Basic Biographical Details Name: | William Harvey Ross | Designation: | | Born: | 1851 | Died: | | Bio Notes: | William Harvey Ross was born in 1851 and articled to Campbell Douglas & Stevenson in 1865. He remained with Douglas after John James Stevenson withdrew from the partnership in 1868, and attended classes at Glasgow School of Art under A D Robertson throughout his apprenticeship, as well as spending three weeks sketching and measuring in Normandy and Paris and undertaking other study tours of England and Scotland, including Kirkwall Cathedral. Thereafter he was junior and subsequently senior assistant to William Leiper from 1870 to 1876, returning to Campbell Douglas's office, by then Campbell Douglas & Sellars, in the latter year as principal assistant. He gained third place in John James Stevenson's measured drawing competition in 1874, and remained with the Campbell Douglas & Sellars office until the death of James Sellars in 1888 when he set up practice on his own account as a furniture and decorative designer and was briefly clerk of works at Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries. This seems not to have been a success as he became a leading draughtsman in Burnet Son & Campbell's office in the following year, moving to London as assistant to William Flockhart, a colleague in Campbell Douglas's office in 1892. There he worked on Rosehaugh and remained with the project as the client James Douglas Fletcher's estate clerk of works from 1894 to 1902, sharing the a fisherman's cottage with his colleage, the resident architect Stanley Davenport Adshead. In the latter year Ross returned to London as assistant to Pite & Balfour, becoming principal assistant in 1905 and remaining with William Alfred Pite after the dissolution of the partnership. He was admitted LRIBA on 20 March 1911 at the late age of sixty, his proposers being Pite, Burnet and Flockhart. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 41, Arlington Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Private/business(?) | 1888 | | Listed as architect | | Muckart/3, Sunny Gardens, Hendon, London, England | Private | 1911 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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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 | | 1870 | Colearn Castle, lodge and doocot | Auchterarder | | Perthshire | Scotland | As assistant to William Leiper | | 1871 | Cairndhu | Helensburgh | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | As assistant to William Leiper | | 1872 | Partick Burgh Hall | Partick | | Glasgow | Scotland | First part - as assistant to William Leiper | | 1874 | Bloomgate UP Church | Lanark | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | As assistant to William Leiper | | 1875 | Bank Street UP Church | Brechin | | Angus | Scotland | As assistant to William Leiper | | 1875 | Camphill UP Church | Queen's Park | | Glasgow | Scotland | As assistant to William Leiper | | 1876 | Whiteinch Church | Partick | | Glasgow | Scotland | As assistant to William Leiper | | After 1876 | Church | Kamesburgh / Port Bannatyne | Bute | Bute | Scotland | As principal assistant to Campbell Douglas & Sellars | | 1881 | Free Abbey Church | Dunfermline | | Fife | Scotland | As principal assistant to Campbell Douglas & Sellars | | 1883 | Design for a villa | | | | | | | 1887 | Design for a villa | | | | | | | 1887 | St Andrew's Scots Church | Bournemouth | | Hampshire | England | | | 1888 | Yacht for Sir William Pearce | | | | | Principal fittings | | After 1888 | Crichton Royal Institution, Medical Superintendent's House | Dumfries | | Dumfriesshire | Scotland | Re-planning and extension, as resident clerk of works | | 1891 | Villa residence | Feltham | | Middlesex | England | | | 1892 | Rosehaugh House | Inverness (near) | | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland | Refurbishment and enlargement: virtually a new building - as clerk of works for William Flockhart | | 1895(?) | Rosehaugh House, Power House | | | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland | As resident clerk of works, for William Flockhart | | Late 1800s | Rosehaugh, wine store | Avoch | | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland | Probably involved, as resident clerk of works for William Flockhart | | c. 1900 | Rosehaugh Estate, Gray's Cottage | Avoch | | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland | As resident clerk of works for William Flockhart | | c. 1900 | Rosehaugh House, Stables | Avoch | | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland | Additions and part remodelling - as resident clerk of works for William Flockhart | | c. 1900 | Rosehaugh, the Laundry | Avoch | | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland | As resident clerk of works for William Flockhart | | 1903 | All Saints' Church | Ealing | | London | England | As clerk of works to Pite & Balfour | | 1904 | St Andrew's Presbyterian Church | Hampstead | | London | England | As clerk of works to Pite & Balfour | | 1906 | Christ Church | Crouch End | | London | England | Enlargement of north aisle - as principal assistant to Pite & Balfour |
ReferencesPeriodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Glasgow Herald | 25 December 1874 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v15 no1015 |
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