Name: | Cullen, Lochhead & Brown |
Designation: | |
Born: | January 1911 |
Died: | After 2005 |
Bio Notes: | After Alexander Cullen died on 21 January 1911, the practice of Alex Cullen, Lochhead & Brown became Cullen, Lochhead & Brown, dropping Cullen's forename. The practice's main office was at Brandon Chambers, Hamilton, which had been designed for the purpose by Cullen in 1898-99. Of the remaining partners, James Lochhead had been born in 1870 in Johnstone, the son of J Lochhead, a furniture dealer in Hope Street, Ayr, and had been educated at Ayr Grammar School and subsequently Ayr Academy. He had served his articles with Allan Stevenson of Ayr from 1884, remaining as an assistant until 1891. He had then moved to become chief draughtsman in the practice of Henry Higgins of Glasgow, attending classes at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College where he had received the Bronze Medal in Building Construction in 1892 and had been a Queen's Prizeman in Architecture and Architectural Design in 1893. In the latter year he had entered the Office of Public Works in Glasgow whilst continuing his studies, and in 1894-98 he had acted as assistant lecturer to Professor Gourlay in the Architectural Classes at the College. He had passed the qualifying exam to become ARIBA on 11 June 1894, his proposers being John Honeyman, Campbell Douglas and Thomas Lennox Watson. He had joined Cullen's practice as chief draughtsman and prospective partner in 1898. The other partner, William Brown, had been born in 1873 and had been articled to Cullen in 1888, attending technical and art classes at Hamilton Academy from 1889 to 1894, and had remained as assistant after completing his apprenticeship. Lochhead and Brown had been taken into partnership on 24 June 1902, Brown being put in charge of the Motherwell office at 4 Clyde Street.
After Lochhead's arrival the work of the practice had become extremely accomplished Edwardian Baroque and classical. Initially the practice name had remained as Alex Cullen; it had won the major competition for Hamilton Municipal Buildings in 1903, and a Glasgow office had been established at Atlantic Chambers in Hope Street to supervise the Western District Hospital, a by-product of the competition for the Eastern District Hospital in which Cullen and Lochhead had been placed first but had not received the commission. It was not until 1908 that the practice had become Alex Cullen, Lochhead & Brown.
At the time of Cullen's death, his youngest son, Alexander Cullen Junior (born 1892), was only in the first year of his apprenticeship with the practice. Brown remained in charge of the Motherwell office and Lochhead took over the management of both the Hamilton and the Glasgow offices.
Lochhead was active in public life. In 1896 he became the first President of the Royal Technical College (Glasgow) Craftsman's Society; he also served as President of Hamilton Arts & Crafts Society for two years, and was President of the Glasgow Architectural Association from 1906 to 1907. He wrote many articles and delivered numerous papers to these societies as well as to the Edinburgh Architectural Association, Glasgow Philosophical Society, Glasgow Scientific Society and Ayr Sketch Club.
Brown was admitted LRIBA on 20 March 1911, his proposers being George Gunn, Lochhead and James Davidson. Two months later Lochhead was admitted FRIBA, his proposers being James Archibald Morris of Ayr, John Bennie Wilson and James Milne Monro of Glasgow. Brown was admitted FRIBA in early 1921, proposed by Lochhead, Davidson and William Brown Whitie. By that date Alexander Cullen Junior had returned to the practice as an assistant after war service, but in 1922 Lochhead & Brown appear to have indicated to him that he would not be offered a partnership as he left to commence practice in Hamilton in competition with them on 1 January 1923. Lochhead and Brown's choice fell instead on the younger Lockhart Whiteford Hutson, who had been articled to Cullen, Lochhead & Brown in 1912, and the firm's older chief assistant, Thomas Spiers Fraser, who had been with the practice in that capacity since 1911. They were taken into partnership in 1925, but Fraser left only five years later to practise in Hamilton on his own account from 1930. Brown retired in 1931. Hutson was still with the firm in 1940 when he was admitted FRIBA, proposed by the RIBA Council. By that time the Hamilton office had moved to 119 Cadzow Street. Lochhead remained senior partner until his death in 1942. Hutson then became sole partner and remained so until Stuart C Clink was taken into partnership in 1946.
Further partners joined the practice in the 1960s and 70s - George H E Hall in 1956, James G Anderson in 1973 and John McM Walker in 1988.
