Basic Biographical Details Name: | George Gordon Maclaren | Designation: | | Born: | 21 June 1855 | Died: | 31 June 1899 | Bio Notes: | George Gordon Maclaren was born on 21 June 1855, the eldest son of James Maclaren, architect, Dundee and Jemima Margaret Miller. He was articled to his father and joined him in partnership c. 1879 after the dissolution of the Maclaren & Aitken partnership, partially as a result of disagreements and litigation over the specification of stone from Ferrybank estate near Cupar.
The Ferrybank stone affair adversely affected the practice and George had neither London nor Edinburgh experience. In the early 1880s the patronage of Maclaren's most important client, the Cox family, was lost to the much more up-to-date John Murray Robertson whose inspiration was partly American, and although the firm still had a very substantial domestic practice from the Panmure estate feus, it had lost the commanding position it had previously enjoyed by the time of James Maclaren's death at Ferrybank on 16 June 1893. The elder Maclaren appears to have recognised that the practice was becoming out-of-date as a younger son, John Turnbull Maclaren, born 1863, was sent to an unspecified office in the United States to gain experience, returning on his father's death as a partner.
George Gordon Maclaren, who had set up house in Invermark Terrace, Barnhill, retained his father's management of the Panmure feus for the Dalhousie Trustees and concentrated his interests in Broughty Ferry where he had become a parish councillor and a burgh commissioner, successfully promoting a scheme for a municipal gasworks, though not the scheme for municipal swimming baths and private baths of which he was the principal advocate. Stylistically his work was a pale version of his father's. In 1896 he suffered a heart attack and from the summer of 1898 he was confined to his house. He died on 31 June 1899, survived by a widow Isabella Stenhouse and a young family. He left a moveable estate of £1,633 15s 10d, the family firm being continued by his brother. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Dundee, Scotland | Business | | | | | 3, Invermark Terrace, Barnhill, Dundee, Scotland | Private | | 1899 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployers
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 | | Between 1880 and 1881 | Chance Inn | Inverkeilor | | Angus | Scotland | | | c. 1880 | Thistle Hall | | | Dundee | Scotland | Reconstruction | | 1881 | Abbey Church Manse | Arbroath | | Angus | Scotland | | | 1881 | Ardestie Farmhouse and Steading | Panmure Estate | | | Scotland | | | 1881 | Northern Assurance Company Offices | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1881 | Residence. Lochee | Lochee | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1881 | Shops and dwelling-houses, Overgate | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1882 | Villa for T Davidson | Cupar | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1883 | Colluthie House | Moonzie | | Fife | Scotland | Addition of new front | | 1883 | Corn Exchange | Cupar | | Fife | Scotland | Improvements | | 1883 | Cupar Spinning Mills, workmen's houses | Cupar | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1883 | Warehouses on Charles Street for David Stewart | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | After 1883 | Clepington Works Buildings | | | Dundee | Scotland | Date unknown: partnership uncertain | | 1885 | Abbey Church | Arbroath | | Angus | Scotland | New front and tower. Also probably hall. | | 1885 | Half-time School, Camperdown Works | Lochee | | Dundee | Scotland | | | c. 1885 | Afton Place | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | c. 1885 | Barry Free Church Manse | Barry | | Angus | Scotland | | | c. 1885 | Bay House | West Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | Reconstruction - probably with the addition of the east wing | | c. 1885 | Building on the east side of Wellgate | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | c. 1885 | Tenements on King's Road | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | c. 1885 | Tenements, Bonnybank | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1886 | Offices for Cox Brothers | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | Before 1886 | Prinlaws Place Steps | Newport-on-Tay | | Fife | Scotland | Check partnership | | 1888 | Barry Free Church | Barry | | Angus | Scotland | | | 1889 | Baxter Institute for Female Education | Cupar | | Fife | Scotland | Reconstruction | | 1889 | Grove Academy | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | First phase | | 1890 | Clepington Mission hall | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1890 | Empress Hygienic Laundry | | | Dundee | Scotland | Alterations | | c. 1890 | 17, 18 Baxter Park Terrace and 35 Park Avenue | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | c. 1890 | Red Court, house, coachhouse, stable, lodge and laundry | West Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | Completion after dispute between Blanc and his client | | 1891 | Mercantile Buildings, Dundee Perth & London Shipping Company Offices | | | Dundee | Scotland | New building at 20 Dock Street | | 1892 | 1-7 Union Street and 52-58 Nethergate | | | Dundee | Scotland | Remodelled and attic floor added | | 1892 | Bonnygate UP Manse | Cupar | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1892 | Thistle Hall | | | Dundee | Scotland | Remodelled and attic floor added | | 1892 | Villa for Dr T G Nasmyth | Cupar | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1893 | Balgay Industrial Schools | Balgay | | Dundee | Scotland | Designed by Patrick | | 1893 | House for Findlay on Seafield Road | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1893 | Young Men's Christian Association gymnasium | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1894 | Cottage for James Gowans, Seafield | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1895 | Tenement on Gray Street | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1895 | The Vinery | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | | | c. 1895 | Ashley | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | c. 1895 | Invermark | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | c. 1895 | Redmyre | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | c. 1895 | St Margaret's | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1896 | Grove Academy | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | Second phase | | 1896 | Houses on Whinnybrae and Queen Street Corner | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1896 | Oakley Place | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1896 | Tenement, Fisher Street and Gray Street | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1897 | Norma Terrace | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1897 | One Ash | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1897 | Villa, 20 Camphill Road | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1898 | Dunblane Hydropathic Institution | Dunblane | | Perthshire | Scotland | North Wing | | 1898 | Joint Free and UP Church | Wormit | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1898 | Wormit Free Church | Newport-on-Tay | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1899 | West Free Church hall | Broughty Ferry | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1900 | Mission Church | Carnoustie | | Angus | Scotland | | | 1901 | Barnhill Cemetery | Nernhill | | Dundee | Scotland | Buildings and walls |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Scotlands People Website | | Wills & Testaments | | | Dundee Sheriff Court SC45/31/51 | | www.familysearch.org | | www.familysearch.org | | Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints: Website | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Dundee Advertiser | July 1899 | | | Obituary (cutting in NMRS) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Manuscripts | | MS/181: Lectures on Restenneth Priory and Scotland's Cathedrals and Abbeys; family tree | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Photographic Archive | | B68889 Photograph of George Gordon Maclaren (original portrait(?) Acc No 1999/79) | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Personal information from William Salmond, William Patrick, James McIntosh Patrick, Ann Patrick, Stuart O Barron, Peter Young and Ian Gordon Lindsay |
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