Architects

Name:

James Clerk (Sir)

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Architect

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27/05/1926

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1709

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27/05/1926

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1783

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Sir James Clerk was born in 1709, the son of Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet and his second wife Janet Inglis. He studied law at Leyden in 1731-2 and visited Rome in 1732-4. Like his father he was a competent amateur architect and a cultivated man. One of his main architectural contributions was the new house at Penicuik along with the stable block. He also designed a circular library which was never built. A number of other buildings have been attributed to him.

He died in 1783.

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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
Penicuik House stables	1760s	Penicuik	Midlothian	Scotland	Includes Gibbsian steeple and \'Arthur\'s Oven\', a reproduction of the domed Roman building in Stirlingshire.
Penicuik House	In year 1761	Penicuik	Midlothian	Scotland
Hailes House	1770s		Edinburgh	Scotland
Elie House	1770s	Elie	Fife	Scotland	Plan for rebuilding - not executed
Penicuik Kirk	In year 1771	Penicuik	Midlothian	Scotland	Attribution
Rossdhu House	In year 1773		Dunbartonshire	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
Colvin, Howard	A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840	2008	London: YUP. 4th edition
Gow, Ian and Rowan, Alistair	Scottish Country Houses	1995			Chapter entitled 'A Bibliophile's Bagnio, Sir James Clerk's Pantheon for Penicuik'

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