Basic Biographical Details

Name: Watson, Salmond & Gray
Designation:  
Born: 1914
Died: After 1947
Bio Notes: John Watson was born in Glasgow in 1872, the son of Joseph Watson, licensed grocer, and Hannah Peacock. He was articled to John Hamilton in Glasgow from 1887 to 1893, studying at Glasgow School of Art (1888 to 1894) and the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. Having won a Royal Academy 'bone' (an inscribed ivory plaque) which provided free admission to the Royal Academy Schools, he moved to London as assistant to Niven & Wigglesworth where he remained until 1897. After a study tour of Italy he commenced practice at 231 St Vincent Street in Glasgow in 1898.

In the following year Watson took into partnership a younger colleague at Niven & Wigglesworth's, David Salmond. Salmond was born in 1876, the son of David Salmond, described as an 'agent' and his wife, Hannah Kennedy Millar, who were prominent in literary and musical circles in Glasgow and South Africa where the elder Salmond had business connections. He was articled to John Gordon in Glasgow from 1891 to 1896 and attended classes at Glasgow School of Art under William James Anderson and at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. After the period of his apprenticeship he spent a year with Niven & Wigglesworth before leaving for South Africa, perhaps with a view to settling there; but following the outbreak of the Boer War he returned to Glasgow where he worked briefly in various as yet unidentified offices before joining Watson in partnership.

Both partners were admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects, which they had joined in 1907. Watson soon sought elevation to Fellow, and was elected on 2 December 1912, his lead proposer being Henry Edward Clifford with whom they shared an office and assistants, the others being James Miller and William Gardner Rowan. Salmond was admitted FRIBA on 9 June 1913, his proposers being Clifford, Alexander Nisbet Paterson and Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth.

In 1914 Watson & Salmond took into partnership another employee of Niven & Wigglesworth, James Henry Gray (born 1885), the practice having won the competition for the extension of Glasgow City Chambers. It was for this accomplished French Renaissance design that in 1927 the firm, renamed Watson, Salmond & Gray, was awarded the first RIBA Scottish Architecture medal for the best city building completed within the preceding five years. Much of the work of the practice was in Glasgow but further afield they won commissions for factories and other works in the Midlands and the south west of Scotland.

Gray was born in Glasgow in 1885 of old Quaker stock and was educated at Bootham School, York, where he excelled on the football field. In 1903 he was articled to Fred Rowntree, also a member of the Society of Friends, who had been based in London since the dissolution of his partnership with Malcolm Stark in 1899. In 1906 he moved to Glasgow as assistant to Alexander Nisbet Paterson of Campbell Douglas & Paterson, enabling him to study at the Glasgow School of Architecture. He returned to London in 1909, joining Niven & Wigglesworth as assistant. He passed the qualifying exam in 1910 and was admitted ARIBA on 27 February 1911, his proposers being Wigglesworth, Niven and Rowntree. From 1912 to 1914 he worked as assistant with Watson & Salmond in Glasgow, before being taken into partnership.

In 1925 Henry Edward Clifford retired and his practice was merged with that of Watson Salmond & Gray, making them architects to the Victoria Infirmary.

Watson was active in professional circles: he served on the RIBA Council and as an external examiner, was elected ARSA in 1929, and was President of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts (1915-18) and of Glasgow Art Club (1931-32), Deacon of the Incorporation of Wrights and Governor of Glasgow School of Art. He retired c. 1932, partly due to ill-health and partly to give more time to RIAS business: he was President when he died of a cerebral haemorrhage in the Victoria Infirmary on 24 August 1936. His address at that date was 12 Northland Drive, Scotstoun. He had been twice married: first to Elizabeth Cumming, and later to Margaret Pollock Spence.

Salmond, who was fairly well off, had retired early in 1933 to concentrate on his musical interests, being among other things on the management committee for the Scottish Orchestra, but his retirement was brief as he died at his home, Auchlyne, Fairlie, on 1 September 1938. He left moveable estate of £10,126 4s 9d in the UK and was survived by his wife Dorothy Gamble Herbert.

