Basic Biographical Details Name: | Rowand Anderson, Paul & Partners | Designation: | | Born: | 1934 | Died: | 1946 | Bio Notes: | Arthur Forman Balfour Paul ('Baffy' to his friends and to his staff) was born in Edinburgh on 7 August 1875, the son of Sir James Balfour Paul, Lyon King of Arms. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy from 1885 to 1892 and was articled to Sir Robert Rowand Anderson from 1892 to 1896, remaining as a draughtsman until 1897 and studying at the School of Applied Art under Frank Worthington Simon and Stewart Henbest Capper. His travels in these early years included a short sketching tour in Belgium and Holland in 1895 and a three-month tour of England in 1897. In 1898 he obtained a place in John Belcher's office in London, staying there for a year and studying at the LCC School of Art before returning to Edinburgh to commence practice on his own account from home at 30 Heriot Row. Following the dissolution of the Anderson, Simon & Crawford partnership Sir Rowand Anderson invited him to return to his practice as partner in 1903. Paul joined the Edinburgh Architectural Association in the same year and it was on the recommendation of that association and of its President, James Bow Dunn, that he was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911.
The partnership was interrupted by the First World War. Paul was a keen territorial who had joined the London Scottish as a piper when with Belcher. He was commissioned as a major in the Royal Engineers and served with distinction in France, being awarded the MC and the Croix de Guerre with Gold Star. Anderson continued the practice, albeit in failing health, with some help from Alexander Lorne Campbell.
Paul resumed partnership in 1919 and became sole partner, Anderson having finally retired: Lorne Campbell was Anderson's executor and he, not Paul, as has been stated, designed the memorial cottage to Lady Anderson at Colinton. Crucially for the practice Paul retained the feuing of the Fettes Trust and Braid estates, providing a flow of business which saw it through a lean period. In 1930 Paul's former assistant William Kininmonth returned to Edinburgh from Lutyens's office. Paul's practice which was then managed by John McClure Anderson, was at a low ebb and he was unable to re-employ him. He did however offer Kininmonth a room in his office. It had only a drawing board and a telephone but it enabled him to form a partnership with his friend and colleague in Lutyens' office, Basil Urwin Spence. In 1930-31 both partners distinguished themselves in competitions, Spence winning the RIBA Silver Medal as the best student in the UK. The Kininmonth & Spence partnership had some success, the income from it being supplemented by teaching at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1934 Paul offered Kininmonth a partnership. Kininmonth felt he had to decline unless Spence was taken into partnership as well. Paul accepted this proposal and the Kininmonth & Spence partnership merged into Paul's as Rowand Anderson & Paul & Partners in 1934. By that date business had significantly recovered, enabling them to take on as an assistant Alan Reiach, previously of Lorimer and Matthews's office. The name, Rowand Anderson & Paul & Partners, remained until 1946 when Spence left to set up his own practice having been appointed as chief architect to the 'Britain can make it' exhibition. From 1938 Kininmonth and Spence were the only partners, Paul having died on 3 January of that year, leaving a widow Jane Prichard Montgomerie Fleming. In his later years he had moved from his original marital home at 32 Ormidale Terrace to Peffermill House, Craigmillar. His estate amounted to £24,365 18s 10d.
Paul was active in professional matters, serving on the RIBA Council after his election as FRIBA in 1933, for which he was proposed by John Begg, James Alexander Arnott and John Wilson. He was President of the Edinburgh Architectural Association 1934-36, and was President elect of the RIAS when he died.
Kininmonth was awarded the RIBA Diploma in 1931 and was placed second in the Rowand Anderson Silver medal competition. He returned to Edinburgh in 1910 but Paul could not afford to re-employ him. He did, however, offer him a room in his office. It had only a drawings board and a telephone but it enabled him to form a partnership with his friend and colleague in Lutyens' office, Basil Urwin Spence as Kininmonth & Spence in October 1931. It specialised in presentation work for other practices as well as original design work, supplemented by teaching at Edinburgh College of Art. Kininmonth and Spence's practice was immediately successful, Kininmonth's own modernist house at 46A Dick Place (1933) acting as an excellent advertisement. In 1934 Paul offered Kininmonth a partnership but he felt he had to decline unless Spence was taken into partnership as well. Paul accepted this proposal and the Kininmonth & Spence partnership merged into Paul's as Rowand Anderson & Paul & Partners. Kininmonth and Spence continued teaching although by that date business had significantly recovered. This arrangement continued until June 1938 when Paul died. From 1939 to 1941 Kininmonth held the post of senior lecturer in design at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1942 he was called up and served with the Royal Engineers in Algeria, Tunisia, Sicily and Italy.
