Basic Biographical Details Name: | Burnet, Boston & Carruthers | Designation: | | Born: | 1901(?) | Died: | 1907 or 1908 | Bio Notes: | Frank Burnet was born in 1846 in Melrose in Roxburghshire, the son of a builder, Francis Burnet, and his wife Janet Learmonth. He was educated at Melrose Parish School and Glasgow School of Art. He learned the business of building with his father, but in 1871 he joined the office of John Carrick, the City Master of Works in Glasgow, dealing with Dean of Guild and the New Buildings Department there and gaining experience of tenement design for the City Improvement Trust and forming contacts which were to be useful later. In or about 1877 he spent a year abroad travelling as far as Egypt and the Holy Land. In 1878 he commenced practice on his own account, his main business being tenements of which the firm built 540 between 1884 and 1906 in Dalmarnock, Parkhead, Alexandra Place, Queen's Park, Battlefield and Woodside, many of them were for himself and other members of the Burnet family. Others were for private clients, often in the licensed trade together with a number of schemes erected under the Artisans Dwelling Act. Their output was exceeded only by J C McKellar who built 640 between 1890 and 1910. Burnet also did considerable work as a valuator and witness in railway and property compensation cases and also as an arbiter and oversman in arbitration cases.
In August 1889 Burnet took into partnership his assistant, William James Boston, born in Tradeston on 9 June 1861 the son of Thomas Boston, artist seal-engraver, but the character of the practice did not significantly change except for a marked growth in industrial clients in the engineering, baking and printing trades. The firm moved rapidly into the premier league in 1897-98, largely as a result of distilling and licensed trade connections, but the actual design work was by then mainly in the hands of James Carruthers who designed in a manner influenced by John James Burnet - to whom Frank was not related - and Burnet's partner John A Campbell; Carruthers had entered the firm as an apprentice in 1886, studied at Glasgow School of Art and subsequently travelled in France, Itlay, Canada and the USA. He was briefly a partner from 1901 until 1908 when a sudden decline in the volume of business seems to have brought about his leaving to set up practice on his own account at 147 Bath Street. The practice then reverted to being Frank Burnet & Boston. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 180, Hope Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1901 | 1907 or 1908 | |
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Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | After 1900 | Redholme | Pollokshields/Dumbreck | | Glasgow | Scotland | Addition? | | After 1900 | Wesleyan Methodist Church | Barrhead | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | | | 1901 | Tenement, Parkhead Cross | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1901 | Warehouse, Dunlop Street and Howard Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | After 1901 | Summerlee Iron Company's Building | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1902 | Business Premises, corner of West Nile Street and Drury Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1902 | Coach Works | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Alterations | | 1902 | Herriot Hill Printing Works | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Additions on St James Road (£3,500) | | 1902 | Parkholm Bakery | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1902 | Paxtons Hotel | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Depending on dat, partnership with Carruthers may actually be responsible | | 1902 | Public house and shop with flats over for George Honeyman Farmer | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Revised scheme | | 1902 | Smithstone | Kilwinning | | Ayrshire | Scotland | Addition | | 1903 | Bakery for R A Peacock and Son | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1903 | City Improvement Trust Buildings, High Street and Bell Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Mansard attic, extensive alterations | | 1903 | Dalmarnock Iron Works | Dalmarnock | | Glasgow | Scotland | Additions | | 1903 | Gordon Chambers | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1903 | Herriot Hill Printing Works | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Further additions (£15,000). | | 1903 | Scottish Amicable Building | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Top floor added | | 1903 | Tenements, Dumbarton Road, Vine Street and Merkland Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1903 | Tenements, High Street and Duke Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Won competition to secure job | | 1903 | Union Bank | Dunfermline | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1903 | Workshops, High Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1904 | 16 Buchanan Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | 4th floor and above added | | 1904 | 39 Sherbrooke Avenue | Pollokshields | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1904 | 88 Renfield Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Alterations | | 1904 | Campbellfield Twisting Works | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Additions | | 1904 | Glasgow Cabinet Works | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1904 | Matheran House | Pollokshields | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1904 | McLellan Art Gallery and warehouse | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Remodelling of interior, shopfronts, dome at Rose Street corner | | 1905 | Drill Hall and Headquarters for the Royal Naval Reserve Brigade | Govan | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1905 | Engineering Works | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Additions | | 1905 | Glasgow Cabinet Works | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Additions | | 1905 | Great George Street/ Kersland Road Tenement | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Superseded by John Nisbet after construction was begun. | | 1905 | Heathbank | Helensburgh | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Alterations to house and new coach house | | 1905 | Workshops, High Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Further work after fire in 1905. | | c. 1905 | 15-31 Duke Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | c. 1905 | City Improvement Trust tenements | | | Glasgow | Scotland | HS attribution | | 1906 | Canning Place Public School | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1906 | Dalmarnock Iron Works | Dalmarnock | | Glasgow | Scotland | Additions | | 1906 | Tenements, Dalnair Street and Esmond Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1907 | Brincliffe | Helensburgh | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | 1907 | Fountain in memory of John and Thomas Hamilton, Maxwell Park | Maxwell Park | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1907 | Hughenden House | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1907 | Motor Works | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1907 | Two-storey house, Kennedy Drive | Helensburgh | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | 1934 | Watt Memorial School | Greenock | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | Extension for engineering |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | www.glasgowsculpture.com | 2005 | www.glasgowsculpture.com | | Website of 'Glasgow - City of Scultpure', co-produced by Gary Nisbet and Tim Gardner | |
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