Basic Biographical Details

Name:	Deas & Bertram
Designation:
Born:	After 1932
Died:	Before 1938
Bio Notes:	George Brown Deas was born on 24 December 1875, the son of James Deas of Barnhill. He was articled to Alexander McCulloch of Dundee in 1891, remaining with him when the practice became McCulloch & Jamieson in 1894. During that time he studied at Dundee Technical College and University College. Thereafter he became a junior assistant to J C Sharp of Glasgow, from 1895 to 1898, subsequently spending two years with John Wills in Derby, two years as assistant to the Borough Surveyor of Devonport, four years in the Admiralty Works Department, Whitehall, London, and eight years as assistant in the Urban District Office, Finchley. Between 1914 and 1919 he was Town Planning Engineer to Fife County, Kirkcaldy District, but served for a period in the Highland Cyclists Battalion during the First World War. After the war he began practice in Kirkcaldy in partnership with William Williamson, but after a few years he set up on his own in 1923, his practice extending to Forfarshire, Midlothian, Lanark, Kinross as well as Fife. His work continued to focus largely on town planning, but he was also responsible for the restoration of seven of the old parish churches of Fife for the Church of Scotland General Trustees, including the Norman tower at Markinch. He was listed in directories as both civil engineer and architect. Deas married Beatrice Malden, daughter of Bernard Joseph Malden, in 1928. He was admitted LRIBA in early 1932, his proposers being William Williamson, Charles Geddes Soutar and William Salmond. By 1936 Deas appears to have taken his assistant Thomas (Tom) Bertram into partnership, but Bertram left shortly thereafter to become assistant to William Scott who was Midlothian County Architect. Bertram had been born on 7 September 1893, had studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1908 to 1912 under William Davidson, and had also attended classes at Heriot-Watt College. He had commenced his articles in 1909, whether with Ernest Arthur Oliphant Auldjo Jamieson or James Alexander Arnott is unclear, but he had continued in the practice of Jamieson & Arnott when the two entered into partnership in 1910 or 1911, and had remained with them until 1927, with the exception of the war years. In 1927 he had moved to Kirkcaldy to work for Deas, where he worked mainly on hospital, asylum and domestic buildings. He had passed the qualifying exam with distinction in July 1932, and had been admitted ARIBA early the following year, his proposers being Davidson, William Williamson and Alexander Lorne Campbell. By 1936 Bertram appears to have been taken into partnership by Deas as Deas & Bertram, but soon thereafter he became assistant to William Scott who was Midlothian County Architect and when Scott retired on 14 June 1938 was promoted himself to that position.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland	Business

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
	George Brown Deas	After 1932	Before 1938	Partner
	Thomas ('Tom') Bertram	After 1932	Before 1938	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
	1936	Eight houses on Dollar Road site for Fife County Council	Burntisland		Fife	Scotland
	1936	Houses for Kirkcaldy Burgh Council, Hayfield Site	Kirkcaldy		Fife	Scotland
	1936	Housing for Fife County Council, Dundonald	Cardenden		Fife	Scotland	One hundred and forty houses
	1936	King Street Housing Scheme for Kirkcaldy Town Council	Kirkcaldy		Fife	Scotland	240 houses
	1936	King Street Housing Scheme for Kirkcaldy Town Council	Kirkcaldy		Fife	Scotland	276 houses (unclear whether in addition to or including the previous 240)
	1937	Feuing plan of glebe	Burntisland		Fife	Scotland	To provide feuing plan
	1937	Forty-four houses for Fife County Council	Coaltown of Balgonie		Fife	Scotland
	1937	Houses for Fife County Council, East Wemyss-Rosie site	East Wemyss		Fife	Scotland	112 houses
	1937	King Street Housing Scheme for Kirkcaldy Town Council	Kirkcaldy		Fife	Scotland	170 houses (unclear whether in addition to the above, or a revised scheme)
	1937	Twenty-two houses	Milton of Balgonie		Fife	Scotland
	1937	Two hundred and thirty-four houses for Kirkcaldy District Council	Kirkcaldy		Fife	Scotland

References

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