Basic Biographical Details Name: | Frank Coutts Webster | Designation: | | Born: | 1 September 1882 | Died: | 1959(?) | Bio Notes: | Francis Coutts Webster was born on 1 September 1882 and educated at Grove Academy, Broughty Ferry, the son of William Webster, painter, and his wife Christian Watt. He was articled to the tenement architect Robert Keith in Dundee in November 1897 and remained with him for a time as assistant before transferring to the office of the civil engineer Robert Gibson in the same city. During that period he attended classes at Dundee Technical College and University College Dundee. From these menial offices he moved to Stirling c.1903 as assistant to McLuckie & Walker, and by 1904 he had obtained a place as assistant to Rowland Plumbe in London. This enabled him to study at the Royal College of Art, the AA Schools and the Brixton College of Building. He passed the qualifying exam in 1910 and was admitted ARIBA on 5 December of that year, his proposers being Plumbe, Richard Phené Spiers of the RA Schools and Arthur Beresford Pite of the RCA. He was promoted to chief assistant in Plumbe's office in 1912 but left in 1914 to take up a position on the Board of Control as Deputy to the Chief Architect, John Kirkland. By 1930 he he had been been awarded an OBE (MJ) and was FSI.
Coutts does not appear in the RIBA Kalendar for 1938-39. He must either be the Frank Webster who died in 1933 at Bishop Stortford or the Frank Webster who died in Essex in 1937. According to his granddaughter he died in either 1959 or 1960. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 111, Rock Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland | Private | 1882 * | | | | 39, Ainger Road, Primrose Hill, London NW, England | Private | 1910 * | | | | 15, Grosvenor Road, Muswell Hill, London N, England | Business(?) | 1914 * | | | | Caxton House West, Tothill Street, Westminster, London SW, England | Business | 1930 * | | In Board of Control | | 114, Grosvenor Road, Muswell Hill, London N, England | Private | 1930 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers
RIBARIBA ProposersRIBA ProposalsThis proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Charles Stuart Macnab | 17 November 1942 | for Licentiateship |
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 | | c. 1920 | Edinburgh Royal Lunatic Asylum | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Plans for outpatient clinic, teaching unit - perhaps at Royal Edinburgh? |
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 | | | | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1923 | | | | | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1926 | | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | England and Wales | Births, marriages and deaths | | | | National Archives (via Scotlands People) | Statutory births | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A v19 no2133 (microfilm reel 20); F no2829 (box 12) |
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