Basic Biographical Details Name: | Walter Symington Athol Gordon | Designation: | | Born: | 1879 | Died: | | Bio Notes: | Walter Symington Athol Gordon was born in 1879, was articled to Robert Rowand Anderson from 1895 to 1901, and studied under Frank Worthington Simon at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art. He worked for London-based Scot James Glen Sivewright Gibson, reaching the position of senior assistant, until 1909 when he was taken in to full partnership, along with Gibson's other senior assistant, Frank Peyton Skipwith. He did not take the qualifying exam, being admitted LRIBA on 27 February 1911, proposed by Gibson, Horace Farquharson and William Flockhart.
Skipwith enlisted in the armed forces in the First World War and was killed in action in France in September 1915, the practice continuing as Gibson & Gordon thereafter. Gordon was elected FRIBA in late 1916 or early 1917, his proposers being Gibson, Edmund Wimperis and Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth. His travels prior to that date had been limited to England. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Highland Mansion, Blackheath, London, England | Private | 1911 * | | | | 5, Old Bond Street, London, England | Business | Before 1911 | After 1916 | | | Holland Lodge(?), Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England | Private | 1916 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers
RIBARIBA ProposersRIBA Proposals
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 | | After 1909 | Ravleston Dykes Golf Clubhouse | Murrayfield | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Unspecified work on Crossways | | 1913 | Mertoun House | Mertoun | | Berwickshire | Scotland | Extension to north |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v10 no575 (microfilm reel 32); F no1609 (microfilm reel 14) |
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