Basic Biographical Details

Name:	W H Howie & H D Walton
Designation:
Born:	1888
Died:	1894
Bio Notes:	William Holmes Howie was born in Helensburgh in 1858, the son of James Homes Howie, physician and his wife Mary B Stevenson who came from Kilbarchan. He was educated at Glasgow High School. He was articled to James Boucher of Boucher & Cousland from 1876 to 1881, after which he spent five months travelling in Italy. Unusually for an assistant in a practice outwith the Campbell Douglas & Sellars circle, he secured a place with John James Stevenson (1881-84), enabling him to study at the Royal Academy Schools, and was thereafter an assistant with William Young. He commenced practice in Glasgow in 1888, at first in partnership with Henry Denison Walton, who had been a fellow student at the RA Schools and a colleague in Young's office. Walton had been born at 16 Lanark Street, Glasgow on 10 November 1862, the son of John Walton, waste and flock manufacturer, and his wife Mary Denison. His father had been born in Glasgow; no family connection to George Henry Walton was known to Camilla Uytman (née Walton), although the fact that both worked on St Peter's Episcopal Church, Glasgow within a short period of each other suggests that there may have been a link. Henry Denison Walton had been educated at Paisley Grammar School and Glasgow Academy, and articled to James Milne Monro from 1877 to 1882, attending classes at Glasgow School of Art. In 1883 he had moved to London as assistant first to James Cubitt for a year, then to Robert William Edis for two years and finally to Young, for whom he had returned to Glasgow as resident architect and clerk of works on Glasgow City Chambers. During his London years, as well as studying at the Royal Academy Schools, Walton had attended classes at the Architectural Association: he had been RA Silver Medallist in 1884, Architectural Association Travelling Student in 1885 and Pugin Student in 1886. These had enabled him to travel in the Cotswolds, Germany, France, Holland, Belgium and Italy prior to commencing practice in partnership with Howie. The partnership adopted the practice title of W H Howie & H D Walton, and was initially supported by Walton's continuing role as clerk of works at the City Chambers under William Young, but was dissolved in 1894.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	131, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland	Business	1889 *

* 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):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	Alexander McKee	1877	c. 1892	Apprentice
	William Holmes Howie	1888	1894	Partner
	Henry Denison Walton	1888	1894	Partner
	John Forrest Steel (or John Forrester Steel?)	October 1891	1896	Apprentice

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 1888	Penwold House	Bridge of Weir		Renfrewshire	Scotland
	1889	St Ninian's Episcopal Church	Pollokshields		Glasgow	Scotland	Pulpit
	1891	Ravensburn	Skelmorlie		Ayrshire	Scotland	Alterations
	1891	Sheffield Municipal Buildings	Sheffield		Yorkshire	England	Competition design - not successful
	1891	Trinity UP Church	Saltcoats		Ayrshire	Scotland	Design for interior
	1892	Saltcoats Town Hall	Saltcoats		Ayrshire	Scotland	Town hall addition
	1893	Mitchell Street UP Church	Beith		Ayrshire	Scotland
	1893	St Mark's Episcopal Church			Glasgow	Scotland

References

Currently, there are no references for this . The information has been derived from: the British Architectural Library / RIBA Directory of British Architects 1834-1914; Post Office Directories; and/or any sources listed under this individual's works.