Architects

Name:

Thomas McCrae

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Architect

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17/06/1926

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17/06/1926

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1968

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Thomas McCrae (mistakenly referred to in some sources as Macrae) practised as an architect on his own account in Edinburgh from c.1920. Nothing is known of his training, but he appears to be the son of Thomas McCrae of 4 Comely Bank Terrace, Edinburgh, as in his first entry in the Post Office Directories (1914-1915) he is referred to as Thomas McCrae Junior, living at 9 South East Circus Place. He was living at 6 North East Circus Place from at least 1922. By 1934 he had been elected FRIAS and had an office at 29 Hanover Street. He moved office sometime about 193 to 58 Queen Street. In at least 1949 he was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He moved house to 4 St Vincent Street c.1951 or 1952, and appears to have retired from practice in 1959. He seems to have died in or around 1968.

'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	Notes
9 South East Circus Place Edinburgh Scotland	Private
6 North East Circus Place Edinburgh Scotland	Private/business	Both office and house until c1931 but houses only thereafter
4 St Vincent Street Edinburgh Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To	Notes
6 North East Circus Place Edinburgh Scotland	Private/business	c. 1922	c. 1952	Both office and house until c1931 but houses only thereafter
1 Circus Place Edinburgh Scotland	Business	1924		1924 plans signed with this address; the 1 is possibly a mis-read for 6 or 9
29 Hanover Street Edinburgh Scotland	Business	c. 1931	1937
58 Queen Street Edinburgh Scotland	Business	c. 1937	After 1958

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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 Guthrie Tulloch	100448	1932/08	1934/10	Apprentice
Eileen May Sherwell (Mrs Goodman)	207695	1934/09	1935/09	Assistant
David M Macdonald	403575	In year 1934	In year 1936	Assistant	nomination papers seem to say \'T MacClure\' (of Hanover Street, Edinburgh), but this is almost certainly an error
John Eric Moore	206906	In year 1938		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
Poltalloch House	In year 1905	Lochgilphead	Argyll	Scotland	Alterations and additions; plan of heating system: this may be another Thomas McCrae - the date is early for him, and the NMRS refers to him as heating engineer.
6 Belford Park	In year 1922		Edinburgh	Scotland	Alterations
10 Moray Place	In year 1922		Edinburgh	Scotland	Alterations
2, 3, and 4 North Charlotte Street	In year 1924		Edinburgh	Scotland	Alterations
Ardmaddy Castle	In year 1924	Oban	Argyll	Scotland	Proposed alterations to mid 18th century wing
18 Learmonth Terrace	In year 1924		Edinburgh	Scotland	Proposed alterations
12 Learmonth Terrace	In year 1924		Edinburgh	Scotland	Proposed reconstruction
Britannic Assurance Company, 127-129 George Street	In year 1924		Edinburgh	Scotland	Alterations
91-93 George Street	In year 1924		Edinburgh	Scotland	Alterations
Balcraig	In year 1924	Scone	Perthshire	Scotland	Proposed alterations
4 Manor Place	In year 1924		Edinburgh	Scotland	Alterations
30 Dundas Street	In year 1924		Edinburgh	Scotland	Alterations
Numbers 8 and 10 Pilrig Street	In year 1926		Edinburgh	Scotland	Proposed alterations
Hamilton Place Hall and Library	In year 1926	Stockbridge	Edinburgh	Scotland	Proposed alterations
Kilninver Home Farm Farmhouse, Kilninver Estate	In year 1927	Kilninver	Argyll	Scotland	Alterations; proposed rebuilding

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
Post Office Directories
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940	1939	London: Royal Institute of British Architects

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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
Drawings Collection	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	200004			McCrae drawings deposited at NMRS 1973

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