Name: | David Smart |
Designation: | |
Born: | 1824 |
Died: | 13 October 1914 |
Bio Notes: | David Smart was born in Alyth in 1824. It is not known where he was first apprenticed but 'for many years' he worked in the office of David Bryce. The office legend was that they quarrelled, resulting in Smart leaving to buy William Macdonald Mackenzie's Perth practice from his widow in 1858, and that the quarrel was quickly regretted and made up; Bryce presented Smart with a plaster copy of his bust by George McCallum, which was still in the entrance hall of their office in the 1960s.
Smart's early Scots baronial and Italian Renaissance work is indistinguishable from Bryce's. By the late 1870s his public and commercial buildings had become Victorian late classic with French roofs, a development perhaps associated with James Smart, who was either his nephew or his son and was his partner from at least 1887 as D & J Smart. This partnership was dissolved in 1895, probably due to a family disagreement relating to the readmission of John Walker Smart, James's son (born 1872), to the practice. John had been articled to his father in 1888 and had subsequent experience with Kinnear & Peddie in Edinburgh in 1892, with McLuckie & Walker in Stirling in 1893 and with Thomas Martin Cappon in Dundee in 1894. David retained the existing office at 42 Tay Street, Perth and James opened his own office at 28 York Place in the same town with his son as chief assistant, entering into partnership with him in 1900 as James Smart & Son.
On 1 January 1907 David Smart took into partnership his senior assistant Donald Alexander Stewart, born 1876, educated at Sharp's Institution, Perth, and articled to Smart from 1892 to 1896. The firm became known as Smart & Stewart.
Smart retired in or about 1911 at the age of 86 and died on 13 October 1914 at the age of ninety. He was then living at Rockbank, Kinnoull, and left a widow, Margaret Morrison, and three daughters. He left a moveable estate of £8589 13s 4d, comparable with the most successful Glasgow practitioners, suggesting a large domestic practice or perhaps inheritance. Stewart continued the practice alone under the same name and later took Robert Matthew Mitchell (born 1874) into partnership. |
The following private or business addresses are associated with this : |
| Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |
![Item 1 of 3](images/table_item.gif) | Rockbank, Kinnoull, Perthshire, Scotland | Private | | 13 October 1914 | |
![Item 2 of 3](images/table_item.gif) | 8, High Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland | Business | 1868 * | | |
![Item 3 of 3](images/table_item.gif) | 42, Tay Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland | Business | Before 1895 | After 1911 | |
This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): |
| Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes |
![Item 1 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | | Ashmore | Bridge of Cally | | Perthshire | Scotland | Date unknown - for further work? |
![Item 2 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | | Butterglen House | | | | Scotland | Date unknown |
![Item 3 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | | Loch Garry House | | | Perthshire? | Scotland | Date unknown |
![Item 4 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | | Rosebank House and Fernhill | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Date unknown |
![Item 5 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1859 | Forfar Poorhouse | Forfar | | Angus | Scotland | |
![Item 6 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1859 | Perth Poorhouse | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Competition design - unplaced |
![Item 7 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1859 | Sharp's Educational Institution | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 8 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1860 | Rio Villa | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 9 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1860 | Villa, 6 Kinnoull Terrace | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 10 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1860 | Witch-hill | Bridgend, Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 11 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1861 | Battleby House | Redgorton | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 12 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1862 | Balhousie Castle | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Restoration and enlargement 'to improve the amenity of the adjoining feuing grounds' |
![Item 13 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1862 | Erigmore | Torr Hill, Birnam | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 14 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1863 | Forteviot Old School | Forteviot | | Perthshire | Scotland | Further reconstruction |
![Item 15 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1863 | Sheriff Clerk and Procurator Fiscal's Offices | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 16 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1864 | Central Bank of Scotland | Crieff | | Perthshire | Scotland | Reconstruction |
![Item 17 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1864 | Fechney Industrial School for Boys | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 18 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1866 | Perth County Buildings | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Rebuilding of courtroom section of Sir Robert Smirke's building on square plan; internal remodelling and new buildings on South Street. |
![Item 19 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1866 | Perth Station Hotel | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Won competition and secured job but carried out to 'modified and reduced' designs |
![Item 20 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1867 | City and County Infirmary | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Resiting and reconstruction of Mackenzie's lodge in different form |
![Item 21 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1867 | Parish Church of Forteviot | Forteviot | | Perthshire | Scotland | Reconstruction |
![Item 22 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1870 | Strathmore Primary School (and Schoolhouse) | Forfar | | Angus | Scotland | |
![Item 23 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1870 | Wellshill Industrial School for Girls | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 24 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1871 | Methven Parish Church | Methven | | Perthshire | Scotland | Tracery of windows and other alterations |
![Item 25 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1871 | Perth District Asylum | Murthly | | Perthshire | Scotland | Administrative block |
![Item 26 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1872 | Kilgraston House | Bridge of Earn | | Perthshire | Scotland | Reconstruction after fire - executed by John Watherston & Sons, builders |
