Clarendon Crescent, Edinburgh17 Rutland Square, EdinburghPolmont Old Parish ChurchEton Terrace
Lifeedit
He is believed to have been born in Edinburgh in 1787. His early years are unclear but he is thought to have apprenticed as an architect under Archibald Elliot as several of his works conclude Elliot's works.
He first appears listed in Edinburgh directories as an architect in 1826, living at 1 Mound Place in the Old Town.[2] He worked for the Provost, John Learmonth in feuing the Learmonth area of the city, north of Dean Village, and continued in this role even after John Learmonth was forced to pass the project on to the Heriot Trust.[3]
His clever scheme at Clarendon Crescent (named after the Earl of Clarendon) was based on William Henry Playfair's Regent Terrace, and cleverly disguises the west end of Dean Bridge by raising ground levels to create a level platform for building. The flanking streets were to be called Oxford Terrace and Cambridge Terrace, after Britain's leading universities but the name Cambridge was usurped by a development south of Edinburgh Castle and the eastern terrace was instead called Eton Terrace after Eton College.[4]
He died at 1 Mound Place in Edinburgh on 3 November 1856 and is buried in Dean Cemetery.
Known worksedit
All works are in Edinburgh unless otherwise stated.
Overseeing building of Rutland Street for Archibald Elliot (1819)
Remodelling of Kerse House near Falkirk (1830) for the Earl of Zetland
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