Architects

Name:

Thomas Gilchrist Gilmour

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Architect

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06/09/1926

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1881

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11/11/1966

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Bio Notes :

Thomas Gilchrist Gilmour was born in Irvine in 1881 (Reg Dist 595, entry 379), the son of John Gilmour, master baker and his wife Maggie Gilchrist. He was articled to Bruce & Hay of Glasgow in 1897, studying at the Royal Technical College, and was assistant clerk of works at Messrs Bain & Co from 1900 to 1901, working on 'a government contract'. From there he moved to the offices of John Ure MacDurslaw and of John Fairweather, entering the service of Glasgow Office of Public Works in July 1903. Soon after joining that office he won the competition for Pollokshields District Library, his designs being revised by Alexander Beith McDonald. There is no record of him having travelled during his training but subsequent to becoming a principal he made a number of study tours, including two months in Italy and Paris and one week in Oxford in 1906; a further week in Oxford and two weeks in Bath, Wells and district in 1909; a week in Paris and its environs in 1911; and two weeks in Somerset in 1912, visiting Barrington Court, Montacute House and the Yeovil area.

He passed the qualifying exam in London in June 1912 and was admitted ARIBA on 2 December of that year with the influential support of John James Burnet, Harry Redfern and William Brown Whitie as proposers. He served in the Royal Engineers during the First World War, returning to the Glasgow Office of Public Works thereafter, and was still working there when he was admitted FRIBA in 1928 at the age of forty-six, his proposers being John Watson, John Keppie and William Brown Whitie.

Gilmour was twice married, first to Emily Challis and secondly to Sarah Challis. He died of cardiac failure and arterio sclerosis at 11 Snaefell Avenue, Burnside, Cambuslang on 11 November 1966.

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

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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
Monteith Row Glasgow Scotland	Private/business
101 Craigpark Drive Dennistoun Glasgow Scotland	Private
501 Mosspark Drive Glasgow Scotland	Private
85 Briarhill Road Prestwick Ayrshire Scotland	Private/business
11 Snaefell Avenue Burnside, Cambuslang Lanarkshire Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
Monteith Row Glasgow Scotland	Private/business	1904
85 Briarhill Road Prestwick Ayrshire Scotland	Private/business	1931

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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
John Fairweather	201160	1902/03	1903/07	Assistant
Glasgow Office of Public Works Architectural Department (later Glasgow Corporation City Engineer's Department)	200165	1903/07	After 1928	Architect
Bruce & Hay	200094	In year 1897	In year 1900	Apprentice
Messrs Bain & Co	201325	In year 1900	In year 1901	Clerk of Works
John Ure MacDurslaw	201326	In year 1901	In year 1902	Improver

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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
(Sir) John James Burnet	200088	1911/12/02	for Associateship
William Brown Whitie	202396	1911/12/02	for Associateship
Harry Redfern (or Henry Redfern)	200890	1911/12/02	for Associateship
John Keppie	200838	In year 1928	for Fellowship
William Brown Whitie	202396	In year 1928	for Fellowship
John Watson	203278	In year 1928	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
Forbes Murison	Late 1931s	for Associateship
John Hogg Ferrie	Early 1932s	for Licentiateship
Alexander Hodge Livingstone	Early 1932s	for Associateship
James Kernohan	1937/03/08	for Associateship
Peter Tinto	1939/03/06	for Associateship
Robert Harkness Wallace	1939/07/10	for Licentiateship
Thomas Barclay	1940/08/13	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
Pollokshields District Library	In year 1904	Pollokshields	Glasgow	Scotland	Won competition (on staff of City Surveyor\'s office). A B McDonald revised design. (Drawings by Gilmour)
Townhead Public Library	In year 1904	Townhead	Glasgow	Scotland	Third premium
Perth Town Hall	In year 1907	Perth	Perthshire	Scotland	Competition design - unsuccessful
Calder Street Public Baths and Washhouses	In year 1914	Govanhill	Glasgow	Scotland	As assistant in the City Architect\'s Department
Couper Institute and library	In year 1915	Cathcart	Glasgow	Scotland	Extension and alteration
Govan Baths and Washhouse	In year 1920	Govan	Glasgow	Scotland
Shettleston Hall and Public Library	In year 1921	Shettleston	Glasgow	Scotland
Whiteinch District Library	In year 1923	Whiteinch	Glasgow	Scotland
Whiteinch Baths and Washhouses	In year 1923	Whiteinch	Glasgow	Scotland
Shettleston Baths and Washhouses	In year 1924	Shettleston	Glasgow	Scotland
Kelvin Hall	In year 1926		Glasgow	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher
British Architectural Library, RIBA	Directory of British Architects 1834-1914	2001
Who's Who in Architecture		1914
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940	1939	London: Royal Institute of British Architects

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The following periodicals contain references to this person:

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Periodical Name	Publisher	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
Building		1966/11/25	v211	p86 - 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			A v20 no2329 (microfilm reel 21); F no2591 (box 8)
Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material	Professor David M Walker personal archive	100041			Additional research by Iain Paterson

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