(b Stirling, 3 July 1855; d Edinburgh, 7 Jan 1931). Scottish architect. After training with John Hutchison (c. 1840–1908) in Glasgow and continuing under Wardrop and Reid in Edinburgh, he travelled abroad, publishing Details from Italian Buildings, chiefly Renaissance in 1882. He was in practice with Henry Seymour ( fl 1882–1901) in Edinburgh until 1889, working independently until 1897 when he was joined by Harold Ogle Tarbolton (1869–1947) until 1905. Domestic commissions were his favoured field, including numerous additions (1890–1905) to the mansion and estate of Manderston, Berwickshire; four houses (1897–1900) in Mortonhall Road, Edinburgh; Altyre estate works (1900–02); Carlekemp (1898), East Lothian; and The Peel (1904–7), Selkirkshire. His designs incorporated an extensive range of sources, drawing particularly from Scottish 17th-century precedents. Perceptive interpretation and sensitive treatment earned his restorations a high contemporary reputation. His restorations include Falkland Palace (1890–98), St Andrew’s Augustinian Priory (1893–8), Fife, and Greyfriars (1896–8), Elgin. His ecclesiastical commissions include St Peter’s (1890–92), Fraserburgh, and Torry (1897–8), Aberdeenshire, and St Mary’s (1896–7), Chapeltown, Moray. His trademarks of impeccable refinement and scholarship aroused the great respect of contemporaries, including Rowand Anderson and George Washington Browne. Modest and retiring, he never advertised. His aristocratic patrons welcomed his distinctive use of high-quality craftsmanship and materials. He was associated with the Edinburgh Architectural Association, the College of Art and the Royal Scottish Academy.

• Kinross, John
  • Scotland, §II, 4(iv): Architecture, c 1800–1914: Country houses and villas
  • Scotland, §VI, 4: Furniture, after 1900