John Lamb Murray (1838–1908) was a Scottisharchitect active in the nineteenth century.
Murray was born near Biggar, South Lanarkshire to a family of the minor landed gentleman.[1] He owned the estates of Heavyside and Stains.[1] He originally trained as a landsurveyor, working for several larger landowners in the area. However he became a self-taught architect and as civil and mechanical engineer, developing specific skills water power and electric lighting.[1] he also had a strong interest in music, buildings a large pipe organ.[1] This was originally installed in his workshop at Heavyside but after he had water power in his house, he re-installed it there.[1]
Murray was the architect of Hartwood Hospital, after the Lanarkshire Lunacy Board set aside the results of a competition to select an architect. The ensuing work kept Murray's business very active until 1895.[2]
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