Architects

Name:

Gilbert Telfer Scott

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Architect

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Exact DOB:

13/04/1926

Year of Birth :

1878

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13/04/1926

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Bio Notes :

Gilbert Telfer Scott was born in 1878 and articled to John Hall of Galashiels from 1893, studying at local art classes. On completion of his apprenticeship in 1898 he obtained a place with James Cowie in Motherwell, which enabled him to study at Glasgow School of Art. He moved to Carlisle in 1902 as an assistant in the office of Oliver & Dodgshun and to Hull in the following year as assistant to Gelder & Kitchen, returning to Scotland in 1905 as assistant to James Davidson in Coatbridge. He commenced practice on his own account in Inverkeithing in 1909 and was admitted LRIBA on 19 December 1910, his proposers being Davidson, George Sinclair and Llewellyn Kitchen.

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

Private Addresses2 classic

Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
36 Preston Crescent Inverkeithing Fife Scotland	Private					Listed as a lodger at this address in 1911-12 voters' roll

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
16 High Street Inverkeithing Fife Scotland	Business	1910		After 1911

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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 Hall	202220	In year 1893	In year 1898	Apprentice
James Grant Cowie	203392	In year 1898	In year 1902	Assistant
Oliver & Dodgshun	203394	In year 1902	In year 1903	Assistant
Gelder & Kitchen	203395	In year 1903	In year 1905	Assistant
James Davidson	200705	In year 1905	In year 1908	Assistant

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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
George Sinclair	200404	1910/12/19	for Licentiateship
James Davidson	200705	1910/12/19	for Licentiateship
Llewellyn Kitchen	203396	1910/12/19	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
Motherwell School	After 1898	Motherwell	Lanarkshire	Scotland	As assistant to James Cowie
Business premises and hall	After 1898	Wishaw	Lanarkshire	Scotland	As assistant to James Cowie
Mortons House	After 1898	Wishaw	Lanarkshire	Scotland	As assistant to James Cowie
Beltanefoot School	After 1898	Wishaw	Lanarkshire	Scotland	As assistant to James Cowie
Electric Power Station	After 1898		Lanarkshire?	Scotland	As assistant, seemingly to James Cowie but possibly to James Davidson (LRIBA nomination paper is ambiguous)
Bellshill School	After 1898	Bellshill	Lanarkshire	Scotland	Competition design
Baptist Institute Buildings	After 1898		Edinburgh	Scotland	Competition design
Bellshill Parish Council Buildings	After 1898	Bellshill	Lanarkshire	Scotland	Competition design
Yorkshire Urban District Council Buildings	After 1898		Yorkshire	England	Competition design
Middlesbrough Library	After 1898	Middlesbrough	Yorkshire	England	Competition design
Cumberland County Asylum	In year 1902	Carlisle (near)	Cumberland	England	Extension plans - as assistant to Oliver & Dodgshun
Carnegie Public Library	In year 1903	Motherwell	Lanarkshire	Scotland	Competition design - not successful
Cottingham Wesleyan Hall	After 1903	Hull	Yorkshire	England	As assistant to Gelder & Kitchen
Shops and offices	After 1903	Hull	Yorkshire	England	As assistant to Gelder & Kitchen
St George's Road Methodist Chapel	1903 or 1904	Hull	Yorkshire	England	As assistant to Gelder & Kitchen

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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			L v6 no387 (microfilm reel 31)
Inverkeithing voters' roll 1911-1912	200733	200733

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Basic Biographic Details

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