Basic Biographical Details Name: | Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie | Designation: | | Born: | 25 August 1900 | Died: | 13 July 1970 | Bio Notes: | Perhaps the first female architect in regular professional practice in Scotland, Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie (originally Isabella Hogg Beattie) was born on 25 August 1900, the daughter of Lewis Beattie, farmer, and his wife, Alice Walker Kerr. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art from October 1921, gaining the 'old' diploma in June 1926. Four months later she joined an unidentified office where she worked for a year. From 1928 to 1929 she practised independently, but in October of the latter year she returned to Edinburgh College of Art, obtaining a further diploma the following June. During her college years she spent her holidays measuring and sketching in England and Scotland, her tours embracing Oxford, Cambridge, Norfolk, Yorkshire, Hexham, Carlisle, the Scottish Borders, Edinburgh, Melrose, Elgin and Glasgow. She was admitted ARIBA in mid-1931, her proposers being John Begg, Charles Denny Carus-Wilson and Frank Charles Mears. By that time she had joined the firm of Jamieson & Arnott in Edinburgh. Later in the 1930s she worked from an office at 47 Castle Street, Dumfries, thought to be the same address as that from which she was working on her own account during her brief period of independent practice in the late 1920s. She remained there until at least 1964. She did a great deal of work for the Buccleuch estate, and lived in a 30s house designed by herself.
She never married, and died at Sibbaldbieldside Farm, Applegarth after an illness on 13 July 1970. Her papers were dispersed. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 47, Castle Street, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland | Business | c. 1928 | After 1964 | | | Moniaive, Middlebie, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland | Private | 1931 * | | | | The Breconrae, Dumfriesshire, Scotland | Private/business(?) | 1939 | | | | The Thrushwood, Mouswald, Dumfriesshire, Scotland | Private/business | 1950 * | After 1970 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Auldjo Jamieson & Arnott | 1931 * | | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
RIBARIBA Proposers
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Municipal Annual | 1964 | Scottish Municipal Annual | 1964-1965 | | | | RIBA | 1939 | The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Dumfries and Galloway Standard | 15 July 1970 | | | Obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Information on Dumfries practice from Ben Tindall. | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no4670 (combined box 28) |
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