Basic Site Details Name: | Inglis Memorial Hall and Library | Town, district or village: | Edzell | City or county: | Angus | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Total of 170 entrants in competition.
The competition drawings by William Bonner Hopkins were advertised on ebay (located in Portugal) in February 2017.
According to the Dundee Courier [4 April 1896 page 6 ] the competition entries were sent to Mr J Shiell in Brechin (who was acting as agent for Mr Inglis) who forwarded them to London, where they were submitted to the examiner of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The examiner selected a shortlist of seven designs. The remaining designs were returned to the entrants "along with a sum of the money representing the cost of the materials, and covering the expense of carriage." This was "an unusual and very pleasant feature".
The donor was Lt Col R W Inglis VD, who was born in Edzell at a time when his family was rather poor (his father was the first Free Church minister of Edzell), but who went on, in 1907, to become Chairman of the London Stock Exchange. (Inglis Memorial Hall was opened in 1898 and was built in memory of some of Lt Col R W Inglis VD's family.) | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Library | | | | Hall | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1896 | | | Competition |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Alfred Cox | | | 1896 | | Design exhibited. (Competition design - C & L Ower got the job) | | John Sim | | | 1896 | | Competition design - placed second | | Thomas Reid Peacock | | | 1896 | | Competition design - unsuccessful | | Conner & Mitchell | | A | 1896 | | Competition design - unsuccessful | | Henry Mitchell | | A | 1896 | | Competition design - unsuccessful | | William Tait Conner | | A | 1896 | | Competition design - unsuccessful | | John William Small | | B | 1896 | | Competition design - unsuccessful | | C & L Ower | | C | 1896 | | Won competition and secured job | | Charles Ower (junior) | | C | 1896 | | Won competition and secured job | | Leslie Ower | | C | 1896 | | Won competition and secured job | | William Bonner Hopkins | | D | 1896 | | Competition designs - not successful |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1896 | | part 2 | | p10 | | Chalmers, Mark | | Inglis Hall - Edzell's patrimony | | http://www.scottisharchitecture.com/blog/read/455 | | | Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | | London: Mansell Publishing | | | RSA | 1897 | | | | 581 (Peacock's design) | | Smedley, Jean | 2105 | Inglis Memorial Hall & Library, Edzell | | Zeldel Publishing | | | Smith, Norma | 1991 | John William Small: his life and work | | University of St Andrews MA dissertation | p44 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | Early 1896 | LXX | | p318 | | Dundee Advertiser | | | | ?? | | Stirling Journal and Advertiser | 6 March 1896 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of Jean Smedley | Information sent to Dictionary by | | Sent February 2017 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 11261 | |
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