In the RIBA Directory of Practices of 1981 the firm are noted as Consultants to DAER and the Loch Lomond Water Schemes. They also drew up reports on fire precautions and prepared the Fore Spread Programmes in various schools for Strathclyde Regional Council. They had undertaken various house modernisation projects for Hamilton and Motherwell District Councils. |
The following private or business addresses are associated with this : |
| Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |
| 4, Clyde Street, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Business | 1911 | After 1920 | |
| Glasgow, Scotland | Business | January 1911 | | |
| Brandon Chambers, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Business | Before 1911 | c. 1927 | Main office |
| 119, Cadzow Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Business | c. 1927 | After 1953 | |
| 115, Cadzow Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Business | c. 1928 | | |
| 10, Auchingramont Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire | Business | 1960 | After 1975 | |
| 29, Park Circus, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1970 * | After 1975 | |
This 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 |
| | Fire Brigade Headquarters | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| | St Margaret's Church | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1911 | Hamilton Municipal Buildings and Public Library | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Continued job after competition win in 1903, before practice title changed (municipal offices only built before First World War) |
| 1911 | Rorison Memorial Church | Ashgill | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Extension |
| January 1911 | Blackpool Central Library and Art Gallery | Blackpool | | Lancashire | England | Won in open competition |
| After 1911(?) | Co-operative Society premises | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Extensions (date uncertain: Alex Cullen, Lochhead & Brown if before 1911, but Cullen, Lochhead & Brown if between 1911 and 1914) |
| After 1911(?) | County of Lanark Sanatorium | Stonehouse | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Extensions? - probably including 20 additional beds and additions to administration block (date uncertain: Alex Cullen, Lochhead & Brown if before 1911, but Cullen, Lochhead & Brown if between 1911 and 1914) |
| After 1911(?) | Gordonbank | Larkhall | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Partnership may not have been involved - depends on date |
| After 1911(?) | Shotts Fever Hospital | Shotts | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Extension. Further extensions later - 16 beds with addition to administration block (date uncertain: Alex Cullen, Lochhead & Brown if before 1911, but Cullen, Lochhead & Brown if between 1911 and 1914) |
| 1912 | Tenements, Stenhousemuir | Stenhousemuir | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | |
| 1914 | Bishopbriggs Police Station | Bishopbriggs | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1914 | Raheen | Bearsden | | Glasgow | Scotland | |
| Before 1914 | Workmen's housing | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| Before 1914 | Workmen's housing | Cleland | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| Before 1914 | Workmen's housing, Craigneuk | Craigneuk | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1915 | John Hastie Museum | Strathaven | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1916 | Hartwood Asylum | Shotts | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | New reception block built |
| 1918 | Chapeltoun | Dunlop | | Ayrshire | Scotland | Gate lodge |
| 1919 | Local Government Board competition, rural cottage | | | | Scotland | Design placed second |
| 1919 | Local Government Board competition, various house types | | | | Scotland | |
| 1919 | Station Hotel | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Addition |
| c. 1920 | County of Berwick Infectious Deseases Hospital | Gordon | | Berwickshire | Scotland | |
| 1921 | Scottish Housing Competition Section 1 | | | | Scotland | Commended design |
| 1925 | The Ross | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Interior work |
| After 1925 | Arbroath Infirmary | Arbroath | | Angus | Scotland | Extensions - 30 beds with accommodation for 26 nurses and maids |
| After 1925 | County Offices | Lanark | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Reconstruction |
| After 1925 | Dumbarton Cottage Hospital | Dumbarton | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Nurses' home extensions |
| After 1925 | Golf Club House | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| After 1925 | Golf Club House | Bothwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| After 1925 | Hartwood Asylum | Shotts | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Male staff hostel |
| After 1925 | House for Mr R B Dick | Carluke | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| After 1925 | House for Thomas P Black | Busby | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| After 1925 | Lion Foundry | Kirkintilloch | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Extensions |
| After 1925 | Scottish National Institution for the Training of Imbecile Children | Larbert | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Male staff hostel |
| After 1925 | Soap Works | Irvine | | Ayrshire | Scotland | |
| 1926 | Hartwood Asylum | Shotts | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Nurses' home |
| 1926 | House | Bellshill | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1927 | Burgh of Hamilton Maternity Hospital | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Extension - 9 beds |
| 1927 | Clydebridge Motherwell commemoration panel | | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1927 | Hamilton Municipal Buildings and Public Library | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Town hall added |
