Architects

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John Frederick ('Fred') Torry

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01/12/1906

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30/09/1980

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John Frederick Torry (known as Fred) was born on 12 January 1906, the son of Arthur McGregor Torry, commercial traveller, and his wife Bruce Davison. He served his articles with William Cowie in Ayr from 1923 to 1928 and enrolled at Glasgow School of Art in 1932, completing the course five years later. He was admitted ARIBA in 1939, his proposers being James Carrick, James Archibald Morris and William Cowie.

He returned to Cowie as assistant and remained with hime becoming a partner at some point thereafter. He appears to have taken over William Cowie's practice in 1947, possibly on Cowie's retirement. Initially the firm was William Cowie & Torry and subsequently after the retirement of Torry, it became William Cowie, Torry & Partners, with Ian McGill as senior partner. He was an Associate of the Glasgow Institute of Architects by 1939-40, his address at that date and until at least 1970 was 14 Seafield Crescent, Ayr.

He died aged 74 at Ballochmyle Hospital. His wife Margaret Wyllie, had predeceased him. His married daughter who lived in Hamilton registered his death.

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The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:

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Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
14 Seafield Crescent Ayr Ayrshire Scotland	Private/business

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
14 Seafield Crescent Ayr Ayrshire Scotland	Private/business	1939		After 1970
5 Wellington Square Ayr Ayrshire Scotland	Business	1939

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The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this person (click on an item to view details):

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position
William Cowie	200773	After 1928		Assistant
William Cowie	200773	In year 1923	In year 1928	Apprentice
William Cowie & Torry	200781	In year 1947		Partner
Cowie, Torry & Partners	200782	In year 1970		Partner

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The following individuals proposed this person for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):

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Proposer	Proposer Link	Date Proposed	Notes
James Carrick	200328	1939/12/12	For Associateship
James Archibald Morris	200321	1939/12/12	For Associateship
William Cowie	200773	1939/12/12	For Associateship

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This person was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):

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Building Name	Date Started	Town, District or Village	City or County	Country	Notes
Dalmilling Church, St Quivox	In year 1953	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
The Schaw Kirk	In year 1954	Drongan	Ayrshire	Scotland
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd	In year 1955	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
Girvan Central Development Area	In year 1959	Girvan	Ayrshire	Scotland	Begun scheme - completed after his retirement
St Paul RC Church	In year 1964	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
Wallacetown and Newton Redevelopment, Ayr	In year 1965	Wallacetown, Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
Trinity UF Church and halls	In year 1965	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland	Suite of halls added
Three tower blocks	In year 1968	Wallacetown	Ayr	Scotland
Citadel Leisure Centre	In year 1969	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland	May have been involved in the initial stages of this project - before retirement
Building for Church of Scotland, Broomfield Road	Late 1960s	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland	Unsure if still involved.
West of Scotland Agricultural College, Auchincruive/Auchencruive	1970s	St Quivox	Ayrshire	Scotland	Addition to Dairy Research building
New Cumnock Swimming Pool	Before 1970	New Cumnock	Ayrshire	Scotland	May be involved if scheme began in 1960s.
St Margaret's RC Church	c. 1970	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland	Presbytery
Residential home and mentally handicapped unit	Before 1975	Girvan	Ayrshire	Scotland
Department of the Environment offices	Before 1975	Saltcoats	Ayrshire	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951	1950	London: Royal Institute of British Architects
RIBA	RIBA Directory 1970	1970
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940	1939	London: Royal Institute of British Architects

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The following archives hold material relating to this person:

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Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Building Id	Item Name	Notes
RIBA Nomination Papers	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	100005			A no7383 (Combined Box 187)

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