On their return from war service Kininmonth and Spence found that there was little work on offer. Spence left the practice in 1946 to found Basil Spence & Partners. Kininmonth continued the Rowand Anderson partnership as Rowand Anderson Kininmonth & Paul. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 16, Rutland Square, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1934 | After 1937 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployees or Pupils* earliest date known from documented sources.
Buildings and DesignsThis 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 | | 1932 | Housing estate for Berwickshire County Council | Burnmouth | | Berwickshire | Scotland | Basil Spence and William Hardie Kininmonth as project architects | | 1934 | 22 Frogston Road West | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1934 | 40-42 Dick Place | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1934 | House for St Katherine's | Liberton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1934 | Murrayfield Golf Clubhouse | Murrayfield | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Conversion of clubhouse into dwelling house | | 1935 | 57 Oxgangs Road | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1935 | Broomhill House | | | Inverness-shire | Scotland | Addition | | 1935 | Building Exhibition, Waverley Market | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1935 | Dunedin House | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1935 | Falkirk Municipal Buildings | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Unsuccessful competition entry | | 1935 | L'Aperitif Restaurant | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1935 | Liberton House | Liberton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Removal of later additions and restoration | | 1935 | Timber Houses | Forth | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1935 | Unidentified Church | | | | Scotland | | | 1935 | Upton, 141 Corsebar Road | Paisley | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | | | 1936 | Broughton Place, including summer house, tennis court, walled garden, gatepiers, and stableblock | | | Peeblesshire | Scotland | | | 1936 | Church and Suite of Church Halls | Corstorphine | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1936 | Edinburgh Sports Club | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Original design - amended design the following year. | | 1936 | Fettes College | Comely Bank | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Interior renovation | | 1936 | Fettes College, Dalmeny House | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Interior renovation of passages, changing rooms and study area | | 1936 | Fettes College, new hall and new chapel | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Proposed new hall | | 1936 | Garth of Finlarig | Dulnain Bridge | | Inverness-shire | Scotland | | | 1936 | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, ICI pavilion | Bellahouston | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1936 | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, masterplan | Bellahouston | | Glasgow | Scotland | Worked with Thomas Smith Tait on masterplan | | 1936 | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, Scottish Pavilion | Bellahouston | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | 1936 | House for St Katherine's | Liberton | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Additions | | 1936 | Johannesburg Exhibition, Scottish Pavilion | | | Johannesburg | South Africa | | | 1936 | Salvation Army Headquarters and Home | Leith | | Edinburgh | Scotland | In conjunction with Oswald Archer | | 1936 | Scottish Every Day Art Exhibition | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1936 | St Mary's Episcopal Church | Dalkeith | | Midlothian | Scotland | Memorial tablet to the 7th Duke of Buccleuch | | 1937 | Cleghorn Building | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Building completed to planned length with some detail alterations to existing building, modification of corner and third floor windows and omitting the high roof planned by Lochhead | | 1937 | Corstorphine Parish Church | Corstorphine | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Assisted Balfour Paul with restoration and alterations | | 1937 | Edinburgh Dental Hospital and school | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Proposed extension (executed 1952-54. The 1950s drawings differ from the pre-war appeal brochure) | | 1937 | Gribloch House | Kippen | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Worked in association with Perry Duncan | | 1937 | Kirkcaldy Town Hall | Kirkcaldy | | Fife | Scotland | Competition design - placed 4th - commended | | 1937 | Quothquhan | | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1937 | Scottish School of Art & Industry | Kilsyth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1938 | Duddingston Parish Church, hall | Duddingston | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1938 | Falkirk Royal Infirmary Nurses' Home | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Won competition but not built | | 1938 | Glasgow Empire Exhibition, country cottage and flat for the Council for Art & Industry | Bellahouston | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | Before 1938(?) | Cowan House | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Alterations - exact date unknown, may have been done under the name of Rowand Anderson & Paul | | 1939 | Hospital | Lochart | | | Scotland | | | 1939 | West Court | Longniddry | | East Lothian | Scotland | | | 1940 | Fettes College, new hall and new chapel | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Proposed new hall and new chapel | | 1949 | Fettes College, new hall and new chapel | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Plans for extension of chapel |
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 | p1 Night view of the Glasgow Empire Exhibtion - from brochure. ICI Pavilion p12 Site plan and perspective of Timber Housing, Lanarkshire p96-7 Kilsyth Academy |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 17 September 1948 | | | p329 | | Builder | 21 January 1949 | | | p109 | | Builder | 4 November 1949 | | | p595 |
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