Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo

Queensbury Square

Social Housing Development
Sanquhar

This social housing scheme for Dumfries & Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) delivered 12 economical and sustainable single-story croft style properties. Built on a brownfield site of a listed derelict primary school, the homes were designed in accordance with Housing for Varying Needs design standards and comprised of 4no. 1-bedroom properties, 6no. 2-bedroom properties and 2no. 2-bedroom disabled properties. The scheme was located within a Conservation Area and designed around the concept of it being presented as an extension to the existing village square.

Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo
Queensbury Square photo

Constructed exclusively of timber frame the project achieved very high sustainability standards. The project has an inclusive feel with all front elevations facing onto a central public open space and the existing square beyond.  Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic the project was completed on budget within an agreeable timescale to the satisfaction of the client.

  • Client: Dumfries & Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP)
  • Completion: March 2021
  • Project Cost: £1.85million
  • Procurement Route: Traditional
  • Main Contractor: Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd.
  • Structural Engineer: Asher Associates
  • Quantity Surveyor: McGowan Miller
  • Building Regulations: Local Authority, Silver (Full) (Scotland)
  • Awards: Not Yet Applicable