Basic Biographical Details
| Name: | Alexander Pirnie |
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| Born: | 1825 |
| Died: | 12 April 1879 |
| Bio Notes: | Alexander Pirnie was born in 1825 in Edinburgh the son of Alexander Pirnie, stone mason and hs wife Agnes. By 1841 the family had moved to Kirkliston and the young Alexander was an apprentice mason with his father. Ten years later it would appear that he had moved back into Edinburgh but by 1861 he had settled in Wilton in Hawick, living and working there for the remainder of his life. 'Buildings of Scotland' attributes the design of the Commercial Bank in Hawick to Pirnie but it would appear that James Harkness, builder, Hawick was responsible for the design and that Pirnie executed the carved ornamental stonework, although David Rhind made recommendations about security as early as 1865. There is further evidence in the Commercial Bank Board Minutes of David Rhind as having worked on the building in 1857. Pirnie died intestate in Hawick on 12 April 1879 and is described as a'stone-hewer' at that time. |
Private and Business Addresses
| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | |||||
| Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | |
 | Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland(?) | Business | |||
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 | |
| 1852 | Commercial Bank of Scotland | Hawick | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Acted as stone mason ('B of S' wrongly attributes design of building to Pirnie) | |
| 1856 | Royal Bank of Scotland | Hawick | Roxburghshire | Scotland | Worked as stone mason for Peddie & Kinnear | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this : | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard | 2006 | Borders (The Buildings of Scotland) | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p 360 | |
| Scotlands People Website | www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk - Statutory Registers - Deaths | Census records | |||
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 | Information from Douglas Scott via website. | |