Basic Biographical Details Name: | A & J Soutar | Designation: | | Born: | 1912 | Died: | c. 1941 | Bio Notes: | Archibald Stuart Soutar was born on 25 May 1879 and educated at Arbroath High School. He was articled to John Murray Robertson in Dundee for four years from May 1895, remaining with Robertson's successor James Findlay as assistant after the former's sudden death in January 1901. During that period he took classes at University College and Dundee Technical College, the latter under Patrick Hill Thoms, and won the Queen's Prize. He left Findlay's office in September 1901 and moved to London where he joined the LCC Architects Department, working under William Edward Riley. He was admitted LRIBA on 20 March 1911, along with his younger brother John Carrick Stuart Soutar (born 1881), who had joined the LCC Architects Department with him in 1901 straight from an apprenticeship with Thomas Martin Cappon, and who had worked with him on several successful competition designs. Riley and Arthur Alfred Carder and James Maxwell Scott, also of the LCC Architects Department, acted as proposers for both brothers.
The catalyst for the brothers commencing independent practice was their competition win for the layout of Ruislip Manor Estate owned by King’s College Cambridge, followed by their appointment as consulting architects to Ruislip Manor Ltd. The assessor was Raymond Unwin to whom they were probably indebted for commissions at Hampstead Garden Suburb in 1913-14. In December 1914 Unwin was appointed to the Local Government Board, his role as consultant architect at Hampstead being taken over by George Lister Sutcliffe. In January 1915 John Carrick Stuart Soutar was also appointed a consultant architect and, after Sutcliffe became seriously ill in the Spring of the same year and died on 12 September, Soutar became sole architect to the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust, the practice now having a main office at King William Street Strand for general practice and another at The Wylde, Hampstead for Hampstead Garden Suburb business. The brothers were also architects for the Knebworth Garden Village development but it never generated commissions for actual houses on the same scale as Hampstead. Their architecture was mainly in a late Stuart idiom, influenced by both Riley and Lutyens, the latter having a continuing role at Hampstead.
From 1920 until about 1928 the Soutars’ chief assistant was Paul Bradock who seems to have had a design role in some Hampstead developments and was allowed to have a small private practice of his own. About 1929 his role was taken over by William Powell who remained with the practice until at least 1939.
Archibald retired c.1941, returning to his native Arbroath to live at Bracklinn, 12 Salisbury Place. He died in a Dundee nursing home on 26 December 1951, leaving estate of £8262 6s 2d; John had died earlier in the same year on 27 February at Fairport, Hampstead Garden Suburb. . | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 8, William IV Street, Strand, London WC, England | Business | 1912 | After 1926 | |
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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 | | 1911 | Houses in Manor Way | Ruislip | | Middlesex | England | | | 1911 | Ruislip Manor layout | Ruislip | | Middlesex | England | Won competition | | c. 1911 | Cottages, Fitzneal Street and Du Cane Road | Shepherd's Bush | | London | England | A S Soutar responsible | | 1913 | Bishop's Court, Bishop's Avenue | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1914 | Spaniards Field, Wildwood Rise | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1915 | Barnett Homestead | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1919 | 202 cottages for London Borough of Kensington | Kensington | | London | England | A S Soutar responsible | | 1920 | 1 Heathgate | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible, with Paul Badcock as job architect | | 1922 | 3 Turner Drive | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1922 | 70 Wildwood Road | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1922 | 72-78 Wildwood Road | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1922 | Fairport, 7 Turner Drive | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible (for himself) | | 1922 | Houses and shops, 2-12 Market Place | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1923 | Belmont School | Mill Hill, Barnet | | London | England | New wing - J C S Soutar responsible | | 1923 | Bigwood Court, Middleway | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1923 | Detached villa, 16 Heathgate | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible, with Paul Badcock as job architect | | 1923 | Queen Mary Hall, south wing of The Institute | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1923 | Southwood, Middleway | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1923 | Terraced housing, Heathgate (east side) | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1923 | Villas, Raeburn Close | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1924 | Belmont School | Mill Hill, Barnet | | London | England | Chapel - J C S Soutar responsible | | 1924 | Detached villa, 4 Heathgate | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible, with Paul Badcock as job architect | | 1928 | 13-18 South Square | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1928 | Belmont School | Mill Hill, Barnet | | London | England | New classroom wing and arcades - J C S Soutar responsible | | 1929 | 24 Wildwood Road | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1929 | Houses, Grey Close | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible, with William Powell as job architect | | Mid 1920s | 1 and 3 Turner Close | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible, with Paul Badcock as job architect | | Mid 1920s | 12 and 14 Meadway Close | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | Mid 1920s | 4 and 6 Meadway Close | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | Mid 1920s | 4-14 Constable Close (even numbers) | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | Mid 1920s | 5 Linnell Drive | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | Mid 1920s | 7 and 9 Turner Close | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible, with Paul Badcock as job architect | | Mid 1920s | 8 and 10 Meadway Close | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | Mid 1920s | 8 Linnell Drive | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible, with Paul Badcock as job architect | | Mid 1920s | 9 and 11 Constable Close | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1930 | Yiewsley Town Hall | Yiewsley, West Drayton | | Middlesex | England | A S Soutar responsible | | 1935 | Green Close, Meadway | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1935 | Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust Office | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible, with William Powell as job architect | | 1935 | Overall design and many individual houses, Ingram Avenue | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible | | 1935 | Villa for David McKenna Soutar | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible, with the facade design provided by E L Lutyens | | 1936 | Houses, Kenwood Close | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible, with William Powell as job architect | | 1936 | Overall design and many individual houses, Winnington Road | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | London | England | J C S Soutar responsible |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Miller, Mervyn | 2006 | Hampstead Garden Suburb: Arts and Crafts Utopia? | | Phillimore, Chichester | | | Miller, Mervyn and Gray, A Stuart | 1992 | Hampstead Garden Suburb | | Phillimore, Chichester | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA Journal | June 1952 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p306 Obituary of Archibald Stuart |
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