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Fintry is a housing scheme on the northern outskirts of Dundee, Scotland. Construction of the scheme began in the 1950s; previously the area had been farmland. Two buildings from this time survive, one being a former farm cottage on Longhaugh Road which is in private ownership, the other being a farmhouse which now sits on Fintry Road as the Fintry Nursery.

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  • Fintry is a housing scheme on the northern outskirts of Dundee, Scotland. Construction of the scheme began in the 1950s; previously the area had been farmland. Two buildings from this time survive, one being a former farm cottage on Longhaugh Road which is in private ownership, the other being a farmhouse which now sits on Fintry Road as the Fintry Nursery.
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  • Fintry is a housing scheme on the northern outskirts of Dundee, Scotland. Construction of the scheme began in the 1950s; previously the area had been farmland. Two buildings from this time survive, one being a former farm cottage on Longhaugh Road which is in private ownership, the other being a farmhouse which now sits on Fintry Road as the Fintry Nursery. 2000 cottages were built as were 800 tenement flats. 30% of these had been bought buy 1990. At the time of construction, part of the plan was that all streets in Fintry would be called "Fin...". However, since the scheme was built there have been some deviations from this plan. In the 1960s, the scheme was extended east by the a tenemental estate on Hebrides Drive. These 3 storey concrete flats were deliberately uninviting as the council wanted to use them only for urgent needs housing. Cheviot Crescent (formerly Fincraig Street) and Grampian Gardens (formerly Fingarth Street) were renamed in the early 1970s due to their poor image. These two streets were blocks of densely-populated tenements with a poor reputation and the stigma behind the names made it difficult for the council to attract new tenants into the flats. This was to be unnecessary though as the flats had to be demolished in the 1980s as it was found that their foundations were not secure enough. They were emptied and demolished. new housing was built in their place in the late 1990s although a few blocks remain. In March 1989, the SSHA announced that they would spend £11.75m modernising the estate over the next 7 years. Weeks later, the SSHA folded and Scottish Homes who replaced them decided that the money would be better spent on other areas of Dundee such as neighbouring Whitfield, Mid-Craigie and Beechwood. Instead, Fintry was given only a small £900,000 investment. There have been concerns raised, because of the scale of deprivation across the road in Whitfield, Fintry may always be overlooked for much needed funding.
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