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Brown & Carrick
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Exact DOB:
24/06/1926
Year of Birth :
1839
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Exact DOD:
24/06/1926
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Circa Year of Death:
1854
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Bio Notes :
The Glasgow firm of Brown & Carrick was founded in 1839. James Brown was born in 1813 but nothing is known of his early years. John Carrick was born on 'the banks of the Carron' at Denny, Stirlingshire on 6 May 1819. His parents moved to Glasgow in 1823, and in 1831 he was articled to John Bryce, moving c.1836 to the office of John Herbertson as an assistant. After a short spell south of the border to gain experience he became James Brown's partner at the early age of twenty.
In 1844 Carrick obtained the appointment of Superintendent of Streets in the room of a Mr Hume who had resigned, but retained his partnership in Brown and Carrick. The office was then lodged in the jail in Saltmarket and the staff consisted only of Carrick and one clerk, but in the same year he succeded Herbertson as prison architect and the Superintendent's post in time became Master of Works and City Architect.
Brown & Carrick's most important commission was the £13,000 'United Presbyterian Cathedral' in Renfield Street of 1849, a very competent essay in Westminster Palace neo Tudor. In the same year, although still in partnership with Carrick, Brown collaborated with John Thomas Rochead on the Great Western Road terraces. Brown & Carrick are said to have carried out a great deal of good quality tenement work, but in 1854 the partnership was dissolved as Carrick was increasingly engaged in civic duties. In 1855 Brown inherited the estate of Currie at Gorebridge, and had to spend time on the management of his estate, but he maintained a small private practice from Currie House, where he died 6 July 1878.
'Biography authored by the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Compilation Team.'
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Additional Notes
Addresses
The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:
Business Addresses
Business Addresses2 classic
Address
Class
Date From
Date From Type
Date To
Date To Type
Notes
144 Queen Street Glasgow Scotland
Business
1844
1845
9 Bath Street Glasgow Scotland
Business
1851
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Employees or Pupils
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
James Brown
200159
In year 1839
c. 1854
Partner
John Carrick
200160
In year 1839
c. 1854
Partner
John Grahame Peat
202825
c. 1845
In year 1853
Apprentice
James Thomson
200758
c. 1849
In year 1854
Apprentice
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Buildings and Designs
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
Island
City or County
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Property at Eglinton and William Streets
In year 1840
Hutchesontown
Glasgow
Scotland
Sandyford Place
In year 1842
Glasgow
Scotland
Corn Exchange
In year 1844
Glasgow
Scotland
Original building
Monument to Buchanan of Dowanhill
In year 1844
Glasgow
Scotland
Wee Kirk
In year 1845
Helensburgh
Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Polmont Free Church
In year 1846
Polmont
Stirlingshire
Scotland
Pollokshaws UP Church
In year 1847
Pollokshaws
Glasgow
Scotland
Free Church Eglinton Street
In year 1849
Glasgow
Scotland
Renfield Street UP Church
In year 1849
Glasgow
Scotland
Free Church, Paterson and Morrison Streets
In year 1850
Glasgow
Scotland
Orr and Sons
In year 1850
Glasgow
Scotland
Glasgow Infirmary
In year 1851
Glasgow
Scotland
Removal of mound, new porch.
Glasgow Sailors' Home
In year 1854
Broomielaw
Glasgow
Scotland
Monument to Stewart of Omoa
Before 1857
Glasgow
Scotland
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References
Bibliographic References
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Author
Title
Date
Publisher
Part
Notes
APSD
The Dictionary of Architecture
The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892)
ed Wyatt Papworth
Withey, K Matthew
The Glasgow Improvement Trust: an analysis of its genesis, impact and legacy and an inventory of its buildings
2003
PhD thesis
Post Office Directories
Edwards, Brian
First architect of the second city
1990
RIBAJ, pp52-56
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Periodical References
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Edition
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The Bailie
1878/07/17
*
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Archive References
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Source
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Building Id
Item Name
Notes
Gildard's manuscript reminiscences of John Carrick
Mitchell Library
200050
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