| Description | 2 plans by James A Tweedie and Patrick M. Thompson for a single storey 3 apartment cottage (1 & 1a); 2 plans by Archive G. paton, for a single storey 4 apartment cottage (2 & 2A); plan by James A Tweedie and Patrick M. Thompson for a block of 2 single storey 4 apartment cottages (5); and plan by Samuel McColl, Paisley, for a semi detached cottage of 4 apartments (4) .
The Rural Cottage Competition was run by the Department for Health for Scotland in March 1938, for 5 categories of buildings (this set includes all but the third category). The competition was part of a wider effort to the raise aesthetic and hygienic standard of rural housing, in connection with the Housing (Agricultural Population) Scotland Act. Prize money of £75 was awarded to the winner of each category. |