Salmond's place as partner was taken in 1934 by Watson's son, John Watson, Junior. Born in 1903, from 1920 he had been articled to Burnet Son & Dick where he worked on the Zoology Building at the University of Glasgow, and where Sir John Burnet, a friend of his father, had taken a personal interest in his development. While at Burnet's Watson Junior studied at the Glasgow School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Technical College. There he won several medals and bursaries, including a minor scholarship which enabled him to spend four weeks in France in 1924-25, and the John Keppie Travelling Scholarship which funded a year's study in Italy, France and Spain in 1925-26. In 1926 he settled in London as a senior draughtsman to Niven & Wigglesworth, but because of the dissolution of that partnership he moved in the following year to the office of Sir John William Simpson, and in 1929 to that of Emanuel Vincent Harris. Whilst with Harris, he travelled again to Italy, and to Sicily and the south of France, for seven weeks in 1930; and served as editor of the RIAS Quarterly in 1931 and 1932. He enjoyed his London years and it was with some regret that he returned to Glasgow with a view to taking up the partnership vacated by Salmond's departure.

In 1936 Gray became seriously ill and his health did not recover. He died at Strone on 17 August 1938, leaving moveable estate of £5830 12s 11d. His usual address at that date was 27 Heriot Street, Pollokshields. John Watson Junior then became sole partner at the age of 35 having been effectively in full charge of the practice since 1936, and at about that time he took over the practice of Alexander Nisbet Paterson on his retirement.

Watson Junior was a convinced classicist of the late Burnet-Vincent Harris school throughout his career. He was elected FRIBA on 16 November 1943, his proposers being William James Smith, John Stewart, A N Paterson and Andrew Graham Henderson. At that time his office was at 111 Union Street, Glasgow and he was living at Old Mains, Cadzow Avenue, Giffnock, a fine mid-18th-century country house which he had, with characteristic determination, rescued from demolition when its grounds became an exclusive housing estate. He was an important collector of Glasgow School paintings and architectural books throughout his life, and he and his much taller English wife Beryl were most generous hosts. Their later years were clouded by the death of their architect son who died while still a student.

Watson Junior retired c.1970 as a result of pneumonia which left him with a damaged heart. He and his wife then gave up their house at Giffnock and moved to a large flat at Netherlee. He died in 1977 and was survived by his wife.

In the late 1970s there were three partners in the practice William MacDonald, John McBride and Archie Crawford. By the 1980s MacDonald seems to have left. Besides the jobs listed they undertook restoration work for the National Trust for Scotland and the Trustees of Dollar Academy, housing rehabilitation work for Glasgow District Council and acted as environmental consultants for the Scottish Development Agency. They were also architects for Scottish & newcastle Breweries, William Grant & Son Ltd, William Teacher Ltd and Arthur Guiness, Glasgow.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 3242, West George Street, Glasgow, ScotlandBusiness1914c. 1934 
Item 2 of 3111|11, Union Street, Glasgow, ScotlandBusinessBefore 1943After 1966Listed in the Builder of September 1950 as being the Central Station Buildings
Item 3 of 3245, North Street, Glasgow, ScotlandBusiness1970 *After 1975 

* earliest date known from documented sources.

Employment and Training

Employees or Pupils

The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate fromDate toPositionNotes
Item 1 of 23Irvine Macdonald Murray  Apprentice 
Item 2 of 23William Ross1914(?)Before 1920(?)Assistant(?)It is unclear whether Ross remained with the practice after Gray had been taken into partnership
Item 3 of 23John Watson1914c. 1933Partner 
Item 4 of 23David Salmond1914Early 1933Partner 
Item 5 of 23James Henry Gray19141936Partner 
Item 6 of 23Norval Rowallan PaxtonLate 19141 January 1916Draughtsman 
Item 7 of 23Henry Hubbard (or Harry Hubbard)19171918Assistant 
Item 8 of 23Alexander Ernest Christian Lipp19181924Apprentice 
Item 9 of 23Robert Brodie1919 Assistant 
Item 10 of 23Allan Pollock McKenzie BuchananFebruary 1919 Assistant 
Item 11 of 23Norval Rowallan Paxton1 June 191920 March 1920Draughtsman 
Item 12 of 23Robert Scott SkillingMarch 1920December 1920Assistant 
Item 13 of 23Albert Dick Cordiner15 August 19226 September 1926Apprentice 
Item 14 of 23James N TudhopeBefore 1924After 1930Assistant(?) 
Item 15 of 23Charles Findlater Reid1 April 192531 January 1929Assistant 
Item 16 of 23John Watson (junior)1934After 1970PartnerSole partner from 1938
Item 17 of 23Donald Forbes Armstrong19351939Assistant 
Item 18 of 23James Docherty1939After 1943Assistant 
Item 19 of 23Donald Forbes Armstrong1945 Assistant 
Item 20 of 23William MacDonald1970 * Partner 
Item 21 of 23Ian Alexander Sinclair1970 * Partner 
Item 22 of 23John Crowe McBride1970After 1981Partner 
Item 23 of 23Archibald CrawfordBefore 1970After 1994Partner 

* earliest date known from documented sources.

