 To the north was St Mary's, built in the 1950s, with the golf course in the land depression between the two with the Gelly Burn running through the middle.In the 1960s the need for affordable housing was still apparent in Dundee, and the site of Downfield Golf Club was seen as an appropriate location.A land transfer between the Council and the Club saw the golf course move to its current location where Ardler Cottages and their fields once stood.