on the south bank of the Clyde will become one of the landmarks in the proposed Govan Conservation Area after being awarded a share of more than £1.6m from Historic Scotland.
Dexter St. Clair wrote:The dilapidated former offices of one of the Clyde's great shipbuilding firms has secured almost £500,000 to allow its conversion to a business centre.quote]
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Mori wrote:THE 'LUV FARM'...THINK YOU ARE A BIT PREMATURE MORI, TOBE POSTING THIS AS'SOON TO BE'?: THERE IS WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION TO A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SIGNIFICANT SCALE IN THE PARK - SUCH DEVELOPMENT WOULD REQUIRE THE DEED OF GIFT OF MRS ELDER, WHO BOUGHT THE LAND FOR THE POPLE OF GOVAN, TO BE OVERTURNED: AND WOULD VERY MUCH AFFECT THE FEEL OF THE PARK - AND THIS DEVELOPMENT WONT SEE ANY RENOVATION OR RESTORATION OF THE PARK ITSELF...THE FRIENDS OF ELFDER PARK OPPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT AS DOES GOVAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL. THERE IS SUPPORT AND DESIRE TO SEE THE FARMHOUSE ITSELF RENOVATED, RECOGNITION OF ITS HISTORIC VALUE ......ODD THAT ONE OF THESE DRAWINGS HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN AT ANY OF THE CONSULTATIONS, WHERE THE SCALE OF THE DEVLOPMENT HAS NEVER BEEN IDENTIFIED..ALL VERY VAGUE....THESE PICS SHOW A PRETTY BIG DEVELOPMENT....YOU MUST KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT AS BACK IN 06 YOU POSTED IT WAS TO BE A DIGITAL MEDIA CENTRE - IN FACT HLF WOULDNT ACCEPT A PROPOSAL THEN THEN BECAUSE UNDER THE TERMS OF THE ORIGINAL DEED OF GIFT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ISNT ALLOWED: AS GIFTED PARKLAND THERE IS AN ARGUMENT THE PARK SHOULD BE PART OF THE COMMON GOOD...AS GOVAN MOVES TO ACQUIRE CONSERVATOIN STATUS, AND THE PARK FALLS IN THAT AREA, TO BUILD A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TYPE WOULD NOT BE IN KEEPING WITH THE HISTORICAL USE OR KEEPING OF THE PARK - LETS LOOK TO SEEK INVESTMENT TO MAKE IT WHAT IT WAS - A THRIVING, COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE, WITH LOVELY PLANTING, A PLACE OF SAFETY TO RELAX AND FOR KIDS TO PLAY, FAMILIES TO WALK......MRS ELDER GOT IT RIGHT 'FOR HEALTHFUL RECREATION'
An abandoned farmhouse in the corner of Elder Park in Linthouse will soon become the restored centre-piece of an urban farmyard development, introducing 5 new contemporary barns to the park.
The farmyard re-creates the original site use before Linthouse, Govan and shipbuilding enveloped the area due to the contemporary history of shipbuilding on the Clyde.
The new buildings will accommodate a school for herbal medicine, an organic food store, a crèche, café with facilities for children, a childrens’ safety education centre, an office for the council park ranger and an overseeing farmhouse building for the LUV Firm who will manage the farm.
The barn form makes a strong visual reference to traditional farm buildings while drawing inspiration from 20th Century industrial shed buildings located in the shipyard adjacent.
The buildings will re-use materials found on site, re-cycling stone, brick and timber into gabio
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COUNCILLORS will decide today on £2m plans to transform Elder Park in Govan.
If they give it the go-ahead the make-over will see the "forgotten" park turned into a gardening and healthy living oasis.
And a derelict B-listed former farmhouse in the park, believed to be the oldest building in Govan, will be turned into a community hub.
The project is being planned by Linthouse Housing Association.
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