Basic Biographical Details Name: | James Andrew Minty | Designation: | | Born: | 1857 | Died: | 5 August 1947 | Bio Notes: | James Andrew Minty was born in 1857 and articled to T Farquharson, estate architect and resident engineer on the Macduff Harbour Works, in 1872. In 1878 he moved to Edinburgh to work for the School Board architect Robert Wilson, taking classes at Heriot-Watt College, and in 1882 moved again, this time to London to attend Professor T Roger Smith's classes at University College London. Shortly afterwards he began assisting in Smith's office. He passed the qualifying exam in April 1885.
Minty's movements over the ensuing years are unclear but he commenced practice on his own account at Gray's Inn Square in 1894 (nomination papers; although RIBAJ obituary gives 1890 as the year of his commencement in independent practice). He was admitted ARIBA in mid-1901, his proposers being Smith, Arthur Cates, and the hospital specialist Alfred Hessel Tiltman.
Sometime after 1904 he entered into partnership with another London Scot, John Campbell Turner Murray. The partnership of J C T Murray & J A Minty had ended by 1914 when Murray had his office at 35 Old Queen Street and Minty at 35 Craven Street, Charing Cross. Minty was still in the latter office when he was elected FRIBA on 14 June 1926, his proposers being E Guy Dawber, David Barclay Niven and T Roger Smith's son Ravenscroft Elsey Smith.
Minty died on 5 August 1947, his practice being continued by his sons W Stanley Minty and Robert James Hugh Minty. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 10, Gray's Inn Square, London, England | Business | Before 1894 | After 1901 | | | 45, Grange Park Road, Leyton, London, England | Private | 1901 * | | | | 42, Theobald's Road, London, England | Private/business(?) | 1904 * | | | | 35, Craven Street, Charing Cross, London, England | Business | Before 1914 | After 1926 | | | Beeleigh, Snaresbrook, Essex, England | Private | 1926 * | | | | Hermon Hill, Wanstead, London, England | Private | 1947 * | | | | 14, Bedford Row, London, England | Business | 1947 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | | | Walker, Frank Arneil | 1986 | South Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew | | | p52 | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 8 August 1947 | v191 | | p105 - obituary | | Architects Journal | 21 August 1947 | v106 | | p176 - obituary | | Builder | 15 August 1847 | v173 | | p175 - obituary | | RIBA Journal | October 1947 | v54 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p619 - obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A v14 p140 no1375 (microfilm reel 18); F no2380 (box 6) |
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