| 1927 | Larkhall Miners' Welfare Institute | Larkhall | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1927 | Police Housing | Bellshill | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1928 | Braidwood Hospital | Carluke | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | New hospital incorporating 1920s parts. |
| 1928 | Garden Village at Kirktonfield for the Bleachers' Association | Neilston | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
| 1928 | Housing at Linnhouse for Hamilton District Council | Hamilton? | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1928 | Housing at Newfield for Hamilton District Council | Hamilton? | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1928 | Livingstone Memorial United Free Manse | Blantyre | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1928 | Lodge St Thomas No 306 | Larkhall | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1928 | McGeachin's House | Lanark | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1928 | Sports Pavilion for the Bleachers' Association | Neilston | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
| 1928 | Sports Pavilion, Kirkfieldbank | Kirkfieldbank | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1928 | Super Cinema | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Plans drawn up |
| 1928 | The Yews housing for Hamilton District Council | Hamilton? | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1928 | Udston House, Burnbank | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Extensions - single-storey ward pavilion, operating theatre and laundry |
| 1929 | Baillieston Police Station | Baillieston | | Glasgow | Scotland | |
| 1929 | Douglas Police Station | Douglas | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1929 | Larkhall Miners' Welfare Institute Sports Pavilion | Larkhall | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1929 | St Andrews Church | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Repairs due to mineral damage |
| 1930 | Police Station | Strathaven | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| c. 1930 | County and Burgh of Inverness Infectious Diseases Hospital | Inverness | | Inverness-shire | Scotland | Consulting architects for additional ward blocks |
| 1931 | House | Strathaven | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1931 | New Stevenston Police Station | Stevenston | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1932 | Biggar housing scheme | Biggar | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1932 | Glebe Housing, west development | | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1932 | Gordon Fever Hospital | Gordon | | Berwickshire | Scotland | Ward blocks added? |
| 1933 | Chapeltoun | Dunlop | | Ayrshire | Scotland | Various jobs 'at farm' |
| 1933 | Lauder Hall | Strathaven | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1933 | Wishaw UF Church | Wishaw | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1934 | Hamilton Home | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1934 | Housing in Old Town | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1934 | Shops for T M Arnott | Stevenston | | Ayrshire | Scotland | |
| 1935 | Hartwood Asylum | Shotts | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Plans prepared for various new blocks |
| 1935 | Housing at Biggar | Biggar | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| c. 1935 | Udston House, Burnbank | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Extension - 20 beds |
| 1936 | Douglas Cottage Hospital | Douglas | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | New wing comprising female ward, maternity unit and theatre |
| 1936 | Hartwood Asylum | Shotts | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Male staff hostel |
| 1937 | Council housing | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1937 | Council housing at Burnside | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1937 | Hamilton Parish Church, memorial panels | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1938 | Kittochhill | Busby | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1938 | Rankin Memorial Maternity and Children's Hospital | Greenock | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
| 1939 | Dounans | Aberfoyle | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | |
| 1939 | Law Hospital | Carluke | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| c. 1939 | Five emergency hutted hospitals and two hutted annexes for H M Office of Works | | | | Scotland | |
| c. 1939(?) | Greenock and District Combination Hospital, Gateside | Greenock | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | New scheme - held up due to outbreak of war |
| c. 1939 | Scottish National Institution for the Training of Imbecile Children | Larbert | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Scheme for extensions/alterations - held up by outbreak of war |
| 1940 | House near Lanark | Lanark (near) | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1941 | Menlo | Bothwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1942 | Timber housing | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| After 1946 | Offices for the SSEB (South of Scotland Electricity Board) | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| After 1946 | Two factories for Scottish Industrial Estates | Coatbridge | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| After 1947 | 33 kV electricity substation | Newarthill | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| After 1947 | 33 kV electricity substation | Thornliebank | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
| After 1947 | 33 kV electricity substation | Killermont | | Glasgow | Scotland | |
| After 1947 | 33 kV Electricity substation | | | Glasgow | Scotland | |