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 1311914Glasgow Municipal Buildings  GlasgowScotlandWon competition (under earlier title of Watson & Salmond) to secure job for extension. Begun but never completed
Item 2 of 1311919Davidson Memorial Cottage HospitalGirvan AyrshireScotland 
Item 3 of 1311920202 Bath Street  GlasgowScotlandAlterations
Item 4 of 131June 1920House for Herr OswaldMilngavie DunbartonshireScotlandChauffeur's cottage
Item 5 of 131c. 1920Methodist HallsMaryhill GlasgowScotlandHS attribution
Item 6 of 1311921Glasgow Municipal Buildings  GlasgowScotlandScheme for enlargement of council chamber with giant Corinthian portico on George Square, to match Banqueting Hall on George Street and to complement Burnet's war memorial; canvas mock-up proposed by council which Watson declined to agree to; unexecuted
Item 7 of 1311922Castle LevanGourock RenfrewshireScotlandSurvey and alterations
Item 8 of 1311922Cathkin HouseCarmunnock LanarkshireScotlandAlterations including entrance door
Item 9 of 1311922Pollokshields Free ChurchPollokshields GlasgowScotlandAlterations and additions
Item 10 of 1311922Waverley CinemaShawlands Cross GlasgowScotland 
Item 11 of 1311923GracefieldPrestwick AyrshireScotland 
Item 12 of 131October 1923Bungalow for Charles GrayBridge of Weir RenfrewshireScotland 
Item 13 of 131December 1923Eastern District Hospital, Nurses' Home  GlasgowScotlandExtension
Item 14 of 1311925Cathcart Established Church and manse  GlasgowScotlandCompletion to Clifford's design
Item 15 of 1311925Philipshill Auxiliary HospitalThorntonhall LanarkshireScotland 
Item 16 of 1311925Victoria InfirmaryLangside GlasgowScotlandCompletion of new ward pavilion designed by H E Clifford
Item 17 of 1311927101-103 St Vincent Street  GlasgowScotlandNew shop front
Item 18 of 1311927Glenfeulan, chauffeur's cottageShandon DunbartonshireScotland 
Item 19 of 1311927House for Mrs GrayTayvallich ArgyllScotland 
Item 20 of 1311928Philipshill Auxiliary Hospital, nurses' homeThorntonhall GlasgowScotland 
Item 21 of 1311928Scottish Ice Rink  GlasgowScotland 
Item 22 of 1311929Glasgow Academy  GlasgowScotlandScience block
Item 23 of 1311929House at WhitecraigsWhitecraigs GlasgowScotland 
Item 24 of 1311929Unspecified bank and offices   ScotlandCompetition design (presumably)
Item 25 of 1311930Victoria InfirmaryLangside GlasgowScotlandPaying patients' annexe
Item 26 of 1311930Victoria Infirmary, private annexeLangside GlasgowScotland 
Item 27 of 1311931Philipshill Auxiliary Hospital, John Innes Memorial ChapelThorntonhall LanarkshireScotland 
Item 28 of 1311934Biscuit Factory of Gray, Dunn & Co, Kinning ParkKinning Park GlasgowScotlandSouth block
Item 29 of 1311934ChurchParkhead GlasgowScotland 
Item 30 of 1311934Glasgow Academy  GlasgowScotlandExtensive additions, including 18 classrooms, large library, gymnasium, ancillary and administrative accommodation, monumental entrance gateway with two janitors' houses - steel-framed
Item 31 of 1311934Victoria Infirmary, nurses' homeLangside GlasgowScotlandExtension
Item 32 of 1311935National Bank of Scotland, St Enoch Square  GlasgowScotlandReconstruction and new banking hall
Item 33 of 1311935Scottish Ice RinkCrossmyloof GlasgowScotland 
Item 34 of 1311935Victoria InfirmaryLangside GlasgowScotlandPaying patients annexe and nurses home both extended
Item 35 of 1311935Victoria Infirmary, private annexeLangside GlasgowScotlandExtension
Item 36 of 1311935Victoria Infirmary, X-ray department and private wingLangside GlasgowScotland 
Item 37 of 13119363, 4 and 5 Claremont Terrace  GlasgowScotlandAlterations to no 3 for Woodland Nursing Home
Item 38 of 1311936British Linen Bank, Orchardhill Church branchGiffnock RenfrewshireScotlandReconstruction and additions
Item 39 of 1311936House for Miss SomervilleHelensburgh DunbartonshireScotland 
Item 40 of 1311938British Linen BankDunoon ArgyllScotlandReconstruction
Item 41 of 1311938British Linen Bank, WishawWishaw LanarkshireScotlandReconstruction and additions
Item 42 of 1311938Glasgow Academy  GlasgowScotlandReconstruction of main building, dormers on main elevation, new east façade, lodges and claire voyee railing on Holland Street
