Architects

Name:

J N Scott & A Lorne Campbell (or Scott & Campbell)

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Architectural practice

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06/06/1926

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1898

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06/06/1926

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1915

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Bio Notes :

John Nichol Scott was born in 1863 and educated at George Watson's College and Moray House College. He was articled to Archibald Macpherson in 1878 and remained as an assistant until 1883 when he joined Rowand Anderson's office. During that period he attended Edinburgh College of Art. In 1884 he moved to Glasgow as assistant to William Gardner Rowan but returned in the following year as a senior assistant to Hippolyte Jean Blanc.

In 1896 Scott entered into an informal partnership with James Anderson Williamson, an assistant in the office of the City Architect, Robert Morham, for the purpose of entering the North Bridge competition for which Alfred Waterhouse was assessor. They obtained the first premium of £250 beating Gibson & Russell and Lanchester Stewart & Rickards into second and third places; Williamson preferred to stay with Morham in the expectation of succeeding him as City Architect, but Scott commenced independent practice at 44 Queen Street in the expectation that he would be commissioned for at least some of the buildings. In the event none came his way.

In 1898 Scott entered into partnership with a younger assistant of Morham's, Alexander Lorne Campbell, who had similarly been in independent practice for two years at 21 St Andrew Square. Born in 1871, Campbell had been articled to Peter Lyle Barclay Henderson in 1886 for four years and remained with him as draughtsman until 1891 when he joined Morham's staff. During that period he attended classes at Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh University and Heriot-Watt College.

In 1899 the newly formed partnership of J N Scott & A Lorne Campbell (commonly referred to simply as Scott & Campbell) had a major success when Walter Wood Robertson awarded them first place in the competition for Midlothian County Buildings, but as in the North Bridge competition the practice derived little benefit from it, the Convener on the County Sir James Gibson Craig giving the commission to James Macintyre Henry whose design had been placed fourth. In the following year, 1900, the practice had a further success in the competition for St Stephens UF Church, Comely Bank which at last launched the practice into actual building. Both partners were admitted FRIBA on 4 March 1907, their proposers being Blanc, Alexander Hunter Crawford and Harold Ogle Tarbolton. Scott was then living at 22 Brougham Place and Campbell at 7 Inverleith Terrace.

Although Campbell had never worked for Rowand Anderson he became closely associated with him in professional matters during the First World War. When Anderson was awarded the Royal Gold Medal in 1916 and was too ill to travel to London to receive it personally it was Campbell who read out the address and the Lord Provost, Sir Robert Inches, who received the medal on his behalf; and it was again Campbell who acted for Anderson when on 6 October they approached John Watson and William Brown Whitie of the Glasgow Institute of Architects for their agreement to the formation of a national institute, the formal meeting taking place on the 19th. When Anderson died in 1921, Campbell was one of the executors and designed the memorial cottage to Lady Anderson who had died some five months earlier.

The practice moved to 60 Castle Street before 1914. After Scott died in 1920, Campbell entered into partnership with John Begg, an old colleague of Scott's in Blanc's office who had been consulting architect to the Government of India and was about to become head of the school of architecture at Edinburgh College of Art.

'Biography authored by the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Compilation Team.'

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Additional Notes

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

Private Addresses2 classic

Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
44 Queen Street Edinburgh Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
60 Castle Street Edinburgh Scotland	Business	Before 1914		After 1915

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

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position	Notes
Arthur Prideaux	205670	1907/04	In year 1911	Apprentice
Thomas Sinclair	203591	After 1899	Before 1905	Assistant	Probably assisted in this office
John Myrtle Smith	203567	In year 1897	In year 1900	Apprentice
Alexander Lorne Campbell	200379	In year 1898	In year 1920	Partner
John Nichol Scott	203335	In year 1898	In year 1920	Partner
James Brodie	207387	In year 1904	In year 1905	Draughtsman
Arthur Prideaux	205670	In year 1911	In year 1913	Assistant
(Sir) Matthew Montgomerie Ochterlony	200700	In year 1915	1916/01	Assistant
William Davidson	200692	c. 1906	c. 1907	Draughtsman

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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
Scottish County and Mercantile Insurance Company Head Office	After 1898		Edinburgh	Scotland
Pilrig Free Church	After 1898	Pilrig	Edinburgh	Scotland	Alterations (date uncertain - may have been done by J N Scott before formation of partnership with Lorne Campbell)
Bristo EU Church	After 1898		Edinburgh	Scotland	Alterations
Hawick Burgh Casket	After 1898	Hawick	Roxburghshire	Scotland	Date uncertain - may have been done by J N Scott before formation of partnership with Lorne Campbell
Wesleyan Methodist Halls	After 1898	Stockbridge	Edinburgh	Scotland	Reconstruction
Midlothian County Council Buildings	In year 1899		Edinburgh	Scotland	Competition design - awarded first premium but not the commssion
Police Buildings	In year 1900	Kirkcaldy	Fife	Scotland	Placed first in competition but job given to Williamson & Inglis
St Stephen's UF Church	In year 1900	Comely Bank	Edinburgh	Scotland	Won competition to secure job
Carnegie Free Library	In year 1901	Hawick	Roxburghshire	Scotland	Awarded commission following competition
Anstruther Easter new public school	In year 1901	Anstruther Easter	Fife	Scotland	Competition design - not successful
Four cottages	In year 1902	West Linton	Peeblesshire	Scotland
Baberton Golf Clubhouse	In year 1902	Juniper Green	Edinburgh	Scotland	Extension, alterations and additions
South African War Memorial	In year 1903	Hawick	Roxburghshire	Scotland
Leith Poorhouse	In year 1903	Leith	Edinburgh	Scotland	Placed first by the assessor but failed to obtain commission
Carnegie Public Library	In year 1903	Motherwell	Lanarkshire	Scotland	Competition design - placed third

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