About Bellgrove Hotel
The Bellgrove Hotel is a category B listed building in the Gallowgate area of Glasgow. The hotel became notorious as a homeless hostel due to the poor living conditions it provides after a number of press and media reports and it was prominently mentioned during a debate in the Scottish Parliament on 16 December 2014. Building and listed statusThe address of the building is 607 Gallowgate, Glasgow. The building as it stands now was built in the 1930s to plans drawn up by C J McNair & Elder. The building was created as a hotel for working men. As late as the 1970s the building was still in use for this purpose, and it was a strict requirement of occupancy that the men held a job. The hotel is considered to be a striking example of art deco, 30s Moderne architecture. The building was category B listed on 3 August 2004. Change of useIn recent years, the demand for working men's accommodation decreased and the hotel was brought into different use. In 2000 it was reported that the majority of occupants were now unemployed, and more than 90 percent had alcohol problems. This article in the Glasgow Herald highlighted the role of the hostel as a "last chance saloon" for people for whom the council could not find suitable accommodation. At that time the hostel employed a care worker and assistance was offered to residents for problems with health, alcohol dependency, and housing. In 2000 the social justice minister for Scotland, Jackie Baillie, announced that £12m had been allocated to help replace Glasgow's homeless hostels with new smaller scale supported accommodation which would better assist those with health, drug, or alcohol problems. Baillie said in parliament that "It's clear that Glasgow's old, out of date hostels are part of the homelessness problem and not part of the solution. " This announcement followed the recommendations of a Glasgow Review Team report on street homelessness. The members of the team included Glasgow City Council, Greater Glasgow Health Board, Glasgow Council for Single Homeless, The Big Issue, and Strathclyde Police.
Bellgrove Hotel Description
The Bellgrove Hotel is a category B listed building in the Gallowgate area of Glasgow. The hotel became notorious as a homeless hostel due to the poor living conditions it provides after a number of press and media reports and it was prominently mentioned during a debate in the Scottish Parliament on 16 December 2014. Building and listed statusThe address of the building is 607 Gallowgate, Glasgow. The building as it stands now was built in the 1930s to plans drawn up by C J McNair & Elder. The building was created as a hotel for working men. As late as the 1970s the building was still in use for this purpose, and it was a strict requirement of occupancy that the men held a job. The hotel is considered to be a striking example of art deco, 30s Moderne architecture. The building was category B listed on 3 August 2004. Change of useIn recent years, the demand for working men's accommodation decreased and the hotel was brought into different use. In 2000 it was reported that the majority of occupants were now unemployed, and more than 90 percent had alcohol problems. This article in the Glasgow Herald highlighted the role of the hostel as a "last chance saloon" for people for whom the council could not find suitable accommodation. At that time the hostel employed a care worker and assistance was offered to residents for problems with health, alcohol dependency, and housing. In 2000 the social justice minister for Scotland, Jackie Baillie, announced that £12m had been allocated to help replace Glasgow's homeless hostels with new smaller scale supported accommodation which would better assist those with health, drug, or alcohol problems. Baillie said in parliament that "It's clear that Glasgow's old, out of date hostels are part of the homelessness problem and not part of the solution. " This announcement followed the recommendations of a Glasgow Review Team report on street homelessness. The members of the team included Glasgow City Council, Greater Glasgow Health Board, Glasgow Council for Single Homeless, The Big Issue, and Strathclyde Police.