Basic Biographical Details

Name: Alexander Taylor
Designation:  
Born: c. 1806
Died: 21 June 1846
Bio Notes: Alexander Taylor was born about 1806. Nothing is known of his ealry years but he was an architect and civil engineer and practised for a time in Edinburgh and subsequently in Glasgow. He lived in lodgings in Glasgow with his brother who was a silk manufacturer.

He acted as agent for the letting of Drumbreck [sic] Priory, two and a half miles west of Glasgow in 1844. It is possible that he was responsible for work on this house. He also acted as agent in selling off plots for villas at Dumbreck [sic] in 1844. He seems to have acquired land and built houses speculatively at Patrick and Partickhill in Glasgow. Various advertisements appear in the Glasgow Herald for villas being let by him in this area.

He died at Partickhill in Glasgow on 21 June 1846. His 2-storey house at Partickhill along with the sites for two other houses which were partly complete were advertised for sale after his death. The agent was the architect Alexander Kirkland with whom he presumably had some connection. His will was registered on 27 April 1847. He was survived by a daughter Phoebe Alexandrine Taylor.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 8Partickhill, Glasgow, ScotlandPrivate 1846 
Item 2 of 81, North St James Street, Edinburgh, ScotlandPrivate/business(?)c. 1832c. 1834 
Item 3 of 813, Duncan Street, Edinburgh, ScotlandPrivate/business(?)c. 1835  
Item 4 of 821, Leopold Place, Edinburgh, ScotlandBusiness18361837 
Item 5 of 858, North Hanover Street, Glasgow, ScotlandPrivate1841 *  
Item 6 of 868, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, ScotlandBusiness1844  
Item 7 of 8Glasgow, ScotlandBusiness1846 *  
Item 8 of 8Edinburgh, ScotlandBusinessBefore 1846  

* earliest date known from documented sources.


Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 91836The Mound  Edinburgh, MidlothianScotlandPlans drawn up for improvement of the Mound. This may be another architect called Taylor but there are no other suitable cadidates of the correct date at present.
Item 2 of 9c. 1837Clarendon Place  GlasgowScotlandOriginal building
Item 3 of 918391-24 Royal Crescent and 1 North Claremont Street and 36 Kelvingrove Street  GlasgowScotlandConstruction continued until 1851, after Taylor's death
Item 4 of 9c. 1843Dumbreck PrioryDumbreck GlasgowScotlandMay have undertaken alterations
Item 5 of 91844Dumbreck PrioryDumbreck GlasgowScotlandTaylor acting as agent for letting Priory. Also acting as agent in selling off ground in 'PArk of Dumbreck' for buildings villas.
Item 6 of 91844Houses, Hamilton CrescentPartickhill GlasgowScotland 
Item 7 of 91845Flats, Maule TerracePartick Glasgow Acted as agent in letting these properties but almost certainly built by him as speculation.
Item 8 of 91846CottagePartickhill GlasgowScotlandActed as agent in letting this cottage and was probably the designer as well
Item 9 of 9Early 1840sThree villas, PartickhillPartickhill GlasgowScotlandLived in one of them. The other two were incomplete at the time of his death in 1846.

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 4Colvin, H M1995A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-18403rd editionNew Haven and London: Yale University Press 
Item 2 of 4Gildard, Thomas1895An Old Glasgow Architect on some Older OnesXXVIProceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow 
Item 3 of 4Post Office Directories     
Item 4 of 4Scotlands People Website Wills & Testaments  Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories Sc36/48/32

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this :
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2Glasgow Herald14 July 1848   
Item 2 of 2Glasgow Herald28 August 1848