Architects

Name:

John Bryce II (or John Bryce (junior))

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Architect

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04/05/1926

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1842

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22/08/1922

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Bio Notes :

John Bryce II was born in Glasgow in about 1842, the son of David Bryce's younger brother John who died in August 1851 and his wife Annie. John presumably trained with his uncle and remained as his assistant. He is listed in the census of 1861 as an architectural student. It was probably frequent indisposition that persuaded David Bryce to take Robert Rowand Anderson into partnership in 1873, with John Junior also becoming a partner, the practice title being Bryce, Anderson & Bryce. However at that stage in his career Anderson was primarily a church architect and incompatibility led to Anderson's departure. John Bryce Junior remained in partnership, the partnership title then becoming D & J Bryce.

John Bryce retained the practice title of D & J Bryce after his uncle's death in 1876, completing the work in hand and running a generally similar practice until the early 1890s when business trailed off. He was admitted FRIBA on 13 January 1879, his proposers being Charles Barry Junior, Richard Armstrong (a former assistant) and Edmund Benjamin Ferrey. He retired in 1908 and died on 22 August 1922, leaving moveable estate of £34,831 19s 6d.

After 1908 the practice was continued by John's nephew John Bryce Brechin, son of his sister Davida who had married into the Brechin quantity surveying family.

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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
2 Maryfield Portobello Edinburgh Scotland	Private
131 George Street Edinburgh Scotland	Private/business

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
131 George Street Edinburgh Scotland	Private/business	1899

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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
David Bryce	100014	Before 1873		Assistant
D & J Bryce	100270	In year 1873	In year 1908	Partner
Bryce, Anderson & Bryce	200074	In year 1873	In year 1873	Partner

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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
John Carrick	200160	In year 1831	c. 1836	Apprentice

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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
Charles Barry (junior)	200923	1879/01/13	for Fellowship
Edmund Benjamin Ferrey	201231	1879/01/13	for Fellowship
Richard Armstrong (junior)	203610	1879/01/13	for Fellowship

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

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Person	Date Proposed	Notes
John Russell Walker	1882/03/20	for Associateship
James Graham Fairley	1892/06/13	for Fellowship
James Macintyre Henry	1903/03/02	for Fellowship
James Thomas Baillie	1907/12/02	for Fellowship
Thomas Munro Logan	1911/07/20	for Licentiateship
Thomas Smith Peace (junior)	1911/07/20	for Licentiateship
Owen Keith Beattie	1912/06/24	for Licentiateship

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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
Bonaly Tower	In year 1870	Colinton	Edinburgh	Scotland	Alterations and additions
Langton House, gateway	c. 1870	Duns	Berwickshire	Scotland
Paisley Abbey	In year 1873	Paisley	Renfrewshire	Scotland	Proposals for restoration of West range of cloister. Not executed.
Union Bank of Scotland	In year 1874		Edinburgh	Scotland	Completion of David Bryce work
St Andrew's Episcopal Chapel	In year 1874		Edinburgh	Scotland	Baptistery
Bowhill House	In year 1875	Selkirk	Selkirkshire	Scotland	Chapel in east wing, never consecrated and now the Monmouth Room
Drum Castle	In year 1875	Drum	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Alterations and additions
Blair Castle	In year 1876	Blair Atholl	Perthshire	Scotland	Ballroom and addition to S end of S wing
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary	In year 1876		Edinburgh	Scotland	Completion of work
Royal College of Physicians	In year 1876		Edinburgh	Scotland	Supervised work on new library
Fettes College, Concert Hall	In year 1878		Edinburgh	Scotland
Newbattle Abbey	In year 1878	Newbattle	Midlothian	Scotland	Enlargement of porch - may be responsible
Ayton House	In year 1878	Glenfarg	Perthshire	Scotland	Alterations
Thirlestane Castle	Before 1878	Lauder	Berwickshire	Scotland	Repairs and alterations
Killearn Parish Church	In year 1880	Killearn	Stirlingshire	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
Fiddes, Valerie and Rowan, Alistair	David Bryce 1803-1876	1976	Exhibition Catalogue, University of Edinburgh

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The following periodicals contain references to this person:

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Periodical Name	Publisher	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
RIBA Journal		1922	v29	p610 - obituary

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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			F v5 p125, microfiche 92/G3 - no job list

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