Basic Biographical Details Name: | Paul Waterhouse | Designation: | | Born: | 29 October 1861 | Died: | 19 December 1924 | Bio Notes: | Paul Waterhouse was born in Manchester on 29 October 1861 and educated at Eton. He was articled to his father Alfred Waterhouse in 1880, but broke his apprenticeship to go to Balliol, Oxford, from which he graduated MA in Classics. He returned to his father's office, 1884-1887, remaining as an assistant. During that period he won the RIBA Silver Medal in 1886 and followed in his father's footsteps in France, Belgium and Italy. He passed the qualifying exam in 1888, and was admitted ARIBA on 11 March 1889, his proposers being his father, Arthur Blomfield and George Aitchison. Admission to Fellow followed very quickly on 11 March 1895, his proposers being his father, Sir William Emerson, Benjamin Ingelow and Ernest George. He had been made a partner by his father four years previously in 1891.
Alfred Waterhouse died at the country house he had built for himself in 1878, Yattendon, Berkshire, on 22 September 1905. Paul continued the practice and took his son Michael Theodore Waterhouse into partnership in 1919.
Paul Waterhouse died at Yattendon on 19 December 1924 when his last work in Scotland, the Younger Hall in St Andrews, was only at the design stage. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 20, New Cavendish Street, London W, England | Business | Before 1888 | After 1904 | | | Green End, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England | Private | 1914 * | | | | Staple Inn Buildings, Holborn, London WC, England | Business | Before 1914 | After 1923 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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RIBARIBA ProposersRIBA ProposalsThis proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Thomas Cooper | 29 February 1904 | for Fellowship | | Charles William English | 19 December 1910 | for Licentiateship | | Ramsay Traquair | 5 March 1900 | for Associateship |
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 | | 1886 | Alloa Town Hall and library, Marshill | Alloa | | Clackmannanshire | Scotland | As assistant to his father Alfred Waterhouse, prior to partnership | | 1895 | Prudential Assurance Building | | | Dundee | Scotland | | | 1895 | Prudential Assurance Company Buildings | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1896 | Arnsbrae, Cambus | Alloa | | Clackmannanshire | Scotland | Addition to house, including service court | | 1900 | Glasgow Royal Infirmary | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Competition design - unplaced | | 1902 | Mount Melville House | St Andrews | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1902 | Mount Melville, stables | St Andrews | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1902 | Mount Melville, walled garden with orchard | | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1902 | Mount Melville, west lodge | St Andrews | | Fife | Scotland | | | c. 1902 | University of Leeds | Leeds | | Yorkshire | England | Extensions | | c. 1902 | University of Liverpool | | | Liverpool | England | Extensions | | c. 1902 | University of Manchester | Chorlton-on-Medlock | | Manchester | England | Extensions | | 1909 | Prudential Assurance Company building | | | Aberdeen | Scotland | | | 1910 | Mount Melville House | St Andrews | | Fife | Scotland | Formal garden, including summerhouse, bridge and island buildings | | 1913 | Prudential Assurance Co | Dunfermline | | Fife | Scotland | Design | | 1919 | All Saints Episcopal Church | St Andrews | | Fife | Scotland | Nave added | | 1919 | University of St Andrews Old Students Union Building | St Andrews | | Fife | Scotland | Improvements, and alteration to top of stair tower | | 1920 | Mount Melville Estate, Prospect Row Cottages | | | Fife | Scotland | | | c. 1920 | Mount Melville, island buildings | | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1921 | Castle Wynd House | St Andrews | | Fife | Scotland | Remodelling of Castle Wynd House and hall with Doric columned cloister as entrance to chancel and church of All Saints | | 1921 | St Gregory's (flatted fishermen's housing) | St Andrews | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1923 | Younger Hall | St Andrews | | Fife | Scotland | | | Before 1924 | Mount Melville, factor's residence | | | Fife | Scotland | | | Before 1924(?) | St Regulus | St Andrews | | Fife | Scotland | Additions (HS gives 'Paul Whitehouse' - surely an error?) | | Before 1924(?) | University of St Andrews, St Salvator's Hall | St Andrews | | Fife | Scotland | Preliminary scheme; not liked by the Principal or the University Court; paid abandonment fee and John Donald Mills commissioned |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | Includes list of other sources | | Gray, A Stuart | 1985 | Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary | | | | | Pride, Glen L | 1999 | The Kingdom of Fife | 2nd Edition | The Rutland Press | p13, p130, p137 | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA Journal | 10 January 1925 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p141-143 Obituary by Sir Aston Webb | | RIBA Journal | 24 January 1925 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p192 Obituary |
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