Architects

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John Carver

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Architect

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11/11/1834

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08/02/1896

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John Carver was born on 11 November 1834, the son of John Carver of Carverfield, Kinloch who died 27 February 1858 and the cousin of the much older David Carver (b 1803 or 1806, d 19 July 1878) who practised from Kinloch throughout his career (no work yet identified). His mother was Elizabeth Henderson. John was trained as an architect by his father but was also apprenticed as a joiner before entering the office of an Edinburgh architect: the style of his draughtsmanship suggests that of David Bryce. He returned to Meigle to take over his father's practice in the mid-1850s. Latterly he is described in census as an architect with two assistants and also as a farmer of 7 acres.

The parish church at Coupar Angus shows Carver to have been a very able Gothic designer while the City of Glasgow Bank at Kirriemuir showed an original if idiosyncratic approach to Scottish Baronial. Although he designed a few large houses his practice seems to have consisted mainly of secondary estate work.

In his later years Carver also had offices in Arbroath and Forfar, the latter becoming the main office. These were in partnership with Archibald Anderson Symon, born 1846 at Crathie who was articled to Carver 1866-71 and remained as assistant until he became a partner in 1888. John Carver died at his house, Kirkhill, Meigle on 2 August 1896 and was buried beside his cousin David in Meigle Churchyard, his wife, Ellen (Helen in death certificate) Binny Isles (25 December 1836-28 February 1894) having predeceased him.

Some biographical information from gravestones in Meigle Churchyard.

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

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Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
Meigle Perthshire Scotland	Private/business

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To	Notes
Meigle Perthshire Scotland	Private/business	c. 1855
Arbroath Angus Scotland	Business			Branch office in later years
Forfar Angus Scotland	Business			Main office in later years
Kirkhill Meigle Perthshire Scotland	Business		Before 1896

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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	Notes
Carver & Symon	200079	In year 1888	In year 1896	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
Archibald Anderson Symon	200490	In year 1866	In year 1871	Apprentice
Archibald Anderson Symon	200490	In year 1871	In year 1888	Assistant
William Henderson Duncan	200876	In year 1874	Before 1878	Assistant

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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
Ruthven Church	In year 1858	Ruthven	Angus	Scotland
Rattray Parish School and Schoolhouse	In year 1858	Rattray	Perthshire	Scotland
Parish Church	In year 1859	Coupar Angus	Angus	Scotland
Town Hall	In year 1860	Blairgowrie	Perthshire	Scotland	Lesser hall at rear of old building
St Mary's Tower	In year 1861	Birnam	Perthshire	Scotland
Town House	In year 1862	Kirriemuir	Angus	Scotland	Remodelling
City of Glasgow Bank	In year 1862	Kirriemuir	Angus	Scotland
Kinloch House (Kings of Kinloch)	In year 1864		Perthshire	Scotland	Additions - new entrance tower- and alterations
Finavon Castle	In year 1865		Angus	Scotland
Central Bank of Scotland	In year 1865	Coupar Angus	Angus	Scotland
Dunmore Hall	c. 1865		Dundee	Scotland
Tannadice Parish Church	In year 1866	Tannadice	Angus	Scotland
Old Manse	In year 1868	Kirkton of Auchterhouse	Angus	Scotland	South west wing and porch
Meigle Parish Church	In year 1869	Meigle	Perthshire	Scotland	Rebuilding of Georgian church in gothic form after a fire
Kettins Parish Church	In year 1870	Kettins	Angus	Scotland	Addition of N jamb

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Scotlands People Website	Wills & Testaments				Perth Sheriff Court SC49/31/167 and Sc49/31/65 for the father who died in 1858.
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Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Notes
RIBA Nomination Papers	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	100005	A v14 p109 (microfiche 69/A7); F no1967 (Symon's paper)
Censuses	Census records online	201011
Death Register	H M Register House	100027

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