Basic Biographical Details Name: | Alexander Inglis | Designation: | | Born: | 22 January 1877 | Died: | 1964 | Bio Notes: | Alexander Inglis was born on 22 January 1877. He was the nephew of the Hawick joiner-architect John Inglis, to whom he was initially apprenticed. He was subsequently articled to James Pearson Alison, probably as providing more varied experience, from August 1891 until 1896, and remained there as an assistant, studying under the South Kensington Schools and spending his holidays and spare time visiting the Borders abbeys; later travels took him to France and Spain. By 1900 he had become an extremely competent designer in the Lorimer mode and had his work illustrated in 'The Builder'. In January 1901 he moved to the office of Leadbetter & Fairley in Edinburgh, where he worked on as yet unidentified mansions in Ayrshire and at Slateford, but he left at the end of the same year to return to Hawick following the death of his uncle and his inheritance of the joinery business, which he continued as both architect and contractor from the beginning of 1902. It was around this time that he married Jane Miller Cooper.
He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, his proposers being James McLellan Fairley, Thomas Forbes Maclennan and James Bow Dunn. By that time he had established a Building Construction course in Hawick which had been taken over by the School Board there.
In 1936 Charles F J Turnbull was articled to Inglis; he became his partner in 1950, the practice becoming Alexander Inglis & Partners.
Inglis died in 1964.
Publications:
Article on the Pre-Reformation church of Southdean, Roxburghshire, in 'Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society', c.1911 | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 12, Bridge Street, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland | Business | 1904 | | | | 12 (or 14?), Bridge Street, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland | Business | 1911 * | After 1950 | | | 58, Queensland Road, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland | Private | Before 1911 | After 1914 | | | 14, Bridge Street, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland | Business | 1930 or 1931 * | 1939 or after 1940(?) | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersEmployees or Pupils
RIBARIBA Proposers
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 | | 1894 | Liberal Club | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | As assistant to J P Alison | | 1895 | Constitutional Club | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | As assistant to J P Alison | | 1900 | Stirches House | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Alterations including renewal of most of the interior, stables and lodge - as assistant to J P Alison | | 1900 | Town Hall | Jedburgh | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Remodelling - as assistant to J P Alison | | c. 1900 | Border Inn | | | | Scotland | | | c. 1900 | House design | | | | | | | 1901 | Mansion house | Slateford | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1901 | University of Edinburgh, John Usher Institute of Public Health | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | As assistant to Leadbetter & Fairley | | 1902 | Hawick and District Joint Fever Hospital | Burnfoot | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | | | After 1902 | Cavers estate, farm cottages | Cavers | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | | | After 1902 | East Bank UP Church | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Pulpit and organ case | | After 1902 | Free St Andrew's Church, Stewart Memorial | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | | | After 1902 | Hawick Cottage Hospital | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Alterations (mainly interior) | | After 1902 | Hawick Golf Club House | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Additions | | After 1902 | Hosiery Factory | | | Roxburghshire? | Scotland | Additions | | After 1902 | Shop, 139-141 Lothian Road | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | After 1902 | Villas and cottages | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | | | 1904 | Newcastleton District Hospital | Newcastleton | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | | | 1907 | Hawick Public Slaughterhouses | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Reconstruction | | 1910 | Anderson Sanatorium | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Additions to existing house, new ward blocks, and new administration blocks, to form Anderson Sanatorium | | 1911 | Knitwear factory for N Peal (Wholesale Ltd) | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | | | 1911 | Turnbull's Finishing Works, office | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | | | 1912 | Hawick Swimming Pool | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | | | 1913 | Wolflee House | Hawick | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Alterations | | 1921 | Scottish Housing Competition Section 1 | | | | Scotland | Premiated design |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Bailey, Rebecca M | 1996 | Scottish architects' papers: a source book | | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | p105 | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v18 no1363 |
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