Basic Biographical Details

Name:	Alexander Hood MacLeod
Designation:
Born:	27 February 1889
Died:	31 December 1941
Bio Notes:	Alexander Hood MacLeod was born at Shore Street, Anstruther on 27 February 1889, the son of Pittenweem master fishcurer John MacLeod and Elizabeth Watson from Cellardyke. He went to school in Anstruther and began serving his apprenticeship with a local joiner. He entered Thomson & Sandilands's office at the very early age of twelve, presumably as the office boy. It was not until 1910 that he enrolled in the Glasgow School of Architecture at Glasgow School of Art under Professors Bourdon, Gourlay and McGibbon. His initial period as a partner was brief as he was called up in February 1915 and not released until 1919 when he resumed partnership with Thomson. The new partnership of Thomson Sandilands & MacLeod never engaged in large-scale competition work as it had done during Sandilands's lifetime. Initially it was based mainly on church work and private clients, mostly old ones retained from the earlier years of the practice, but from 1928 onwards it had a substantial warehouse clientele in the Glassford Street, Wilson Street and Candleriggs area. Thomson retired in 1931 having suffered a serious stroke, and died on 14 August 1933. MacLeod continued the practice under the same name. Only when Thomson retired did MacLeod seek membership of the RIBA. He was admitted as a Licentiate on 24 February 1932, his proposers being Andrew Graham Henderson, John Watson and David Salmond, a measure of the respect in which he was held: the best of his warehouses are good examples of their kind. MacLeod died of coronary thrombosis at Wellbrae, Bankwell Road, Anstruther on 31 December 1941, his wife Catherine Williamson Shaw having predeceased him. The practice was then inherited by his chief and at that date perhaps only assistant James Barr Brown Boyd, who had been born on 28 March 1899. In the 1950s the practice was absorbed by the unrelated Thomson McCrea & Sanders, but apart from a few large competition perspectives, only the drawings for clients still current passed into their possession.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	Glenisla, Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire, Scotland	Private	Before 1909	After 1911
	248, West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland	Business	Before 1930	1939 or after 1940(?)
	11, Hampden Terrace, Mount Florida, Glasgow, Scotland	Private	1931 *
	Wellbrae, Bankwell Road, Anstruther, Fife, Scotland	Private	After 1932	31 December 1941	Place of death

* 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
	Thomson & Sandilands	1901 or 1902	Before 1914	Apprentice	Initially as office boy
	Thomson Sandilands & MacLeod	April 1914	1950s	Partner	With the exception of war service 1915-1919.

RIBA

RIBA Proposers

The following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date proposed	Notes
	Andrew Graham Henderson	24 February 1932	for Licentiateship
	David Salmond	24 February 1932	for Licentiateship
	John Watson	24 February 1932	for Licentiateship

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
	1915	New Bridgegate Church			Glasgow	Scotland	Hall
	1922	New Bridgegate Church			Glasgow	Scotland	Church
	1925	Mosspark Parish Church	Mosspark		Glasgow	Scotland
	1925	Premises for Ralston & McKell			Glasgow	Scotland	Building reinforced with steel and attic added
	1926	Queen's Park Higher Grade School			Glasgow	Scotland	Revised scheme; not completed
	1928	Warehouse for John Glen & Co			Glasgow	Scotland
	1929	Premises for W D Todd & Son			Glasgow	Scotland	Drawings dated - reconstruction
	1931	British Linen Bank	Merrylee		Glasgow	Scotland
	1931	Warehouse, Ingram Street and Hutcheson Street			Glasgow	Scotland	Additions and alterations
	1934	Premises for Bremner & Co			Glasgow	Scotland	Alterations
	1934	Premises of Glen & Davidson			Glasgow	Scotland	Alterations - though the HS List seems to suggest it was a new building. New warehouse at this date.
	1934	Young Women's Christian Association			Glasgow	Scotland	Alterations
	1935	Garage, Washington Street			Glasgow	Scotland
	1935	Warehouse and offices for A Link, warehouseman & hosier			Glasgow	Scotland
	1936	188-196 Hope Street			Glasgow	Scotland
	1936	British Linen Bank	Ayr		Ayrshire	Scotland
	1936	Premises for George Glasgow & Co, Paisley			Glasgow	Scotland
	1937	Portland Arms Public House	Shettleston		Glasgow	Scotland
	1937	Premises for Ralston & McKell			Glasgow	Scotland	Alterations and new warehouse
	1938	Garage and hostel for lorry drivers			Glasgow	Scotland
	1939	Royal Insurance Company Building			Glasgow	Scotland	Alterations
	1941	Warehouse for Simons Jacobs & Co and extension			Glasgow	Scotland	Reconstruction of 89 Candleriggs and Brunswick Street

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Mireylees, Suzanne	2005	In the shadow of Gartloch: The life and work of John Thomson & Robert Douglas Sandilands		Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews
	RIBA	1939	The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940		London: Royal Institute of British Architects

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this :
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Scotsman	1 January 1942			p3

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this :
	Source	Archive Name	Source Catalogue No.	Notes
	Professor David M Walker personal archive	Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material		Research on parentage, wife and death from Iain Paterson
	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	RIBA Nomination Papers		L no 4053 (box 20)