Elderslie

From UK Housing Wiki

Elderslie is a village in Renfrewshire, near Glasgow. It is bordered to the south and west by Paisley, to the east by Johnstone and to the north by Linwood.

Elderslie underwent a huge boom in housing during the inter war era. This resulted in the creation of the Wallace and Auchenlodment housing estates. These mostly contained cottage flats and terraced housing. The first council houses were built at Ritchie Crescent and Old Road in 1924. The boom in housing continued in the post war era as the small village became an attractive location for commuters. The Hillview scheme was built in the late 1950s to 1960s and contained terraced housing, tenements and 5 storey tower blocks.

In the present day Elderslie is continuing to grow with a population of just under 5000. There are new housing projects under contruction at Wallace Gait and the Glenpatrick Development on the grounds of the olf Stoddard's carpet factory is the largest housing development in the village's history.