Basic Biographical Details Name: | Bruce & Hay | Designation: | | Born: | 1880 | Died: | | Bio Notes: | Donald Bruce was born in Caithness in 1834, son of Alexander Bruce, farmer, and his wife Catherine Andrew, and was educated at Wick Academy and the Watt Institute, Edinburgh. In 1863 he was articled to William Spence in Glasgow. He studied at Glasgow School of Art and remained with Spence as assistant and latterly principal assistant, working mainly on commercial buildings and country houses. While with Spence he appears to have commenced a small private practice, designing Reformed Presbyterian churches at Penpont and Loanhead in 1875.
In 1880 he formed a partnership with Edward Alexander Buckingham Hay. Hay had been born at Minetta(?) Cottage, Govan on 29 May 1855, the son of Alexander Hay, a general merchant and coalmaster from Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire and his wife Sophia Buckingham from West Buckland, Devon. He had first been educated privately, then at Glasgow High School before entering Glasgow School of Art in 1870. He had been articled to John McLeod from 1872 to 1877, remaining with him as an assistant and taking classes at Anderson's College.
In 1881 Bruce was appointed surveyor to the Town Council of Kinning Park, designing the municipal buildings in that year, but the appointment terminated with Kinning Park's independent existence in 1905.
Although Bruce made extensive study tours in England, Ireland and France throughout his career, Bruce & Hay worked mainly in a rather dry and mechanical free classic manner with incised column details which appear to be of French origin. Their Netherlandish designs were rather more successful. The practice had a considerable number of competition wins, notably the asylum at Hartwood which was not built at that time (1886); the Scottish Wholesale Co-operative Buildings in Morrison Street, Glasgow, which were completely unparalleled among commercial buildings in terms of size and degree of elaboration in their time; and the United Cooperative Baking Society's buildings, also in Glasgow. The two last resulted in the SCWS and its subsidiaries becoming a particularly loyal client. They were also successful in two Glasgow School Board competitions and another for the Bothwell board which resulted in their becoming architects to that board for thirty years from 1884. Bruce also executed schools for both Glasgow and Govan School Boards, as well as churches and schools for the Archdiocese of Glasgow.
Bruce and Hay were both admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects. By then Bruce was living at Clydemount, Barrhill Road, Gourock, where he died of hypertrophy of the prostate on 20 February 1919. He left moveable estate of £13,531 3s 2d. Hay continued the practice as sole partner thereafter.
Hay married twice: first on 23 February 1882 at Westwood, Bellahouston to Annie Laing, the daughter of a property agent, the minister being that of Montrose Street Evangelical Church; and second on 13 October 1910 at 12 Beech Avenue to Jessie Dick Anderson, the daughter of an oil merchant, the minister being that of Govan Baptist Church. He died at Allaington, 30 Dalkeith Avenue, Glasgow on 2 February 1934 after a period of declining health, leaving moveable estate of £9,368 0s 9d, and was buried in the Southern Necropolis. He was survived by his second wife, and four grown children, two sons and two daughters, from his first marriage. His youngest daughter died in 1920. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | ![Item 1 of 1](images/table_item.gif) | 261, West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1880 | After 1911 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployees or Pupils
Buildings and DesignsThis 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 79](images/table_item.gif) | | Cadogan Buildings | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 2 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1880 | Tenement, Keir Street and Leslie Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 3 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | After 1880 | Church | Carluke | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | ![Item 4 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1881 | Hydepark Bakery | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 5 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1881 | Tenement, Leven Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 6 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | After 1881 | St Mungo Halls and Offices | Kinning Park | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 7 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1882 | Municipal Buildings, Kinning Park | Kinning Park | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 8 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1884 | Commercial Bank with flats above | Lauriston | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 9 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1884 | Hillhead Congregational Church | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Proposed design - not executed | ![Item 10 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1885 | Camden Street School | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Extension | ![Item 11 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1885 | Hartwood Asylum | Shotts | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Competition design, selected but not successful | ![Item 12 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1885 | United Co-operative Bakery | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Various additions (see event table) | ![Item 13 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1885 | Gusset Building | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 14 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1886 | Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society (SCWS) Buildings | | | Glasgow | Scotland | With James Davidson - Dalintober Street/Wallace block | ![Item 15 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1887 | Old Bothwell Primary School | Bothwell | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Information from Lanarkshire Upper Ward Examiner 13th November 1886 | ![Item 16 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1888 | Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society (SCWS) Buildings | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Linking block | ![Item 17 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1889 | Brass works, Buchan Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 18 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1889 | Stables and carriage shed | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 19 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1891 | Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society (SCWS) Buildings | | | Glasgow | Scotland | 4-storey stables, ham curing and grocery store (Carnoustie Street) | ![Item 20 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1891 | Warehouses and creamery for Cowlairs Co-operative Society | Springburn | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 21 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1892 | 101-103 High Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 22 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1892 | 114 Causeyside | Paisley | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | Alteration | ![Item 23 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1892 | Aerated Water Factory | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 24 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1892 | Centre Street Grain Mills | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Mill at rear added | ![Item 25 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1892 | Viewpark Parish Church | Uddingston | | Glasgow | Scotland | Formerly known as Thornwood Mission Church | ![Item 26 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1892 | West Kilbride Co-operative Seaside Home | Seamill, West Kilbride | | Ayrshire | Scotland | HS attirbution - no reference given | ![Item 27 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1893 | Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society (SCWS) Buildings | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 28 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1894 | Warehouse for T Hodge | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 29 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1895 | Arden | Helensburgh | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Additions, greenhouse, stables, coachhouses and two servants' houses | ![Item 30 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1895 | Centre Street Grain Mills | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Grain store | ![Item 31 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1895 | Meadowside Shipbuilding Yard office | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 32 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1895 | Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society (SCWS) Headquarters Building | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 33 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1895 | Kinning Park Colour Works | Kinning Park | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 34 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1896 | Bellshill Academy | Bellshill | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Information from the Coatbridge Express, 3 June 1896, p.2 | ![Item 35 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1896 | Ibrox UP Church | Ibrox | | Glasgow | Scotland | Additions (chancel and transepts) | ![Item 36 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1896 | Ibrox UP Church mission premises | Ibrox | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 37 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1896 | Rutland House | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 38 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1896 | Workshop, Copland Road | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 39 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1897 | Bakery for R Nish | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 40 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1897 | Co-operative Manufacturing Society Factory, Colinslee | Paisley | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | Additions | ![Item 41 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1897 | Engineering workshop, Graham Square | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 42 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1897 | Working Men's Club | Briggton | | | Scotland | | ![Item 43 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1897 | Workshop and stables for United Co-operative Society Bakery | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 44 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1897(?) | 520 Sauchiehall Street and 341 Renfrew Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Additions | ![Item 45 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1898 | Copeland (or Copland) & Lye premises | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Bath Street corner section | ![Item 46 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1898 | Elder Park Public School | Govan | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 47 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1898(?) | Muiredge School | Uddingston | | Glasgow | Scotland | Reference from Bellshill Speaker, 15th April 1899 | ![Item 48 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1898 | Standard Oil Works | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Attributed by Hume - all three phases of work | ![Item 49 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1899 | Bellahouston Academy | Bellahouston | | Glasgow | Scotland | Addition of west block as pupil teachers' institute | ![Item 50 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1899 | Warehouse for Ogg Borthers | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 51 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | c. 1899 | Stables | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 52 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1901 | Albert Chambers | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 53 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1901 | Kinning Park Baths | Kinning Park | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 54 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1902 | Kinning Park Co-operative Society Building | Kinning Park | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 55 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1902 | Marion Lodge | Helensburgh | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | ![Item 56 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1903 | Carnegie Library | Kinning Park | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 57 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1903 | Partick Academy | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 58 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1904 | Balshagray Road School | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 59 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1904 | Co-operative Building, High Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 60 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1904 | Factory Block and Office for John Wallace and Son agricultural engineers | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Single storey block | ![Item 61 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1904 | Partick Academy | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Also swimmimg pool and workshops | ![Item 62 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1906 | Ibrox Board School | Ibrox | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 63 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1906 | St Ignatius RC Church | Wishaw | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Addition of south aisle | ![Item 64 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1907 | Bothwell Park School | Bellshill | | Glasgow | Scotland | Reference from Bellshill Speaker, 24th December 1907 | ![Item 65 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1907 | Bothwellhaugh School | Bothwell | | Glasgow | Scotland | Reference from Bellshill Speaker, 24th December 1907 | ![Item 66 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1907 | St Gilbert's Church | Pollokshields | | Glasgow | Scotland | Uncertain involvement | ![Item 67 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1908 | Bellshill Academy | Bellshill | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Added E wing | ![Item 68 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1908 | Contractors' Depot | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 69 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1909 | Boat Shed, Eaglesham Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 70 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1909 | Kinning Park Co-operative Society Building | Kinning Park | | Glasgow | Scotland | Warehouse in Coburg Street added | ![Item 71 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1909 | Notre Dame Training College | Dowanhill | | Glasgow | Scotland | In conjunction with Pugin and Pugin | ![Item 72 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1910 | Our Lady and St Margaret's RC Primary School | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 73 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1911 | Belvidere Road School | Bellshill | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | ![Item 74 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1911 | Office block for the Glasgow Patents Co | Kinning Park | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 75 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1912 | Hydepark Bakery | | | Glasgow | Scotland | 5-storey bakehouse added | ![Item 76 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1914 | Warehouse, Sussex Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | With Burnet & Boston | ![Item 77 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | Before 1917(?) | Drapery and furnishing warehouse, Glasgow Cross | | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 78 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1922 | St Constantine's RC Church | Govan | | Glasgow | Scotland | | ![Item 79 of 79](images/table_item.gif) | 1931 | Premises for James Morrison | Bridgeton | | Glasgow | Scotland | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | ![Item 1 of 2](images/table_item.gif) | Glasgow Contemporaries | 1901 | Glasgow Contemporaries at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century | | | p146 | ![Item 2 of 2](images/table_item.gif) | Who's Who in Glasgow | 1909 | | | | |
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