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Dalquhurn Gardens, DUMBARTON, G82 4LA

The development is shown under construction in Image, and from a different angle in Image It straddles the OS grid line, so that, in each case, at least part of the development is in the same grid square as the photographer.

The roadside barriers show where the road crosses the lade. For the building in the background, see Image

The building is shown under construction in Image, and from a different angle in Image The outer shell, at least, appears to be complete.

This is part of the same housing development as shown in Image

River Leven and Dalquhurn Works Lade

Looking up John Street from Dalquhurn Lane.

A short section of cycle path branches off from the main route (which follows the western side of the River Leven), to run alongside the lade intake at Dalquhurn (Image). Not far ahead, it meets the foot of John Street. The housing in the left background is on the former site of the Dalquhurn Works. The gates not far ahead are shown from the other side in Image and (from further away) in Image

The hall appears (labelled simply "Hall") on the 1936/37 revision of the OS map, but was not present on the 1914 revision. It is now, as it was just before the Second World War, just to the north of a bowling green (Renton Veteran's Bowling Club). To me, it has the look of a church hall. It was presumably associated with Image: in the late Jim Murphy's very useful book "Renton Between the Wars" (2007), a photograph on page 46 includes this hall, and the accompanying caption states that "the local Parish Church authorities have kindly allowed the veterans the use of the adjoining hall for carpet bowls and social functions". The white building at the far right was, several decades ago, a clinic, and perhaps still is. A short lane behind (i.e., just south of) that building leads to the main road (Lennox Street). The lane is not named on maps, but in a diagram in the book just cited, it is labelled Scot's Avenue, which was perhaps a nickname of long standing. I suspect (but cannot confirm) that the name is connected to the Scotts who once lived in Dalquhurn Cottage: see Image The lane itself preserves the line of a road that used to lead past Dalquhurn Cottage (as reference to the first-edition OS map, surveyed in 1860, will reveal), and which long pre-dates the nearby present-day John Street.

John Street is in the foreground. On the right is a cycle path / footpath that runs alongside the lade intake here at Dalquhurn: Image / Image The existing houses at the far left are on Martin Gannon Court. The new development will consist of one- and two-bedroom flats and two-bedroom houses. The development site straddles the OS grid line, but its nearer parts are in the OS square from which the picture was taken. For later views, see Image and Image

Another contributor's earlier picture shows them in a different season (and, yes, correctly located): Image This short section of cycle path runs alongside a lade intake (the lade was associated with the Dalquhurn Works, now gone and replaced by modern housing), and soon meets up with the main cycle path that follows the western bank of the River Leven. The gates are shown from further away in Image, and, from the other side, in Image