Basic Biographical Details

Name:	Gibson, Skipwith & Gordon
Designation:
Born:	1909
Died:	1914 or 1915
Bio Notes:	James Glen Sivewright Gibson was born in Arbroath on 23 November 1861 and was the brother of Robert Gibson, civil engineer and architect, Dundee. He was articled to Ireland & Maclaren, Dundee, from 1877 to 1881, and was thereafter a draughtsman with Pearce Brothers, engineers, and then with Alexander Hutcheson. He then moved to London and worked for William Wallace, Harry Wilkinson Moore, and finally Thomas Edward Collcutt. At some point he travelled in France and Italy before commencing practice and passing the qualifying exam, both in 1889. He was admitted ARIBA, his proposers being the Dundee architect John Murray Robertson, Collcutt and James Brooks. In 1890 he entered into partnership with Samuel Bridgman Russell, also from William Wallace's office. The partnership of Gibson and Russell was dissolved in 1899. Thereafter Gibson practised in partnership with William Wallace until 1909 when he took into partnership his two senior assistants, Frank Peyton Skipwith and Walter Symington Athol Gordon. Born in 1881, Skipwith was educated at Cheam School and Neuenheim College, Heidelberg, and articled to Gibson in 1903, remaining as an assistant and studying at the Architectural Association. He did not however take the qualifying exam and was admitted LRIBA on 20 March 1911. Gordon, born in 1879, had been articled to Robert Rowand Anderson 1895-1901 and had studied under Frank Worthington Simon at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art prior to joining Gibson. Like Skipwith, Gibson did not take the qualifying exam, being elected LRIBA on 27 February 1911. Skipwith enlisted in the armed forces in the First World War and was killed in action in France in September 1915, the practice continuing as Gibson & Gordon thereafter.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	5, Old Bond Street, London, England	Business	Before 1911	1914 or 1915

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
	Oliver Frederick Savege	1909	Before 1914	Draughtsman
	James Glen Sivewright Gibson	1909	1914 or 1915	Partner
	Frank Peyton Skipwith	1909	1914 or 1915	Partner
	Walter Symington Athol Gordon	1909	1914 or 1915	Partner
	James Mollison Wilson	1910	1912 or 1913	Assistant
	(Captain) Eric Sinclair Bell	After 1912	Before 1914	Assistant

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
	After 1909	Ravleston Dykes Golf Clubhouse	Murrayfield		Edinburgh	Scotland	Unspecified work on Crossways
	1913	Mertoun House	Mertoun		Berwickshire	Scotland	Extension to north (completed by Gibson & Gordon alone)

References

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