Basic Biographical Details Name: | Alexander McAnally (sometimes misspelt McNally or Macannally) | Designation: | | Born: | 19 July 1907 | Died: | 14 May 1978 | Bio Notes: | Alexander McAnally was born at 8 South Annandale Street, Glasgow on 19 July 1907, the son of James Patrick McAnally, woodcarver and his wife Agnes McCrossen. He was articled to Charles Jean Menart from 1924 to 1928, moving in the latter year to join James Taylor as assistant and studying at Glasgow High School, Glasgow School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Technical College. He was a successful student, gaining a travelling scholarship, a silver medallion from the Glasgow Institute of Architects, a Whitelaw Bronze Medallion and a prize for measured drawings. He was a finalist for the Tite Prize in 1932, the year in which he commenced independent practice in March with the archdiocese of Glasgow as his main client.
From at least 1939 to 1943 McAnally was based in offices in the Chartered Accountants Hall, 220 St Vincent Street. He did not serve in the Second World War and was admitted LRIBA on 15 June 1943, his proposers being William James Smith, James Taylor and Jack Antonio Coia. He was elected FRIBA on 20 December 1950, again with the support of Smith and Taylor but this time with George Arthur Boswell acting as his third proposer. At that time, in addition to his own practice which he operated from his home at 50 Myres Road, he was also employed by the Education Department of the Corporation of Glasgow.
In the post-war years the practice became Alexander McAnally & Partners. Most of their work is in a brick Romanesque manner, sometimes quite imaginative, sometimes reflecting the whims of their priestly clients.
Alexander McAnally married twice, first to Barbara Robertson, and secondly to Kathleen Devine. He suffered from alcoholism and died of pneumonia in the Bon Secours Hospital, Glasgow on 14 May 1978, survived by his second wife. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Chartered Accountants Hall/220, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1939 | After 1950 | | | 50, Myres Road, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | Before 1943 | After 1950 | | | Corporation of Glasgow Education Department/73, John Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1950 * | | | | 176, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1954 * | | | | 175, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1957 * | | | | 5, Kinfauns Drive, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1978 * | | |
* 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 | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p5, p177 St Teresa of Lisieux | | Post Office Directories | | | | | | | RIBA | 1939 | The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 3 February 1930 | | | p182 | | Builder | 26 January 1951 | | | p155 | | Builder | 21 November 1952 | | | p768 | | Builder | 15 January 1954 | | | p161 | | Builder | 12 February 1954 | | | p320 | | Builder | 11 January 1957 | | | p121 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Research by Iain Paterson | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L no5439 (combined box 79); F no4570 (box 22) |
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