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Scottish buildings in italics; some Architects are included simply due to having designed major Scottish Buildings, eg the Scott brothers.

Adam Bros.
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Stamford, Lincs.

James Adam
Babbity Bowster, Glasgow
McLennan Arch, Glasgow

Hertford, Herts - Fore Street

John Adam
Banff, Banffshire
Dalkeith Palace minor additions (1762)

Downhill Castle, Northumberland

Probably the most famous Scottish architects of all time - Robert Adam, from an illustrious family of Scottish architects:

Robert Adam
Adelphi project, London
Airthrey Castle, Stirlingshire
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
Archerfield House (interior), East Lothian
Ballochmyle House, Ayrshire

Binley, Warks. - Church of St Bartholomew
Brockhall, Northants.
Burton Constable, Yorks.
Castle Upton, Antrim
Culzean Castle, Ayrshire
Dalquharran Castle, south Ayrshire
Dumfries House
Fort George, Inverness.
Gifford, East Lothian - Yester House*
Gosford House, East Lothian

Gunton, Norfolk - Church of St Andrew
Harewood House with John Carr of York
Headfort House, Meath
Jerviston, Lanarkshire
Kedleston Hall, Derbys.
Kimbolton Castle, Hunts.
Kirkdale, Kircudbrightshire
London - Hyde Park Corner, Kenwood, Royal Hospital
Mavisbank, Berwicks. with Sir John Clerk
Mellerstain, Berwicks. with William Adam

Milton Abbas, Dorset - Abbey
Newliston, West Lothian
No.8 Queen St, Edinburgh

Newby Hall, Yorks.
Nostell Priory, Yorks.
Osterley Park House, London
Oxenford, Midlothian
Register House, Princes St, Edinburgh

Stowe, Bucks.
Sunnyside, Midlothian
Syon House, London
Trades Hall, Glasgow

*Yester House - 1699-1728 by James Smith and Alexander MacGill, with interventions by William & Robert Adam


William Adam
Caroline Park - west range only, Edinburgh, possible input from John Adam
Chatelherault Lodge, Lanarks.
Duff House - Banff, Banffs.
General Wade's Bridge - Aberfeldy, Perths.
Haddo House, Aberddenshire
Haddington Town House, 1748, East Lothian
Pollok House Pollokshaws, Lanarks.
Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen
The Royal Infirmary, High School Yards, Edinburgh


Robert Rowand Anderson
Scottish National Portait Gallery, 1 Queen St, Edinburgh
Scottish Provident Building, (Rowand Anderson Kininmonth & Paul)


Cornelius Armour
Luma Building, Glasgow

Scottish Architects

W Hamilton Beattie
Jenners, Edinburgh (photo above)
Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh


William Bruce
Balcaskie House, Fife
Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire
Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh
Hopetoun House, West Lothian
Kinross House, Kinross
Thirlstane Castle, Berwicks.


David Bryce
Balcarres House (William Burn 1834), additions 1863
Balfour Castle, Shapinsay, Orkney 1846-50
Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh (former British Linen Bank) 1846
The Bank of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh 1864-71
Cairnhill House 1840s
Carradale House, Carradale Bay, Kintyre 1844 (18th Century house extended)
Craigends House, Renfrewshire 1857; demolished 1971
Dalkeith Palace: conservatory & church with William Burn 1850's
Dargavel House, Bishopton, redevelopment 1849
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Lauriston Place
Fettes College, Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh 1864-70
Free St. George's Church, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh 1867-69
Hamilton and Inches: refurbishment of 87 George St, Edinburgh 1835
Kinnaird Castle, Angus 1854
Leny, Callendar, 1845
Seacliffe, North Berwick 1841
Tollcross, Tollcross Park, Glasgow 1848
Torosay, Isle of Mull 1856


Robert Burn (1752-1815)
Nelson's Monument Calton Hill, Edinburgh
John Watson's School, now the SNGMA, Edinburgh


William Burn
Blairquhan Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland 1821
Court House, Haddington
Custom House Leith (interior), Leith, Edinburgh
Dalkeith Palace: conservatory & church with David Bryce 1850's
(David Bryce was a partner in William Burn's practice)
Invergowrie, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee 1837
Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh
Melville Monument, Edinburgh 1823
Milton Lockhart, Lanarkshire 1829
Pitcairns House, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland ,1827
St John's Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh 1816-18
Stenhouse, Stirlingshire re-modelling 1836
Tyninghame House, East Linton, East Lothian 1830


John James Burnet
The Athenaeum, Glasgow 1886
Atlantic Chambers, Hope St, Glasgow 1899
Barony Hall, Glasgow: conversion 1990
Burtons store, Princes St, Edinburgh 1906-07
Charing Cross Mansions, Charing Cross, Glasgow 1889-91
Finlaystone House, Renfrewshire 1900
Tron Theatre: screen, Glasgow -
Trustee Savings Bank, Glasgow 1894-1900


William Chambers
Royal Bank of Scotland Headquarters, Edinburgh

Charles Cockerell (English architect)
National Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh

James Craig (1744-95)
Edinburgh New Town Masterplan

Archibald Elliot + James Smith
Royal Bank of Scotland & Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow

James Gibbs
Radcliffe Camera, Oxford
St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
St Mary-le-Strand, London
St Nicholas Kirk - west church, Aberdeen
Senate House, Cambridge

Gillespie Kidd & Coia
GK&C Projects

David Hamilton
Falkirk Steeple, Stirlingshire
Hutcheson's Hospital, Glasgow
Royal Bank of Scotland & Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow
Stirling Library, Stirlingshire


John Hamilton
Barnclouth, Lanarks.

