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George Goldie
Architect
Exact Date
Exact Date
03/01/1887
George Goldie was born in York on 9 June 1828 and was a grandson of Joseph Bonomi. He was educated at St Cuthberts College, Ushaw and articled to John Gray Weightman and Matthew Ellison Hadfield in Sheffield from 1845 to 1850 when he became a partner. He was admitted ARIBA on 13 June 1853.

In 1858 Weightman withdrew to practise alone, Hadfield and Goldie remaining in partnership with offices in both Sheffield and London until the close of 1860. Goldie then practised alone until 1867 when Charles Edwin Child, born 1843 was taken into partnership. Child never sought admittance to the RIBA and information on him is slight. In 1880 Goldie's son Edward, born in Sheffield in 1856 and also educated at Ushaw was taken into partnership shortly after the end of his apprenticeship, which commenced in 1875. He did not seek admittance to the RIBA until 1904.

George Goldie died at St Servan, Brittany on 1 March 1887 and was buried at St Jouan des Guerets; Child died in 1911 and Edward Goldie in 1921.

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

Addresses

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Private Addresses

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AddressClassDate From CharDate From TypeDate To CharDate To TypeNotes
Upper Phillimore Place London EnglandPrivate/business
Sheffield Yorkshire EnglandPrivate/business

Business Addresses

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AddressClassDate From Date From TypeDate ToDate To TypeNotes
44 Parliament Street Westminster London EnglandBusiness18581861
9 King Street London EnglandBusiness1861
34 Gloucester Place London EnglandBusiness18621865
9 Kensington Square London EnglandBusiness18721887
10 Kensington Square London EnglandBusiness18901892
Upper Phillimore Place London EnglandPrivate/business1914
Sheffield Yorkshire EnglandPrivate/business

Employment and Training

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NameName LinkDate FromDate ToPositionNotes
Weightman & Hadfield2014801850 or 1851In year 1858Partner
Weightman & Hadfield201480In year 1845In year 1850ApprenticeThereafter partner.
Hadfield & Goldie204551In year 1858In year 1860Partner
Goldie & Child200222In year 1867Partner

Buildings and Designs

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Building NameDate StartedTown, District or VillageIslandCity or CountyCountryNotes
St Mary's RC Church and presbyteryIn year 1856LanarkLanarkshireScotlandChurch - also marble altar
Crimean MonumentIn year 1857SheffieldYorkshireEnglandCompetition design - placed second
St Edward's RC ChurchIn year 1859CliffordYorkshireScotlandAddition of tower
St John the Evangelist RC Church and PresbyteryIn year 1859FetternearAberdeenshireScotland
St Mary's RC SchoolIn year 1859LanarkLanarkshireScotland
Sacred Heart RC ChurchIn year 1860GirvanAyrshireScotland
St Mary's RC Church and PresbyteryIn year 1861GreenockRenfrewshireScotland
Church of St MungoIn year 1861GreenockRenfrewshireScotland
RC Church of Our Lady of the AngelsIn year 1862MingarryInverness-shireScotland
St Mary's RC ChurchIn year 1865GlasgowScotlandArcades inserted, new ceiling
St Ignatius RC ChurchIn year 1865WishawLanarkshireScotland
St Mungo RC ChurchIn year 1866GlasgowScotland
RC Church of Our Lady and St JosephIn year 1866SelkirkSelkirkshireScotland
St John the Evangelist RC ChurchIn year 1867Castle DouglasKirkcudbrightshireScotland
St Mary's RC ChurchIn year 1870GlasgowScotlandRemodelled sanctuary

References

Bibliographic References

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AuthorTitleDatePublisherPartNotes
Architects Engineers and Building Trades DirectoryArchitect's, Engineer's and Building Trades' Directory1868London, Wyman
Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, AA History of Scottish Architecture1996
Walker, Frank ArneilSouth Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew1986p136

Periodical References

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Periodical NamePublisherDate CircEditionNotes
Builder1887/03/05*p367
RIBA Proceedings1887ns v9pp357, 387
Building News1887/03/04*p314

Archive References

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Archive NameSourceSource Cat NoBuilding IdItem NameNotes
RIBA Nomination PapersRIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum100005A v2 (missing)