Records of Findlay, Stewart and Robbie, architects, Dundee, Scotland

Description Records of Findlay, Stewart and Robbie, architects, Dundee, Scotland

Date 1867 to 1930

Collection Records of Findlay, Stewart and Robbie, architects, Dundee, Scotland

Catalogue Number 551 150

Category All Other

Scope and Content A large collection of office drawings for work mainly in the Dundee area. Projects include the new market, Royal Exchange, Dundee, 1881, and the Technical Institute, Dundee, 1886. Domestic work includes villas in the surrounding suburbs of West Ferry, Broughty Ferry and Lochee, 1874-1902. The collection includes drawings for Castleroy, 1867, and Fairfield House, 1870, produced while Robertson was still employed by Heiton. Later projects include J Pullar and Sons works, Perth, 1901, Medical School, University College, Dundee, 1902, and proposed additions to Rock KNowe, Broughty, 1919.

Archive History Presented by Mr H P Robbie, 1966 (Acc No 1968/8).

System of Arrangement The collection is arranged by building.

Access Conditions Please consult staff regarding terms of access.

Administrative History John Murray Robertson (1844-1901) worked at first for the Perth architect Andrew Heiton, before setting up his own practice in Dundee in 1873. Active mainly in the Dundee area, his work includes commercial and industrial buildings in the city, and numerous villas in its suburbs, West Ferry and Broughty Ferry. After Robertson's death, the practice was continued by his former draughtsman, James Findlay, and the latter's partners, David Smith, Nelson T Stewart, and Henry Pearce Robbie. For a detailed account, see http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=200015 and http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=202751

Accruals No further accruals are expected.

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