Architects

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John Tait

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08/02/1925

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1787

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11/03/1856

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John Tait was born c.1787. Nothing is known of his origins but he may have been associated with the Elliots as he took over the supervision of their scheme of 1819 for Rutland Street and Rutland Square in Edinburgh from 1830. In the same year he made the feuing plan for Inverleith Terrace on the Rocheads' Inverleith estate and secured the patronage of the Earl of Zetland on his Kerse estate. Subsequently he became architect for Lord Provost Learmonth's developments on the Dean estate, and was retained by the Heriot Trust for Clarendon Crescent, Eton Terrace and Oxford Terrace after Learmonth was obliged to sell to the Heriot Trust.

Tait died on 3 November 1856 at the age of sixty-nine and was buried at Dean Cemetery. His relatively few known works are characterised by a marked refinement in design and execution.

Death recorded in inscription at Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh.

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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
1 Mound Place Edinburgh Scotland	Private/business

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
1 Mound Place Edinburgh Scotland	Private/business

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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
21-25, 37 and 39 Inverleith Place	c. 1826	Inverleith	Edinburgh	Scotland	No 37
Kerse House	In year 1830		Stirlingshire	Scotland	Major reconstruction and additions
Terraced houses, Inverleith Terrace	In year 1830	Inverleith	Edinburgh	Scotland
Rutland Street and Rutland Square	In year 1830		Edinburgh	Scotland	Revised scheme
Layout of streets, Rutland Place, Rutland Street, Rutland Square	In year 1830		Edinburgh	Scotland	Built streets to Elliot\'s plans
Greendykes, farm buildings	In year 1834	Elie	Fife	Scotland
Anstruther Mill	In year 1834	Anstruther	Fife	Scotland
Grangemouth West Church	In year 1837	Grangemouth	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Elvingston House, stable court and south lodge	In year 1837	Gladsmuir	East Lothian	Scotland	House and stable and possibly south lodge
Parish School	In year 1839	Dunbog	Fife	Scotland	From a design by William Black the parish schoolmaster
Polmont Parish Church	In year 1844	Polmont	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Falkirk Grammar School	In year 1845	Falkirk	Stirlingshire	Scotland
Clarendon Crescent	In year 1850		Edinburgh	Scotland
Eton Terrace	Before 1850		Edinburgh	Scotland
Oxford Terrace	In year 1855		Edinburgh	Scotland	Designed elevations of entire terrace

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
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Colvin, H M	A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840	1995	New Haven and London: Yale University Press	3rd edition
Scotlands People Website	Wills & Testaments				Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories Sc70/1/93 and Wills Sc70/4/49

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