| After 1947 | Adelphi cotton works | Deanston, Doune | | Perthshire | Scotland | Reconstruction |
| After 1947 | Burgh Hospital | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Alterations and extensions |
| After 1947 | County of Lanark Sanatorium | Stonehouse | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Alterations and extensions |
| After 1947 | Electricity Service Centre for SSEB | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| After 1947 | Loch Lomond Water Scheme, Daer Reservoir | Loch Lomond | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Acted as consultants |
| After 1947 | Offices and canteen etc | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| After 1947 | Offices for the SSEB (South of Scotland Electricity Board) | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| After 1947 | Scottish National Institution for the Training of Imbecile Children | Larbert | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Nursing block for 60 patients - unclear if this is the extecution of earlier scheme held up by war |
| After 1947 | Transformer stores, garage, workshops | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1948 | 64 Houses Maxwell Street and Whitecross Street | East Kilbride | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1948 | Housing Development Phase 1 | East Kilbride | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1948 | Rankin Memorial Maternity and Children's Hospital | Greenock | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | Extensions and proposed Nurses' Home |
| 1949 | Agricultural College, Kerswell Museum | | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1950 | The Buck's Head Hotel | Strathaven | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | To prepare plans for alterations and additions |
| 1951 | Housing Scheme, Knocklean | Biggar | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1951 | Office Buildings and Storage Block, Glasgow Road | | | Uddingston | Scotland | To prepare plans |
| 1951 | Scheme of Housing, Newrains | Newrains | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 17 October 1952 | Knightswood United Free Church, Glasgow | | | Glasgow | Scotland | prepared plans for restoration and additions |
| 1953 | Townhead Parish Church | Coatbridge | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 13 February 1953 | Premises of Pullers Ltd, Glasgow (various) | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Alterations and additions |
| 27 March 1953 | Offices for Alexandra Transport Co Ltd, Alexandra Parade | | | Glasgow | Scotland | New offices and storage buildings and extensions and alterations |
| 10 July 1953 | Housing and Shepherd's Cottage for Dear Estates Trust, Westercleuch | Westercleuch | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | New housing and shepherd's cottage |
| 16 October 1953 | Petrol Storage Tanks for Dunn Ltd, Uddingston | Uddingston | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | To prepare plans for new petrol storage tanks |
| 4 December 1953 | Premises of George S MacAulay Ltd, Five Ways Street | Netherburn | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Plans to be prepared for new buildings |
| 1960s | Calderpark Zoological Gardens | Calderpark | | Glasgow | Scotland | |
| 1960s(?) | County Hall and Sheriff Court Houses and County Police Office | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | New building on old site |
| 1960s | Dalziel Co-operative Society Ltd retail store | Motherwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1960s | Factory for R & W Scott | Carluke | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1960s | Household Supplies Company Ltd store | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1960s | Lanarkshire Ice Rink | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1960s | Offices for General Accident | Hamilton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1960s | Offices for SSEB | | | Glasgow | Scotland | |
| 1960s | Radnor Hotel | Clydebank | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | |
| 1960s | Renfrew District Lunatic Asylum | Paisley | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | Additions and alterations? |
| 1960s | Royal Scottish National Institution, administration block and other buildings | | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Additions and alterations? |
| 1960s | Stirling District Asylum | Larbert | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Modernisation (?) |
| 1960s | Stobhill Hospital | Springburn | | Glasgow | Scotland | Additions and alterations? |
| 1960 | Municipal Crematorium | Caddlehill, Greenock | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |
| 1960 | Royal Hospital for Sick Children | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Additions to N |
| 1968 | Stobhill Hospital, Clinical Teaching Centre | Springburn | | Glasgow | Scotland | |
| 1968 | Stobhill Hospital, theatre suite | Springburn | | Glasgow | Scotland | |
| 1969 | St Gerard RC Church | Bellshill | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 1970 | British Steel Mess Rooms | Airdrie | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| Before 1981 | Castlehill Methodist Church | Wishaw | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| Before 1981 | Factory for Gilmour & Dean | Clydeside Industrial Estate | | Glasgow | Scotland | |
| Before 1981 | Factory for SDA | | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| Before 1981 | McDonald Hotel | Giffnock | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | Extension |
| Before 1981 | Sheltered housing | Bellshill | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| Before 1981 | St Vincent de Paul RC Church | East Kilbride | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| c. 1984 | St Athanasius RC Church | Carluke | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Extensions |