Basic Biographical Details

Name:	Smith & Ross
Designation:
Born:	1910
Died:	After 1919
Bio Notes:	Thomas Smith was born in 1862 and educated at Rosehall Works School and Gartsherrie Academy after his family moved to Coatbridge in 1871. He was articled to an as yet unknown architect in Glasgow and commenced business on his own account in 1887 in Coatbridge where he won commissions for several local churches - Blairhill, Cliftonville Parish Church and Coatbridge Baptist Church. He designed a number of Coatbridge Corporation housing schemes and carried out work for Stewart & Lloyd. By 1895 he was the original studio master at Glasgow School of Art while practising in Coatbridge, and in that year he took on Robert Thorn Ross (born 1878) as an apprentice. Ross attended classes at Coatbridge Technical School and Glasgow School of Art (1898-99) and remained with Smith as an assistant until he was made a partner in 1910. He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects, which he had joined two years previously. The partnership, its office being at 3 Church Street, Coatbridge, appears to have continued after the First World War but Ross was practising alone from Neilson Terrace by 1924 and later moved to Strathaven. Smith was active in public life, in 1895 becoming a member of Old Monkland Parish Council, subsequently a Magistrate and Police Judge and eventually Provost of Coatbridge for a term of three years. He was finally appointed as Deputy Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland	Business	Before 1914	After 1919

Employment and Training

Employees or Pupils

The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	Robert Thom Ross	1910	Before 1924	Partner
	Thomas Smith	1910	Before 1924	Partner

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
	1910 or 1911(?)	Barncluith	Hamilton		Lanarkshire	Scotland	Restoration, remodelling of interior, new entrance porch and new wing - involvement uncertain as may have been done prior to formation of partnership
	1910 or 1911(?)	Business premises for William Bain & Co	Coatbridge		Lanarkshire	Scotland	Involvement uncertain - may have been built prior to formation of partnership
	1910 or 1911(?)	Coatdyke UF Church	Coatdyke, Coatbridge		Lanarkshire	Scotland	Involvement uncertain - may have been built prior to formation of partnership
	1910 or 1911(?)	Holytown Parish Church halls	Holytown		Lanarkshire	Scotland	Involvement uncertain - may have been built prior to formation of partnership

References

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