Item 43 of 1311938Victoria InfirmaryLangside GlasgowScotlandScheme for future extension
Item 44 of 1311939British Linen BankLesmahagow LanarkshireScotland 
Item 45 of 1311939Hairmyres Emergency HospitalEast Kilbride LanarkshireScotland 
Item 46 of 1311939Maukinhill Filter StationGreenockRenfrewshireScotland  
Item 47 of 1311939Millport Emergency HospitalMillportGreat CumbraeButeScotland 
Item 48 of 1311939National Bank of Scotland, Dalmarnock Road  GlasgowScotland 
Item 49 of 1311939The GarrisonMillportGreat CumbraeButeScotlandConversion to St Andrews Emergency Hospital
Item 50 of 1311939Victoria InfirmaryLangside GlasgowScotlandAdaptation of ground floor of north west pavilion for outpatients department. Other additions?
Item 51 of 1311939Victoria Infirmary, kitchensLangside GlasgowScotlandReconstruction and additions
Item 52 of 1311940Philipshill Auxiliary HospitalThorntonhall LanarkshireScotlandExtension
Item 53 of 1311940Victoria Infirmary, boiler houseLangside GlasgowScotland 
Item 54 of 1311944Grogarry Lodge South UistInverness-shireScotlandAdditions
Item 55 of 1311944Property, Hamilton RoadCambuslang LanarkshireScotland 
Item 56 of 1311944The Devon Bar  GlasgowScotlandAlterations
Item 57 of 1311945Premises, Torrisdale Street  GlasgowScotlandAlterations and additions
Item 58 of 1311946Centre Street Grain Mills  GlasgowScotlandSurvey and alterations
Item 59 of 1311947Bank of England, St Vincent Place  GlasgowScotlandProposed alterations and additions
Item 60 of 1311947Victoria InfirmaryLangside GlasgowScotlandOutpatient and casualty block - design (executed 1966)
Item 61 of 1311948Bakery for R A Peacock and Son  GlasgowScotlandAlterations and additions
Item 62 of 1311949Storage Buildings for Thomas Ballantyne & Co, Dobbies Loan  Glasgow  
Item 63 of 1311950British Linen Bank, Great Western Road  GlasgowScotlandArchitects for alterations and additions
Item 64 of 1311950Factory for John Drummond & Co Ltd, Caird's ShipyardCaird's Shipyard GreenockScotlandTo prepare plans
Item 65 of 1311950Factory for John Mitchell & Co Ltd, Caird's ShipyardCaird's Shipyard GreenockScotlandTo prepare plans
Item 66 of 1311950Protestant Secondary School, Pollock SchemePollock GlasgowScotland 
Item 67 of 1311950Public School, No 2 Pollock SitePollock GlasgowScotlandTo prepare plans
Item 68 of 1311950School, PollockPollock GlasgowScotland 
Item 69 of 1311950Senior Secondary School, Pollock No 2 SitePollock GlasgowScotland 
Item 70 of 1311951Biscuit Factory of Gray, Dunn & Co, Kinning ParkKinning Park GlasgowScotlandAdditions and alterations
Item 71 of 1311951Gartloch Mental Hospital, Block of HousesGartloch GlasgowScotland 
Item 72 of 1311951Offices and Workshops for Osbourne and Hunter Ltd, North Fredrick Street  GlasgowScotland 
Item 73 of 1311952Buildings, Sauchiehall Street  GlasgowScotlandTo prepare plans for alterations and additions
Item 74 of 1311952Premises of James Aitchison & Co (Glasgow) Ltd, Cheapside Street  GlasgowScotlandTo prepare plans for reconstruction and additions
Item 75 of 1311952Premises of Malga Products Ltd, Muirend Avenue WorksClarkston East RenfrewshireScotlandAlterations
Item 76 of 1311953Biscuit Factory of Gray, Dunn & Co, Kinning ParkKinning Park GlasgowScotlandPlans in hand for extension
Item 77 of 1311953Factory for Scottish Industrial Estates Ltd, ThornliebankThornliebank East RenfrewshireScotlandPlans in hand for new factory block
Item 78 of 1316 March 1953Commercial garage and storage buildings, Jessie Street  GlasgowScotlandNew buildings
Item 79 of 13110 April 1953School, Old Crookston Farm Site  GlasgowScotlandTo prepare plans for new school
Item 80 of 13119 June 1953Premises of G.D. & Co Ltd  GlasgowScotlandAdditions and alterations
Item 81 of 13125 September 1953Premises of WB Dick and Co Ltd, Crownpoint RoadDennistoun GlasgowScotlandPlans in hand for alterations and additions
Item 82 of 1311957Cardross Crematorium and CardrossCardross DunbartonshireScotland 
Item 83 of 13115 March 1957Victoria Infirmary, laboratory etcLangside GlasgowScotlandper Builder p523
Item 84 of 1311958Store For A Guiness & SonsFinnieston Glasgow Survey
Item 85 of 1317 November 1958Office and store for Messrs Arthur Guinness, Son & Co (Park Royal) Ltd  GlasgowScotlandper Builder p773