Thomas Hamilton
Ayr Town Hall, Ayrshire
Royal High School, Edinburgh
Burns Monument, Edinburgh
No.9 Queen St: Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Dean Orphanage (now Dean Gallery), 73 Belford Road, Edinburgh


George Meikle Kemp (1795-1844)
Scott Monument, Princes Street, Edinburgh

William Kininmonth (1904-88)
Kininmonth worked for Edwin Lutyens, later with Basil Spence
Adam House, Chambers Street: 1954
46a Dick Place, The Grange: 1933 Kininmonth & Spence
17 Essex Road: 1951 - private house
Lismhor, 11 Easter Belmont Rd, Murrayfield / Ravelston: 1933/35
Kininmonth & Spence
Holland House, first of Edinburgh University's Pollock Halls: 1959
Mary Erskine's School, Ravelston: 1966
6 St Andrew Square - Scottish Provident Building: 1961 Rowand
Anderson, Kininmonth & Paul
North British Distillery Company (NBDC) warehouse in Gorgie.
Renfrew Municipal Airport Terminal Building, 1954


Edwin Lutyens (English architect)
Grey Walls, Gullane, East Lothian
Ferry Inn, Rosneath, By Helensburgh


Alexander Beith Macdonald
Peoples Palace Glasgow, 1894-98; refurbished in 1998

Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Glasgow School of Art
Hill House
House for an Art Lover

Rennie Mackintosh Projects

James Marjoribanks MacLaren (1853-90)
Fortingall, Perthshire

Robert Matheson
General Post Office Edinburgh

Robert Matthew: Johnson-Marshall & Partners
British Home Stores, Edinburgh
David Hume Tower, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh (link: no info on original building)
Lothian Regional Council, Edinburgh
Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh
Wester Hailes Education Centre, Edinburgh


James Miller
Glasgow Royal Infirmary (link: no info on original building)
Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire


Sydney Mitchell (1856-1930)
Well Court, Dean Village, Edinburgh 1883-86
3 Rothesay Terrace - alterations, Dean Village, Edinburgh
Mercat Cross - restoration, Edinburgh 1885
Ramsay Garden - phase 2, Edinburgh
Red Home building, former Royal Infirmary site, Edinburgh


Robert Mylne(1633-1710)
Caroline Park House, Edinburgh with James Smith (c.1645 - 1731), possible input from Sir William Bruce (1630 - 1710)


J M Dick Peddie
Standard Life Assurance, Edinburgh

James Playfair
Dalkeith Palace minor additions (1786)

William Playfair
Dollar Academy, Dollar, Clackmannanshire
Floors Castle, Roxburghshire
Royal Scottish Academy (RSA), Princes Street, Edinburgh
National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Dugald Stewart Monument, Edinburgh
Edinburgh City Observatory, Calton Hill
National Monument Edinburgh (Cockerell) Calton Hill


Robert Reid
West Register House, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh

David Rhind
The Dome, Edinburgh
Craigentinny Marbles, Edinburgh


James Robert Rhind
Dennistoun Library, Glasgow

James Salmon(I & II + with JG Gillespie, Architect)
The Hatrack, Glasgow: J Salmon II
Corinthian Club, Glasgow: J Salmon I & J Burnet
Former British Linen Company Bank, Govan: Salmon, Son & Gillespie


Scottish Architect

George Gilbert Scott (English architect)
University of Glasgow Building
St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (photo above)
McManus Galleries, Dundee


Archibald Simpson
Marischal College, Aberdeen
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
St Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral, Aberdeen
Aberdeen Music Hall
Athenaeum, Aberdeen
North of Scotland Bank building, Aberdeen
Established Church, Elgin
Mansion House of Newe, Strathdon
Duchess of Gordon's Schools, Huntly


James Smith
Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith, Midlothian

Basil Spence (1907-76)
Beehive building, Wellington
British Embassy Rome, Italy
Canongate Housing, Edinburgh
Department of Natural Philosophy Glasgow
Edinburgh University campus : University Library
Glasgow Infirmary
Great Michael Rise, Newhaven, Edinburgh
Gribloch, Kippen, Stirling
Lismhor House, Edinburgh
Mortonhall Crematorium, Edinburgh
Queen Elizabeth Square, Glasgow
Southside Garage, Edinburgh
St Andrew Square building, Edinburgh

Animal Breeding Research Headquarters, Kings' Buildings, Edinburgh


Thomas Tait
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
Hawkhead Hospital, Paisley


Thomas Telford
Dunkeld, Perthshire

Alexander Thomson
Greek Thomson Projects

William B Whitie
Mitchell Library, Glasgow



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