Basic Biographical Details

Name:	Henry Pearce Robbie
Designation:
Born:	c. 1902
Died:	Before 1972(?)
Bio Notes:	Henry Pearce Robbie commenced his articles with Mills & Shepherd of Dundee in April 1919. He studied at the Glasgow School of Architecture, and won the Alexander Thomson travelling scholarship in 1925 which enabled him to travel to Italy from May to July the following year. He received his diploma from the Glasgow School of Architecture in July 1928 and was admitted ARIBA later that year, his proposers being John Watson, his former employer John Donald Mills, and William Brown Whitie, with whom he was working at the time. In 1930 Pearce Robbie left Whitie's office and moved to Dundee. Around that time he joined the practice of Findlay & Stewart which then became Findlay Stewart & Robbie. In the same year, 1930, Pearce Robbie succeeded Vernon Constable as lecturer in architecture at the Technical College. James Findlay died in March 1943, and Nelson T Stewart in 1948, leaving Pearce Robbie as sole partner. The firm was based throughout in the former office of John Murray Robertson at 33 Albert Square, which Findlay had retained after Robertson's death. Pearce Robbie appears to have died prior to 1972 as he does not appear in the Dundee directories of that year. By the early 1960s Robbie had formed a partnership with Martin Muir Walker Wellwood. After Robbie retired the practice became Wellwood & Leslie.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	119, Nethergate, Dundee, Scotland	Private
	Viewmount, Wormit-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland	Private	1928 *
	226, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland	Business	c. 1939 *
	33, Albert Square, Dundee, Scotland	Business	c. 1939 *	After 1950

* earliest date known from documented sources.

Employment and Training

Employers

The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	Mills & Shepherd	April 1919	c. 1925(?)	Apprentice
	William Brown Whitie	Before 1928	c. 1930	Assistant(?)
	Findlay Stewart & Robbie	c. 1930		Partner
	Robbie & Wellwood	Early 1960s		Partner	Died 1972

RIBA

RIBA Proposers

The following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date proposed	Notes
	John Donald Mills	Late 1928	for Associateship
	John Watson	Late 1928	for Associateship
	William Brown Whitie	Late 1928	for Associateship

Buildings and Designs

This 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
	1930	Double villa, Hyndford Street			Dundee	Scotland
	1930	Glamis House			Dundee	Scotland	Additions
	1930	Premises for M Boyle's Trust			Dundee	Scotland	Reconstruction
	1931	Bungalow, Dalgleish Road			Dundee	Scotland
	1932	Netherwood			Dundee	Scotland	Additions and garage
	1933	Caird Nurses' Home			Dundee	Scotland	Alterations
	1934	Cottages, Pond Lane	Tayport		Fife	Scotland
	1934	Four shops	Barnhill		Dundee	Scotland
	1934	Guardbridge Co-operative Society Buildings, including stables	Tayport		Fife	Scotland
	1934	Robertson's furniture store			Dundee	Scotland	Mainly responsible for design
	1935	Building, Carnleith Place	Alyth		Perthshire	Scotland	Alterations
	1935	Holiday Home	Auchterhouse		Dundee	Scotland	Additions
	1935	Tenement, Roseangle			Dundee	Scotland
	1936	Caledonian Insurance Building			Dundee	Scotland	Additions
	1937	Carn-Elrig	Boat of Garten		Inverness-shire	Scotland
	1937	Flass Road Housing Scheme, block of 6 houses	Newport		Fife	Scotland
	1937	Guardbridge Co-operative Society bakery	Guardbridge		Fife	Scotland	Additions
	1938	The Elms	Monikie		Angus	Scotland	Alterations
	1949	Dental Hospital and School			Dundee	Scotland	Part at south end - two houses joined together
	1962	Dental Hospital and School			Dundee	Scotland	Addition of 11-storey tower and 3-storey Fyfe-stone walled block
	1968	Deanhead Field Housing	Eyemouth		Berwickshire	Scotland	May have retired by then.
	1969	Royal Bank of Scotland	Broughty Ferry		Dundee	Scotland	Renovation of bank and manager's house
	1970s	Dental Hospital and School			Dundee	Scotland	Extension
	1970s	Depot for Lawsons of Dyce			Dundee	Scotland
	1970s	Depot for Lawsons of Dyce	Inverness		Inverness-shire	Scotland
	1970s	Depot for Lawsons of Dyce	Paisley		Renfrewshire	Scotland
	1970s	Depot for Lawsons of Dyce	Paisley		Renfrewshire	Scotland
	1970s	Health Centre	Kinghorn		Fife	Scotland
	1970s	North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board Depot	Kirkwall	Mainland	Orkney	Scotland
	1970	Shopping development for McNeils Berwick Ltd	Berwick		East Lothian	Scotland
	1970	St John's Cross Church, multi-purpose hall			Dundee	Scotland
	1971	168-174 High Street			Dundee	Scotland	May not have been involved.
	1971	Farmhouse	Cockburnspath		Berwickshire	Scotland
	1971	Sheltered housing complex	Eyemouth		Berwickshire	Scotland	perhaps involved?
	1972	89 houses, Spittal	Berwick-on-Tweed			England
	1973	Cattle breeding centre	Scone		Perthshire	Scotland	New building and extension to old one
	1974	'Barracuda' nightlife complex			Dundee	Scotland
	1974	Offices for Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society			Dundee	Scotland
	1974	Sands Discotheque	Broughty Ferry		Dundee	Scotland

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	RIBA	1930	The RIBA Kalendar 1930-1931		London: Royal Institute of British Architects
	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

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this :
	Source	Archive Name	Source Catalogue No.	Notes
	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	RIBA Nomination Papers		A no4277 (combined box 5)