Records of Charles Wilson, architect, Glasgow, Scotland
551 37
Description Records of Charles Wilson, architect, Glasgow, Scotland
Date 1841 to 1860
Collection Records of Charles Wilson, architect, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number 551 37
Category All Other
Scope and Content A large collection of office drawings, including: layout of Kelvingrove Park, 1854; Trinity College Church, 1855; Free Church Training College, 1855-6; St John's Episcopal Church, Oban, 1863; Park Circus, Glasgow, 1854; and many designs for churches, public buildings and houses. Also, specifications for buildings designed by Wilson: property on east corner of Adelphi Street and Thistle Street, and shops in Sussex Place for Proprietors of Hutcheson's Hospital, 1838; new toll house at Muir House Toll Bar, 1844.
Archive History The main body of drawings was presented to the Scottish National Building Record in 1954. A collection of specifications was presented in 1970, drawings of Kelvingrove Park layout and country houses in 1971; a watercolour of Lochton Castle was purchased in 1984.
System of Arrangement The collection is arranged by building.
Access Conditions As the collection has not yet been fully catalogued, please contact archives@hes.scot for advice on access.
Administrative History Charles Wilson (1810-63) was an architect mostly active in Glasgow and the south-west of Scotland, but who also designed a number of villas for clients in Dundee and Angus.
Accruals No further accruals are expected.
Accession Number 1971/11
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