Basic Biographical Details

Name:	Gardner & Millar
Designation:
Born:	1905
Died:	1912
Bio Notes:	Alexander McInnes Gardner was born at New Kilpatrick on 21 September 1878, the son of Robert Gardner, bleach work warehouseman, and his wife Jane McInnes. He was articled to A Lindsay Miller of Glasgow in 1893, attending classes at Glasgow School of Art and winning a number of prizes and medals. In 1898 he left Lindsay Miller to work with Malcolm Stark in the Glasgow office of Stark & Rowntree as an assistant. Stark's failing health and descent into alcoholism caused the partnership to be dissolved in 1899, and Gardner moved to the office of James Miller. After two years there he re-joined Fred Rowntree in London, and after a further two years he returned to work again for James Miller in Glasgow, where he commenced practice on his own account in 1905 at 144 St Vincent Street, Glasgow in partnership with Thomas Andrew Millar, whom he had met in James Miller's office. Millar was born in 1880, educated at Glasgow Academy, articled to Baird & Thomson from 1898 to 1902 and studied at Glasgow School of Art under William James Anderson and Alexander McGibbon. He then went on a study tour of Italy for four months and returned to become a draughtsman in James Miller's office. Whilst there he made two visits to Spain, Gardner spending two months studying in Italy in autumn 1910. Both partners were admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects. In addition to their known works, Millar's nomination papers mention 'a considerabal [sic] amount of remodelling of commercial property in Glasgow'. The partnership was amicably dissolved in 1912.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	144, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland	Business	1905	1912(?)

Employment and Training

Employees or Pupils

The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	Alexander McInnes Gardner	1905	1912	Partner
	Thomas Andrew Millar	1905	1912	Draughtsman

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
	Date started	Building name	Town, district or village	Island	City or county	Country	Notes
	Late 1800s	Sea Mill	Seamill		Ayrshire	Scotland	Possibly villas by this practice
	1905	McGilvray's Buildings	Oban		Argyll	Scotland
	1905	Palace Hotel	Oban		Argyll	Scotland
	1905	Tenement, 18 Battery Place	Rothesay	Bute	Bute	Scotland
	1905	Woodlands House	Symington		Lanarkshire	Scotland
	After 1905	Rosebank	Largs		Ayrshire	Scotland	Additions
	After 1905	Westerton	Milngavie		Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Interior decoration
	c. 1905	Birkwood	Symington		Lanarkshire	Scotland	Attribution on grounds of stylistic similarity to Woodlands, Symington.
	c. 1905	Carlton	Symington		Lanarkshire	Scotland	Attribution on stylistic grounds - by comparison with Woodlands.
	1906	House at Jaegersfontein			Jaegersfontein/Jagersfontein	South Africa	Design exhibited
	1906	Lochgreen	Southwood, Troon		Ayrshire	Scotland	Executed house
	1906	Tea House, 144 St Vincent Street			Glasgow	Scotland
	1907	Bankell House	Milngavie (near)		Stirlingshire	Scotland
	1907	Boghall House	Baldernock		Stirlingshire	Scotland	Millar responsible, for himself
	1907	House for Neil A L McEachran	Thorntonhall		Lanarkshire	Scotland
	1907	Scottish National Exhibition, 1908	Saughton		Edinburgh	Scotland	Competition design - unsuccessful
	1910	The Meadow, Seamill	West Kilbride		Ayrshire	Scotland	Additions
	1910	UF Manse	Wick		Caithness	Scotland
	c. 1910	Ardnachoille	Newtonmore		Inverness-shire	Scotland
	1912	Clydebank Public Library	Clydebank		Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Won competition to secure job
	c. 1912(?)	Unspecified country house and garden					Design exhibited in 1913 but under the name of Gardner & Millar, the practice having been dissolved the previous year

References

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