Name: | George Lindsay Auldjo Jamieson |
Designation: | |
Born: | 3 February 1905 |
Died: | Before 25 October 1976 |
Bio Notes: | George Lindsay Auldjo Jamieson (more commonly known as Lindsay Jamieson) was born on 3 February 1905, the son of Edinburgh architect Ernest Arthur Oliphant Auldjo Jamieson. Between 1923 and 1930 he attended Cambridge University and graduated BA Cantab before returning to Edinburgh to continue his studies at Edinburgh College of Art. During these early years he spent two short periods in architects' offices, first in that of Dick Peddie & Walker Todd and then in his father's firm of Jamieson & Arnott. In Spring 1929 he spent two months measuring and sketching in Rome, and in the following year he moved to London to seek wider experience with Sir Herbert Baker & A T Scott. Whilst in Baker's office he lived at 7 Woodcote Hall, Epsom, from which he conducted a small private practice. On 22 October 1932 he married Laura Margaret Mercer at the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square.
He returned to Jamieson & Arnott in November 1935. By that time the practice was less busy than it had been, and in the following year the partnership was dissolved as a consequence of the elder Jamieson's enforced retirement through ill health, following which James Alexander Arnott had left to practise alone. Lindsay Jamieson then sought a merger with Dick Peddie & Walker Todd. He brought to them the Sydney Mitchell & Wilson archive, much of the Jamieson & Arnott archive and those clients who were his father's rather than Arnott's. The practice title then became Dick Peddie, Todd & Jamieson, letterheads of that time bearing the subhead 'incorporating Sydney Mitchell & Wilson' to leave no doubt that the Jamiesons had had the dominant financial interest in the Jamieson & Arnott partnership.
The practice conditions during the Second World War resulted in the merger of the Dick Peddie Todd & Jamieson and the Richardson & McKay practices in 1942, John Ross McKay having secured a lot of war work, perhaps more than he could find staff for. McKay quickly became the leading partner, particularly so after the death of Walker Todd on 29 April 1944, after which the firm continued as Dick Peddie, McKay & Jamieson. Jamieson was admitted LRIBA on 14 November 1944, his proposers being McKay, Robert Stirling Reid and Thomas Forbes Maclennan. McKay wrote in his supporting statement: 'he has made a diligent & earnest study of architecture & has carried out a number of excellent commissions with talent & satisfaction to our clients (as my junior partner)'.
David John Chisholm, another partner in the firm, died on 27 July 1949, and Lindsay Jamieson retired early c.1954. Not long thereafter McKay became ill and was hospitalised at Craig House, the practice being continued by Jamieson's chief assistant Stanley Kennedy and McKay's chief assistant Stanley W Edgar.
Jamieson died shortly before 25 October 1976. He was survived by his wife, Jean M Auldjo Jamieson, and also by a daughter, Mrs D E Roberts of Moidart House, Currie and a son, Peter L Auldjo Jamieson who lived in London.
The practice archive was purchased by RCAHMS in 1999. |
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 | Bank of England | | | London | England | Reconstruction and heightening - as assistant ot Sir Herbert Baker |
| 1930 | Glyn, Mills & Co Bank | | | London | England | As assistant to Sir Herbert Baker |
| 1930 | India House | Aldwych | | London | England | As assistant to Sir Herbert Baker |
| 1930 | Martin's Bank | | | London | England | As assistant to Sir Herbert Baker |
| 1930 | South Africa House | Westminster | | London | England | As assistant to Sir Herbert Baker |
| 1932 | Boreham Manor | Chelmsford | | Essex | England | As assistant with Sir Herbert Baker and A T Scott |
| 1932 | Exchange Bank of Scotland | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations - ? - he was still an assistant at the time |
| 1933 | The Drove House | Thornham | | Norfolk | England | As assistant to Sir Herbert Baker & A T Scott |
| 1934 | Peebles Union Poorhouse | Peebles | | Peeblesshire | Scotland | Extension and rebuilding (as County Buildings) |
| 1935 | 217 Colinton Road | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1935 | County Buildings | Linlithgow | | West Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1935 | Glenmore | Kilmelford | | Argyll | Scotland | Reconstruction |
| 1936 | 32, 34 Melville Street | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1936 | 7 St John's Road | Leith | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1936 | British Linen Bank | Linlithgow | | West Lothian | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1936 | British Linen Bank | Kelso | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Alterations to ground floor |
| 1936 | British Linen Bank | Corstorphine | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1936 | British Linen Bank | South Morningside | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1936 | Caledonian Hotel | Inverness | | Inverness-shire | Scotland | Alterations and additions |
| 1936 | Drumsheugh Baths | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1936 | Edinburgh Royal Lunatic Asylum | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Further work? |
| 1936 | Galashiels Liberal Club | Galashiels | | Selkirkshire | Scotland | Renovation |
| 1936 | Gibson Craig Memorial Hall | Currie | | Midlothian | Scotland | Additions |
| 1936 | Grey House | North Berwick | | East Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1936 | House for R A Dickson | | | Midlothian | Scotland | |
| 1936 | House for W M Murphy | North Berwick | | East Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1936 | Housing, Preston Cross | Prestonpans | | East Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1936 | Kinnaird | Gullane | | East Lothian | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1936 | Lindores | Barnton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Double garage |
| 1936 | Police Station and houses | North Berwick | | East Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1936 | Premises at the junction of Braid Road and Pentland Terrace | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1936 | Premises for J Aitchison & Co | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1936 | St Andrew and St Aidan's Episcopal Church | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Church and proposals for hall |
| 1936 | St Columba's Church | Blackhall | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Chancel screen and panelling - NMRS says that he was involved at this date |
| 1936 | Warehouse for Cowan & Co, West Register Street | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1937 | 218 Easter Road | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1937 | 36 Newhaven Road | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1937 | 4 Clarendon Crescent | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1937 | 57 Holyrood Road | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1937 | 62 Fountainhall Road | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1937 | Bonded warehouse, 12-14 John's Place | Leith | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1937 | British Linen Bank | Fairmilehead | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1937 | Corrievarkie | Loch Ericht | | Perthshire | Scotland | Reinstatement |
