Robert Alexander Bryden
Robert Alexander Bryden | |
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 Bryden towards the end of his life | |
| Born | 7 July 1841 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Died | 14 April 1906 (aged 64) Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation | Architect |
Robert Alexander Bryden (7 July 1841 – 14 April 1906) was a Scottish architect, prominent in the second half of the 19th century. He was mainly active in the west of Scotland, where he designed schools, churches and municipal buildings.
Early life[edit]
Bryden was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 7 July 1841, the son of Robert Bryden and Margaret Ramage.[1]
He was educated at Arthur's Academy in Dunoon, Argyll, and Kirkcaldy Grammar School.[1]
Career[edit]
In the 1860s, he was an apprentice at Glasgow-based practice Clarke & Bell, of whom he became a partner around 1875.[1][2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1878.[1]
Selected works[edit]
Selected works include:[3]
- Dunoon Burgh Hall (1873)[4][5][6]
- St Cuthbert's Church, Dunoon (1874; now demolished)[7]
- St John's Church, Dunoon (1876)
- Dunoon Infants' School (1880)
- Broughton Parish Church (rebuilding; 1886)
- Seafield Children's Hospital (rebuilding; 1888)
- Lanarkshire Regimental Drill Hall, Glasgow (1894)[8]
- Dunoon Pier and offices (rebuilding; 1896)
- Sir Charles Cameron Memorial Fountain, Glasgow (1896) – the clocktower dome of the fountain
Personal life[edit]
Bryden married Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of Alexander Robertson. They had at least one child, a son named Andrew Francis Stewart Bryden (21 October 1876 – 23 February 1917), who also became a noted architect and a Fellow of RIBA.[9][1][10] For the final few years of Bryden Sr.'s life, the two worked as partners.[1]
Death[edit]
Bryden died in Glasgow on 14 April 1906, aged 64.[11] He is interred in Dunoon Cemetery,[1][7] half a mile to the north of Dunoon Burgh Hall, one of his designs. He is believed to be the subject of the building's stained-glass window.[12]
References[edit]
- Specific
- ^ a b c d e f g Robert Alexander Bryden at ScottishArchitects.org.uk
- ^ Clarke & Bell & R. A. Bryden – Dictionary of Scottish Architects
- ^ Robert Alexander Bryden
- ^ "Jenny Hunter: Halls worth restoring for good of the community" - The Scotsman, 3 August 2017
- ^ "Robert Mapplethorpe show heads to remote Scottish town of Dunoon" - The Guardian, 24 March 2012
- ^ Dunoon Burgh Hall - Page Park architectural practice
- ^ a b Hooray - Dunoon Burgh Hall, June 2017
- ^ Lanarkshire Regimental Drill Hall, 21 Jardine Street, Glasgow - Historic Environment Scotland
- ^ Andrew Francis Stewart Bryden at ScottishArchitects.org.uk
- ^ Page 872 of The Edinburgh Gazette, 17 August 1906
- ^ RIBA Journal, Volume 13 (1906)
- ^ Stained Glass – Dunoon Burgh Hall
- General
- Acknowledgment of Bryden as the architect of the former Pearl Association Building (now the Radisson Glasgow)
- Quarriers Homes CAA Draft Report - Inverclyde Council
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