Item 86 of 1317 November 1958Philipshill Auxiliary Hospital, nurses' homeThorntonhall GlasgowScotlandper Builder p773
Item 87 of 1317 November 1958St Augustine's RC Junior Secondary SchoolCoatbridge LanarkshireScotlandper Builder p805
Item 88 of 1311960sBritish Linen BankAyr AyrshireScotland 
Item 89 of 1311960sBritish Linen BankPrestwick AyrshireScotland 
Item 90 of 1311960sBritish Linen BankMotherwell LanarkshireScotland 
Item 91 of 1311960sBrodick CastleBrodickArranButeScotlandRestoration
Item 92 of 1311960sCairds Yard FactoryGreenock RenfrewshireScotland 
Item 93 of 1311960sCaledonian Insurance Building  EdinburghScotlandAlterations? additions?
Item 94 of 1311960sCaledonian Insurance Company Offices  LondonEngland 
Item 95 of 1311960sCarntyne Industrial EstateCarntyne GlasgowScotland 
Item 96 of 1311960sCooperage for Teachers (Distillers) Ltd  GlasgowScotland 
Item 97 of 1311960sCraigbank Senior Secondary School  GlasgowScotland 
Item 98 of 1311960sFactory for Gray Dunn  GlasgowScotland 
Item 99 of 1311960sGovan District AsylumGovan GlasgowScotlandTreatment block; laboratoy block, mortuary, units for intensive case and paraplegics, twin theatre unit. (Some or all of these - the RIBA Directory is vague.)
Item 100 of 1311960sHolmwood HouseCathcart GlasgowScotlandRestoration
Item 101 of 1311960sIndustrial EstateKilwinning AyrshireScotland 
Item 102 of 1311960sOffices for Arthur Guiness  GlasgowScotland 
Item 103 of 1311960sOffices for P & W MacLellan  GlasgowScotland 
Item 104 of 1311960sPremises of John G Kincaid & Co Ltd (Engineers), East Hamilton StreetGreenock RenfrewshireScotlandNew works? extension to old works?
Item 105 of 1311960sResidential Spastics SchoolLittle Corseford, Johnstone RenfrewshireScotland 
Item 106 of 1311960sRoyal Bank of ScotlandRutherglen LanarkshireScotland 
Item 107 of 1311960sRoyal Bank of ScotlandGreenock RenfrewshireScotland 
Item 108 of 1311960sRoyal Bank of ScotlandDumfries DumfreisshireScotland 
Item 109 of 1311960sSt Margaret Mary's RC Senior Secondary School  GlasgowScotland 
Item 110 of 1311960sThornliebank Industrial EstateThornliebank GlasgowScotland 
Item 111 of 1311960sVictoria InfirmaryLangside GlasgowScotlandTreatment block; laboratory block, mortuary, units for intensive case and paraplegics (Philipshill paraplegic unit), twin theatre unit. Also coronary unit, ward upgrading, occupational therapy unit.
Item 112 of 13119624-6 George Street  EdinburghScotland 
Item 113 of 131Before 1964(?)Dollar Academy, Playfair blockDollar ClackmannanshireScotlandRestoration
Item 114 of 1311968Dumfries HouseCumnock (near) AyrshireScotlandRestoration. Dining room (proposed reduction in size, not carried out, coffering in Venetian window alcove which was executed)
Item 115 of 131Before 1975Guardian Assurance Office  GlasgowScotland 
Item 116 of 131Before 1975Office for F S Assurance  GlasgowScotland 
Item 117 of 131Before 1975Office for the Woolwich Equitable  GlasgowScotland 
Item 118 of 131c. 1975Barony Parochial AsylumLenzie LanarkshireScotlandUpgrading and modernisation.
Item 119 of 131c. 1975City of Glasgow District Asylum for Pauper LunaticsGartcosh GlasgowScotlandUpgrading and modernisation.
Item 120 of 131c. 1975FactoryGirvan AyrshireScotland 
Item 121 of 131c. 1975Factory for SIECLarkfield LanarkshireScotland 
Item 122 of 131c. 1975Stoneyetts Hospital, WoodileeLenzie DunbartonshireScotlandUpgrading and modernisation.
Item 123 of 131Before 1981Bank of Scotland  GlasgowScotland 
Item 124 of 131Before 1981Bank of ScotlandOban ArgyllScotland 
Item 125 of 131Before 1981Castlemilk Secondary School  GlasgowScotland 
Item 126 of 131Before 1981Factory for Adam Fleck BakeriesDrumchapel  Scotland 
Item 127 of 131Before 1981Factory for Rowntree Mackintosh   Scotland 
Item 128 of 131Before 1981Factory for the Scottish Development Agency   Scotland 
Item 129 of 131Before 1981Royal Bank of ScotlandPaisley RenfrewshireScotland 
Item 130 of 131Before 1981Royal Bank of ScotlandMotherwell LanarkshireScotland 
Item 131 of 1311987St Andrew's RC ChurchBearsden GlasgowScotlandWith Archie Crawford as project architect/partner in charge