| 1937 | Gothenburg Pub | Armadale | | West Lothian | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1937 | Grove Biscuit Factory | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1937 | House for D J Owen | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1937 | Kinloch Anderson's premises | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1937 | Philp's Cockburn Hotel and other property, 1-29 Cockburn Street | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1937 | Police Headquarters and Sherriff Court | Linlithgow | | West Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1937 | Premises at corner of Fountainbridge and Gardners' Crescent | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1937 | Premises for Briggs & Son, asphalters | Murrayfield | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1937 | Rock Ibris | North Berwick | | East Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1937 | Royal Bank | Kilmarnock | | Ayrshire | Scotland | |
| 1937 | Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Nurses' Home | March Hall | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1937 | Scottish Widows Property | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1937 | Stoneyhill, including lodge and stables | Walkerburn | | Peeblesshire | Scotland | Proposed houses in the grounds of house |
| 1937 | Villa for John Fife | Cramond | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1937 | Workers' housing | Walkerburn | | Peeblesshire | Scotland | |
| 1938 | 12 Charlotte Street | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1938(?) | 17 Magdala Crescent | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations - by Dick Peddie, Todd & Jamieson or by McKay? |
| 1938 | 2 Eton Terrace | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1938 | 21, 23 Marionville Road | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1938 | 30 Dick Place | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1938 | 36 Inverleith Row | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1938 | Bavelaw Castle | Balerno | | Midlothian | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1938 | Brunton Wire and Wire Ropes building | Musselburgh | | Midlothian | Scotland | |
| 1938 | Council housing | West Linton | | Peeblesshire | Scotland | |
| 1938 | Exhibition Halls, Waverley Market | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Competition design |
| 1938 | Happy Valley Tennis Centre | Craiglockhart | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1938 | Kimmerghame House, and lodge | Duns | | Berwickshire | Scotland | Rebuilding after fire |
| 1938 | Nenthorn House | Kelso | | Berwickshire | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1938 | R & R Clark's Printing Office | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations and additions |
| 1938 | Ravenscraig Maltings | Kirkcaldy | | Fife | Scotland | |
| 1938 | Royal Bank of Scotland | Kirkwall | Mainland | Orkney | Scotland | |
| 1938 | Scottish Provident Institution | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations? |
| 1938 | Transport Club | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1938 | Wellwynd | Tranent | | East Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1939 | 2 Henderson Road | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1939 | Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society Clubhouse | Barnton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1939 | Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Infirmary | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1939 | Granton Tavern | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1939 | Guildford Arms | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1939 | Kilravock Lodge | Grange | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1939 | Melrose District Asylum | Melrose | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Extensions |
| 1939 | National Bank of Scotland | Galashiels | | Selkirkshire | Scotland | Designs produced |
| 1939 | Premises for Thomson & Porteous | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1939 | Standard Life Assurance Co | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Plans for extension scheme - halted on declaration of war |
| 1939 | Territorial Army HQ | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1939 | United Free Church Offices | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Air raid shelter |
| 1939 | Warehouse, Portland Place | Leith | | Edinburgh | Scotland | |
| 1939 or 1940 | Public tenement air raid shelters | | | Edinburgh? | Scotland | |
| 1941 | Convent of the Good Shepherd | Colinton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Byre |
| c. 1941 | 6 Western Terrace, Corstorphine Road | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations to dining room, bathroom and pantry, plus air-raid shelter |
| c. 1941 | Cowgatehead Free Church | | | | | Plans for alterations and additions to east for City Glass Co. |
| 1942 | British Linen Bank | Kelso | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1944 | Arthur Lodge | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Adaptation as preparatory school and subdivision into two self-contained flats (unclear who did what, between Leadbetter, Fairley & Reid and Dick Peddie, McKay & Jamieson) |
| 1944 | Stoneyhill, including lodge and stables | Walkerburn | | Peeblesshire | Scotland | Alterations to house |
| 1945 | 9-11 Hope Street | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1945 | Killin Hotel | Killin | | Perthshire | Scotland | Addition of extra storey |
| 1946 | Tweedbank | Kelso | | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Addition of wing to east |
| 1946 | Viewforth | Bo'ness / Borrowstouness | | West Lothian | Scotland | Additions and alterations - Dick Peddie, McKay & Jamieson in collaboration with Morton J H Cowie? |
| c. 1946 | Woodthorpe, House, Cottage and Laundry | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Further alterations |
| 1947 | 5 Randolph Crescent | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Additions, alterations, and subdivision into two separate houses and dental surgery - unclear whether Leadbetter firm or Dick Peddie firm or both carried out the work |
| 1947 | British Vacuum Cleaner Company Factory | Broxburn | | West Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1947 | St Nicholas Church of Scotland | Wester Hailes | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Revised scheme |
| 1947 | Telegraph Condenser Co Factory, Whiteside Industrial Estate | Bathgate | | West Lothian | Scotland | |
| 1948 | Baddinsgill House | West Linton | | Peeblesshire | Scotland | Alterations |
| c. 1948 | Gullane Free Church and church hall | Gullane | | East Lothian | Scotland | Alterations |
| 1949 | Tenement block with shops at ground floor | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Conversion of ground floor to public bar |
| 1950 | Free Church Offices and Savings Bank | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations |