Alexander Black (c. 1790 – 19 February 1858) was a Scottish architect, born in Edinburgh around 1790 who is mainly known for his association with George Heriot’s School, where he acted as Superintendent of Works for most of his active life.
The remodelled south side of George Heriot's School
Lifeedit
In 1832, he is shown as a surveyor living at 17 Calton Place in Edinburgh.[1]
He operated as an architect for George Heriot's School from 1833, taking over from Thomas Bonnar on his retiral.[2] He is particularly noteworthy for his Heriot Trust Schools, built by the school to serve the poorer children of Edinburgh.
His work is identifiable in its reuse of detailing from the main school particularly on the corner “quoins”. Two of the schools (Broughton Street and Cowgate/Pleasance) were notable for including their playground under the buildings behind an arcaded front, their being sited on tight urban plots with no space for conventional playgrounds. This device was later copied by Edward Robert Robson for some of his London School Board buildings, where land was equally tight.
He also feued many large areas of the city under Heriot Trust ownership notably the Henderson Row area, West Coates and Leith Walk. He was succeeded in his role by John Chesser.[3]
In later life he lived at 19 Lauriston Street in the Tollcross area of Edinburgh.[4]
He died on 19 February 1858 and is buried under a huge but simple stone sarcophagus on the edge of the south path in Dean Cemetery.
The grave of Alexander Black, Dean Cemetery
List of worksedit
Heriot's Trust School Cowgate/Pleasance (now the Salvation Army)Rear entrance in High School Yards to Black's Heriot School on the CowgateHeriot's Trust School on Broughton StreetThe Glasite Meeting House on Barony Street
^Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1855-56
^"William Notman". www.scottisharchitects.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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