![Item 27 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1874 | Dunkeld Free Church | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 28 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1877 | Bridgend Hall | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 29 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1877 | Kinloch Parish Church | Kinloch | | Perthshire | Scotland | Windows inserted in gallery |
![Item 30 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1879 | Balhousie Estate and houses in Balhousie Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Layout of estate and elevation for houses in Balhousie Street |
![Item 31 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1881 | 4-8 Princes Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 32 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1887 | Blairgowrie Methodist Church | Blairgowrie | | Perthshire | Scotland | May be David Smart on his own and not in partnership |
![Item 33 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1887 | Coupar Angus Public Hall | Coupar Angus | | Perthshire/Angus | Scotland | May be David Smart on his own and not in partnership |
![Item 34 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1889 | Fechney Industrial School for Boys | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Further work |
![Item 35 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | Early 1880s | Lignwood | Scone | | Perthshire | Scotland | House is 'of recent contruction' in 1888 |
![Item 36 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1891 | 51 Watergate | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 37 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1891 | St Leonard's Church | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Apse at W added |
![Item 38 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1892 | St Maddoes School | St Maddoes | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 39 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | After 1894 | Pumping Station | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 40 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1894 or 1895 | Perth District Asylum, Pinel House and Tuke House | Murthly | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 41 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1895 | 193-195 High Street and 1-5 Kinnoull Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 42 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1895 | 6-12 Kinnoull Street and High Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 43 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1895 | Premises for Mr Stewart, Kinnoull Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 44 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1895 | 7-9 Kinnoull Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 45 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1896 | 26-28 Scott Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 46 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1897 | 37-43 Scott Street and 141-143 South Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 47 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1897 | Grand Temperance Hotel and Associated Buildings | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 48 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1899 | 6-12 Kinnoull Street and High Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | New shopfront at no 12 |
![Item 49 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1899 | Brand's Buildings | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 50 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1899 | Glenfarg Hotel | Glenfarg | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 51 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1899 | Royal Bank of Scotland Buildings | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 52 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1900 | House, Perth District Asylum | Murthly | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 53 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1900 | Police Buildings | Crieff | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 54 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1900 | Royal Bank of Scotland | Kinross | | Kinross-shire | Scotland | |
![Item 55 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1901 | 22-28 King Edward Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 56 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1901 | House of Falkland, Stable Block | Falkland | | Fife | Scotland | Alterations - octagonal wooden clock turret |
![Item 57 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1901 | Kinnoull Church Hall | Kinnoull | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 58 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1901 | Villa for Mr Boyd | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 59 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1902 | Perth Night Shelter for Females | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 60 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | Before 1907 | Ledlanet House and Stables | Milnathort | | Kinross-shire | Scotland | |
![Item 61 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1907 or 1908 | Premises for John Dewar & Son | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Duty Free warehouse and extension of offices |
![Item 62 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1908 | Police Buildings | Blairgowrie | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 63 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1909 | St Andrew's Parish Church | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Additions |
![Item 64 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1910 | Kinross Parish Church Manse | Kinross | | Kinross-shire | Scotland | Additions and alterations including enlargement of windows |
![Item 65 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | 1911 | Fechney Industrial School for Boys | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Alterations and additions, including laundry |
![Item 66 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | Before 1914 | Auchterarder Glass Works | Auchterarder | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 67 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | Before 1914 | Buildings for John Moncrieff Ltd at Perth harbour | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
![Item 68 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | Before 1914 | Freeland House | | | Perthshire | Scotland | Redecoration |
![Item 69 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | Before 1914 | Kinnoull Parish Church | Kinnoull | | Perthshire | Scotland | Stone restoration |
![Item 70 of 70](images/table_item.gif) | Before 1914 | Scones of Lethendy House | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Stone restoration |