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Dumbarton Road, DUMBARTON, G82 2TN

The house at the centre of the photograph is called Clyde View; it dates from 1888, and stands alongside the Milton Burn. To its left is what was once a school playground (Image); to its right is Image On the front of Clyde View, though too small to be clearly visible in this picture, is a carving that includes, as a small central detail, a raised arm, its hand holding a laurel wreath. This is the crest of Lord Overtoun, and its presence on the building suggests that this was formerly a lodge of Overtoun House; for further comments and links, see the last part of the description of a Image (Early OS mapping does not mark this building as a lodge, but that does not, in itself, mean that it was not one. A different building, about 160 metres further east along the main road, is labelled "lodge", but that building was a lodge for Auchentorlie House.) The small carving referred to above is, in this picture, right of centre; it is high up on the building, and is just below the apex of the roof, and above four window frames that are side-by-side. In addition, the date, "18 AD 88", appears just above the door.

For an earlier picture, see Image With respect to the present picture, a building called Clyde View is to the photographer's left: Image Whyte's Corner is to the right: Image The picture shows a road on each side of the burn; the one on the left (west) is called Hill View; the one on the right simply leads a small group of buildings; the Milton Printworks were located in that area: see Image

Running down from the Bowie Loch.

Towards the hills, part of the Kipatrick Range.

Firth of Clyde in the background

For context, see Image and Image, which show the building that can be seen in the background. About 2.4 km to the east, in Bowling, is another war memorial marked with the initials of the British Expeditionary Force: Image

On Colqhoun Road, now Sox and Slides play centre http://www.soxandslides.co.uk/

For context, see Image and Image The inscription is on the raised part of the wall that can be seen in front of the houses, and it reads as follows. "The design of these houses is commended by the Saltire Society May 1937 Architect J Weekes FRIBA"

This area of housing in Milton is called Whyte's Corner, and it was built in the 1930s (the name Whyte's Corner is given on street signs, but elsewhere it is often referred to as Whyte Corner). The raised portion of the wall has a faded inscription, from 1937, that records a commendation by the Saltire Society, and gives the name of the architect, J Weekes: Image See Image for a view of the same area from the other end. I have not come across any explanation of the name Whyte's Corner, but it perhaps refers to the Whytes who lived at Image; nearby Milton Brae led towards that house. For a long time, Barnhill was a seat of the Colquhoun family. However, see Image for evidence that Barnhill was occupied by a Miss Whyte in the 1930s, when these houses were built. See also Image

The houses were built in the 1930s. See Image for a view from a different angle, and for further information.