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Murray, Ian (parts written by John Watson Junior) The Victoria Infirmary of Glasgow 1890-1938  pp87-8

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this :
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 27Builder4 September 1936  Obituary of Watson Senior
Item 2 of 27Builder9 September 1938  Obituary of Salmond
Item 3 of 27Builder4 March 1949  p288
Item 4 of 27Builder24 November 1950  p550
Item 5 of 27Builder8 December 1950  p617
Item 6 of 27Builder17 February 1950  p246
Item 7 of 27Builder17 March 1950  p375
Item 8 of 27Builder31 March 1950  p438
Item 9 of 27Builder14 July 1950  p77
Item 10 of 27Builder29 September 1950  p379
Item 11 of 27Builder5 January 1951  p27
Item 12 of 27Builder4 May 1951  p640
Item 13 of 27Builder31 August 1951  p307
Item 14 of 27Builder28 March 1952  p500
Item 15 of 27Builder29 August 1952  p313
Item 16 of 27Builder6 March 1953  p400
Item 17 of 27Builder10 April 1953  p581
Item 18 of 27Builder15 May 1953  p776
Item 19 of 27Builder19 June 1953  p969
Item 20 of 27Builder11 September 1953  p413
Item 21 of 27Builder25 September 1953  p485
Item 22 of 27Glasgow Herald24 August 1936  Obituary of Watson Senior
Item 23 of 27Glasgow Herald25 August 1937  Obituary of Watson Senior
Item 24 of 27Glasgow Herald3 September 1939  Obituary of Salmond
Item 25 of 27RIAS Quarterly1927 Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS)pp32-40 (Report of RIBA street architecture medal award for extension)
Item 26 of 27RIBA Journal20 March 1937v44London: Royal Institute of British Architectsp 516 - obituary of Watson Senior
Item 27 of 27RIBA Journal15 August 1938 London: Royal Institute of British ArchitectsObituary of Gray p943-4