Architects

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Haxton & Walker

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05/08/1926

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1907

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05/08/1926

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1914

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Andrew David Haxton was born on 10 April 1878 in St Andrews and came of a family of grocers. In November 1893 he was articled to Gillespie & Scott in St Andrews, remaining with them for one-and-a-half years as an assistant after completing his apprenticeship. During that time he took art classes with the painter and teacher Robert Smeaton Douglas, then based at Madras College in St Andrews, and won prizes for measured drawing from the Dundee Institute of Architects. He moved to Harrogate as assistant to Thomas Edward Marshall in 1900, and later in the same year moved to Glasgow as assistant to Thomson & Sandilands, studying at the Royal Technical College. In the following year he returned to Gillespie & Scott's office in St Andrews as chief assistant, and he remained there until he commenced practice on his own account in 1907, in partnership with a younger friend and colleague in Gillespie & Scott's office, William Walker.

William Walker was born in 1881, the son of a wine merchant of the same name in Cupar, where he was educated at the Bell Baxter School, but his family originally came from Longforgan in Perthshire. He was articled to Gillespie & Scott in St Andrews in 1898 and remained as assistant until 1906 when he joined Swanston & Syme in Kirkcaldy. During that period he sketched extensively in Scotland and England and made at least one study tour in France, working in Normandy and the area around Paris. Walker and his two sisters were very musical, William being secretary of the St Andrews Musical Association.

The partnership of Haxton & Walker was based in Leven at 3 High Street, Walker having won the competition for a commercial block there. Both partners were admitted LRIBA on 24 June 1912, proposed by William Fleming Wilkie and the Dundee Institute of Architects.

Walker enlisted at the beginning of the First World War and was commissioned in the Highland Cyclists Battalion, initially stationed at his native Cupar and at Lundin Links. Having risen to the rank of Captain he was posted to India but was invalided home. He was know as Captain Walker thereafter.

Walker was not well enough to resume the Leven partnership, but he married Jenny Reid McCririck of St Andrews and continued to practise from their home at 81 North Street, St Andrews whilst being cared for by her. He was elected FRIBA in January 1921, his proposers being William Williamson, William Fleming Wilkie and John Wilson. His nomination papers state that he was architect to the Commissioners of the Burghs of Pittenweem and Crail and the District Committee of Cupar, and that he had acted as expert adviser to Fife County Council on the erection of a sanatorium, although it is unclear to which sanatorium this applies. He died at home in February 1923. His widow then asked William Fleming Wilkie, then living at Graigower, St Andrews, to take over the practice and complete the work in hand.

Haxton continued to practise alone in Leven, subsequently taking Adam Elliot Watson (born 1908) into partnership.

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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
3 High Street Leven Fife Scotland	Business

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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
Andrew David Haxton	200534	In year 1907	c. 1914	Partner
William Walker	202986	In year 1907	In year 1923	Partner
Lawrence Anderson Rolland	204640	In year 1908	In year 1913	Apprentice
Lawrence Anderson Rolland	204640	In year 1913	1914/10	Draughtsman

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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
Methil Co-operative Society Premises, Harbour Wynd	In year 1907	Methil	Fife	Scotland	Additions and alterations
Leven Infant School	In year 1907	Leven	Fife	Scotland
Methil Co-operative Society Premises	After 1907	Methil	Fife	Scotland
House for Mrs Buntire	After 1907	Leven	Fife	Scotland
House for Mr F T Wallace	After 1907	Leven	Fife	Scotland
Leven Town Hall	After 1907	Leven	Fife	Scotland	Decoration
Markinch Parish Offices	After 1907	Markinch	Fife	Scotland
Pittenweem Town Hall	After 1907	Pittenweem	Fife	Scotland
Golf Clubhouse	After 1907	Elie	Fife	Scotland
Church Halls	After 1907	Elie	Fife	Scotland
Public House	After 1907	Windygates	Fife	Scotland
Leven Public School	In year 1908	Leven	Fife	Scotland	Reconstruction
Parkhill Public School	In year 1908	Leven	Fife	Scotland
Methil Co-operative Society Premises, Wellesley Road	In year 1908	Methil	Fife	Scotland	Extension
Gothenburg	In year 1908	Denbeath	Fife	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			Indicates at 3 High Street, Leven in this.

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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
Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material	Professor David M Walker personal archive	100041			Personal information from Glen L Pride
Haxton & Watson Collection	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	200394			Plans and drawings.

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