Architects

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John Murdoch & Lockhart

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05/08/1926

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1904

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Little is known of John Murdoch except that he was born c.1826 and trained as a civil engineer and that he was in practice at 48 Newmarket, Ayr in 1868, moving to no 62 in the early 1880s and finally to 62 Sandgate in the mid-1880s. His early work is dry post-late Georgian. By the late 1870s he was proficient in both Bryce-school Scots baronial and a Queen Anne inspired free Renaissance, probably as a result of having acquired a very competent draughtsman from a more up-to-date practice. In 1904 he was joined in partnership by John Whitelaw Lockhart. Lockhart was born in 1877 and articled to Morris & Hunter 1894-99. In the latter year he obtained a place in the office of James Salmon & Son as an improver which enabled him to attend the courses at Glasgow School of Art and the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College under Charles Gourlay.

Murdoch died in 1906 or 1907. Lockhart continued the practice under the existing title of John Murdoch & Lockhart, but like so many others he appears to have suffered from the effects of the Finance Act of 1909 as he had given up his office and was practising from home by 1914. He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects. He died in 1924.

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

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
62 Sandgate Street Ayr Ayrshire Scotland	Business	1911

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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 Murdoch	200249	In year 1904	In year 1907	Partner
John Whitelaw Lockhart	201919	In year 1904	In year 1924	Partner

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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
Business premises and arcade for A H Lang Esq	After 1904	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
North of Scotland and Town & County Bank	After 1904	Ayr?	Ayrshire?	Scotland
New hall and business premises for James Craig	After 1904	Ayr?	Ayrshire?	Scotland
Villa for William Douglas	After 1904	Ayr?	Ayrshire?	Scotland
Villa for Sir William Arrol	After 1904	Ayr?	Ayrshire?	Scotland
Double Cottage for William Douglas	In year 1906	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
Tenement, with shop, 217 High Street	In year 1906	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland	Alterations
Castlehill Estate, Peggieshill Farm	In year 1907	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland	Additions and alterations - plans dated
Houses and cottages for Polquhairn Coal Company, Sinclairston	In year 1907	Ochiltree	Ayrshire	Scotland
Crown Bar	In year 1907	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
30 Smith Street	In year 1907	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland	Alterations
Stranleur	In year 1907	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland	Original buliding
Wellington Chambers	In year 1908	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland	Alterations
Recliffe	In year 1908	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland	Additions and alterations
Carrick Oval	In year 1908	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
Measurers\' Companion	The Scottish Architects\' and Measurers\' Companion	1911

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