Basic Biographical Details Name: | Dan Gibson | Designation: | | Born: | 20 September 1865 | Died: | 19 June 1907 | Bio Notes: | Dan Gibson was born in Bassingthorpe, Lincolnshire on 20 September 1865 and was articled to Smith & Broderick of Hull. About 1889 he moved to become an assistant to Richard Knill Freeman of Bolton and was sent as resident architect to Graythwaite Hall near Windermere the home Colonel Sandys. Here he met the landscape architect Thomas Hayton Mawson with whom he was later to be in partnership.
In 1892 Gibson entered the offices of Ernest George & Peto in London. Described as the "Eton of architectural practices." it attracted some of the most talented young architects of their generation, including Lutyens and Baker However a serious illness in 1893 forced Gibson to leave and he returned to Windermere to recover. Here he later set up in independent practice with W H Ward as assistant. They had met in the office of Ernest George & Peto where Ward had been an improver. Ward only remained briefly with Gibson, subsequently moving to the office of Edwin Lutyens back in London. He later set up practice on his own account.
In 1897 (according to the directories) Gibson formed a partnership with Thomas Mawson under the style Mawson & Gibson, Architects, Crescent Road, Windermere. In the years 1898-1900 they collaborated on extensive garden works and continued to work together even after the partnership was dissolved in 1899 or 1900. From about 1899 to 1902 Thomas Mawson’s son, John William Mawson, was an articled pupil. The practice still operated from Crescent Road, Windermere.
Dan Gibson died on 19 June 1907, survived by his wife, Mary (1870-1916) and his two sons, Guy Wordsworth Gibson and William Garnet Gibson. He was buried in the graveyard at Bowness-on-Windermere. His architectural practice was continued by W L Dolman who had been an assistant from 1902. He had agreed to pay Gibson’s wife one tenth of his income for 10 years and to give their elder son the opportunity to be articled to him. It is not clear if this was taken up but Gibson’s younger son, William, qualified as an architect and practiced in Windermere.
| Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Crescent Road, Windermere, Cumberland, England | Business | 1897 | | |
Employment and TrainingEmployersEmployees 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 Henry Ward | 1893 | 1894 | Assistant | | | W L Dolman | 1902 | | Assistant | |
Buildings and DesignsThis 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 | | After 1860 | Balintober Cottage | Glenmuick | | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 'Possibly' (HS) | | 1888(?) | Graythwaite Hall | Far Sawrey | | Cumberland | England | Resident architect c1899-1892. Later work following his return to Windermere | | 1898 | Dower House, Braickley | Ballater | | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | | | 1898 | Glen Tanar Estate, Boathouse and Bridge of Ess | Glentanar/Glen Tanar | | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | Architectural work in association with Mawson's garden work, including entrance to the park | | 1898 | Mount Stuart | Rothesay (near) | Bute | Bute | Scotland | Architectural work in association with Mawson's garden work including chapel in the grounds, oratories and cross and other small works of garden architecture - not executed. Stations of the Cross, Cavalry walk and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. | | c. 1898 | Glen Tanar House | Aboyne | | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | Associated with work here along with Mawson | | Before 1899 | Ballimore, Otter Ferry | Loch Fyne | | Argyll | Scotland | Architectural work in conjunction with Mawson's garden improvements | | Before 1899 | Slains Castle | | | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | Architectural work including an 'architectural carriage court' in association with garden work by Mawson | | c. 1899 | Aboyne Castle | Aboyne | | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | Entrances. avenues, carriage court, extensive lawns and gardens proposed. | | c. 1899 | Red Braes | Prestwick | | Ayrshire | Scotland | | | 1903 | Flagstaff Hill | Colwyn Bay | | | Wales | Lower Lodge and entrance | | c. 1904 | Pittencrieff Park, entrance lodges | Dunfermline | | Fife | Scotland | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Guilley, Peter (editor) | 2011 | Built from Below. British Architecture and the Vernacular | | | Chapter 6. pp99-122. Self Conscious Regionalism. Esme Whittaker | | Mawson, Thomas | 1907 | Appreciation of Dan Gibson | | | | | Mawson, Thomas H | 1927 | The Life and Works of an English Landscape Architect | | | | | Moore, Graeme | | Daniel Gibson, Architect | | | |
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