Basic Biographical Details Name: | Francis ('Frank') Stirrat | Designation: | | Born: | c. 1833 | Died: | 29 March 1895 | Bio Notes: | Francis Stirrat was born c.1833 at Dalry, Ayrshire, the son of James Stirrat, wool-spinner and his wife Barbara Cochrane Miller. He supervised the building of James Hamilton's Ulster Bank in Belfast in 1857-60, but whether he had been a pupil or assistant of Kirkland when Hamilton was working for him is as yet unknown. In 1863 James Hamilton took him into partnership in charge of his Belfast office but this seems to have dissolved in 1866. Stirrat remained in practice in Belfast at Donegall Place where he was described as 'architect's surveyor', perhaps a typographical error for architect and surveyor as he was certainly in architectural practice.
Stirrat subsequently returned to Glasgow by 1879 when he won the competition for the Govanhill Burgh Hall. His practice thereafter was predominantly a south-side one but in the early 1890s he moved to Dunfermline where he died of an internal haemorrhage on 29 March 1895 at 10 Bridge Street. He had probably obtained a significant commission or employment there but this has yet to be identified.
Stirrat was unmarried. He was survived by his sister Mary who lived in Gourock. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 96, North Hanover Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | | | | | 10, Bridge Street, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | Business | | 1895 | | | 145, West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1860 | | | | Donegall Place, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Business | After 1860 | | | | 121, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1879 * | After 1891(?) | |
* 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 | | Hamilton & Stirrat | 1863 | 1866 | Partner | |
Employees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | William Leck | 1870 | c. 1875 | Apprentice | |
Buildings and Designs
ReferencesArchive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Mitchell Library | Gildard's 'Some Old Glasgow Architects' supplementary manuscript | | pp20-21 | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Research on birth and death by Iain Paterson |
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