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Matthews & Lawrie
Architectural practice
Year Only
1864
Year Only
1887
The partnership of Matthews & Lawrie grew out of Mackenzie & Matthews. Just before Thomas Mackenzie's death in October 1854 an Inverness office was established with William Lawrie in charge as resident assistant. Although Lawrie was given what seems to have been a free hand in the design work, for ten years the firm continued under James Matthews' name, Lawrie finally becoming a partner in 1864. For some years the Inverness office was the more prosperous. Matthews continued the Aberdeen office alone, and it was not until 1877 that Mackenzie's son, Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, was taken into partnership, having established a successful practice of his own in his native Elgin. Thereafter Matthews ran the practice as two separate partnerships - Matthews & Mackenzie in Aberdeen and Elgin, and Matthews & Lawrie in Inverness. When Lawrie died in 1887, the Inverness practice was inherited by John Hinton Gall (born 1848), who had been his chief assistant since 1872 and who continued the business under his own name, Matthews withdrawing completely from that branch of the firm.

Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this architectural practice:

Private Addresses

Private Addresses2

AddressTypeDate FromDate ToNotes
Inverness Inverness-shire ScotlandPrivate

Partners, Employees and Pupils

The following individuals were employed or trained by this architectural practice (click on an item to view details):

Employees or Pupils2

NamePositionDate FromDate ToNotes
Duncan McMillanAssistantIn year 1864In year 1868In Aberdeen office, under James Matthews
William LawriePartnerIn year 1864In year 1887In Inverness office
James MatthewsPartnerIn year 1864In year 1887In Aberdeen office
John MalcolmApprenticec. 1865c. 1867In Aberdeen office, under James Matthews
John MalcolmAssistantc. 1867c. 1868In Aberdeen office, under James Matthews
Arthur ClyneApprenticec. 1868c. 1873In Aberdeen office, under James Matthews
John Hinton GallAssistantIn year 1872In year 1887In Inverness office, under William Lawrie
William Henry Allan MunroApprenticec. 1872In year 1876
Alexander MackintoshApprentice1878 or 1879In year 1883
John BainApprentice1883/04In year 1887In Inverness office, under William Lawrie
David William KennedyApprenticeIn year 1884In year 1887In Inverness office, under William Lawrie

Buildings and Designs

This architectural practice was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):

Buildings and Designs

BuildingPartnership GPRoleDate FromDate ToTown DistrictIslandCity CountyCountryNotes
Aldourie CastleDArchitectural practicec. 1863Inverness-shireScotlandWest end of house reconstructed using Bryce\'s proposal for an L-plan drawings room, but with completely different elevations. No drawings, but details consistent with Mathews & Lawrie\'s work and quite unlike either Bryce or Kinnear\'s.
Kingussie CourthouseAIn year 1864In year 1865KingussieInverness-shireScotland
Brotherstone HouseAArchitectural practiceIn year 1864In year 1868Benholm/FordounKincardineshireScotland
Royal Northern InfirmaryCIn year 1864In year 1866InvernessInverness-shireScotlandAdditions and alterations
Portree CourthouseAIn year 1865PortreeSkyeInverness-shireScotland
Caledonian BankAIn year 1865In year 1867Grantown on SpeyMorayshireScotland
Villa and cottage, Drummond CrescentAc. 1865InvernessInverness-shireScotlandHS attribution
Perth Station HotelBIn year 1866PerthPerthshireScotlandUnsuccessful competition design
North of Scotland BankAIn year 1866PortreeSkyeInverness-shireScotland
St Machar's CathedralBIn year 1867Old AberdeenAberdeenScotlandRepairs in consultation with George Gilbert Scott (his advice not fully taken - ceiling largely renewed)
Parish ChurchAArchitectIn year 1867DykeMorayshireScotlandSouth front remodelled
Duisdale HouseAIn year 1867IsleornsaySkyeInverness-shireScotland
Tomnacross SchoolAIn year 1867KiltarlityInverness-shireScotland
Grantown-on-Spey CourthouseAIn year 1867Grantown-on-SpeyMorayshireScotlandCompetition or chosen in preference to Peddie & Kinnear
Fasnakyle Free ChurchAIn year 1868FasnakyleInverness-shireScotland

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this architectural practice:

Bib ref

AuthorTitleDatePublisherPartNotes
Bailey, Rebecca MScottish architects' papers: a source book1996Edinburgh: The Rutland Pressp97
In MemoriamIn Memoriam: an obituary of Aberdeen and Vicinity1898James Matthews
Gifford, JohnArchitects of the Highlands in the Nineteenth Century, A Sketch1980The Scottish Georgian Society Bulletin, Edinburgh, 1980No 7, September 1980, pp29-48pp37-39
Gray, A StuartEdwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary1985pp248-249