Basic Biographical Details

Name:	Haxton & Walker
Designation:
Born:	1907
Died:	c. 1914
Bio Notes:	Andrew David Haxton was born on 10 April 1878 in St Andrews and came of a family of grocers. In November 1893 he was articled to Gillespie & Scott in St Andrews, remaining with them for one-and-a-half years as an assistant after completing his apprenticeship. During that time he took art classes with the painter and teacher Robert Smeaton Douglas, then based at Madras College in St Andrews, and won prizes for measured drawing from the Dundee Institute of Architects. He moved to Harrogate as assistant to Thomas Edward Marshall in 1900, and later in the same year moved to Glasgow as assistant to Thomson & Sandilands, studying at the Royal Technical College. In the following year he returned to Gillespie & Scott's office in St Andrews as chief assistant, and he remained there until he commenced practice on his own account in 1907, in partnership with a younger friend and colleague in Gillespie & Scott's office, William Walker. William Walker was born in 1881, the son of a wine merchant of the same name in Cupar, where he was educated at the Bell Baxter School, but his family originally came from Longforgan in Perthshire. He was articled to Gillespie & Scott in St Andrews in 1898 and remained as assistant until 1906 when he joined Swanston & Syme in Kirkcaldy. During that period he sketched extensively in Scotland and England and made at least one study tour in France, working in Normandy and the area around Paris. Walker and his two sisters were very musical, William being secretary of the St Andrews Musical Association. The partnership of Haxton & Walker was based in Leven at 3 High Street, Walker having won the competition for a commercial block there. Both partners were admitted LRIBA on 24 June 1912, proposed by William Fleming Wilkie and the Dundee Institute of Architects. Walker enlisted at the beginning of the First World War and was commissioned in the Highland Cyclists Battalion, initially stationed at his native Cupar and at Lundin Links. Having risen to the rank of Captain he was posted to India but was invalided home. He was know as Captain Walker thereafter. Walker was not well enough to resume the Leven partnership, but he married Jenny Reid McCririck of St Andrews and continued to practise from their home at 81 North Street, St Andrews whilst being cared for by her. He was elected FRIBA in January 1921, his proposers being William Williamson, William Fleming Wilkie and John Wilson. His nomination papers state that he was architect to the Commissioners of the Burghs of Pittenweem and Crail and the District Committee of Cupar, and that he had acted as expert adviser to Fife County Council on the erection of a sanatorium, although it is unclear to which sanatorium this applies. He died at home in February 1923. His widow then asked William Fleming Wilkie, then living at Graigower, St Andrews, to take over the practice and complete the work in hand. Haxton continued to practise alone in Leven, subsequently taking Adam Elliot Watson (born 1908) into partnership.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	3, High Street, Leven, Fife, Scotland	Business

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
	Andrew David Haxton	1907	c. 1914	Partner
	William Walker	1907	1923(?)	Partner
	Lawrence Anderson Rolland	1908	1913	Apprentice
	Lawrence Anderson Rolland	1913	October 1914	Draughtsman

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
	1907(?)	Leven Infant School	Leven		Fife	Scotland
	1907	Methil Co-operative Society Premises, Harbour Wynd	Methil		Fife	Scotland	Additions and alterations
	After 1907	Church Halls	Elie		Fife	Scotland
	After 1907	Golf Clubhouse	Elie		Fife	Scotland
	After 1907	House for Mr F T Wallace	Leven		Fife	Scotland
	After 1907	House for Mrs Buntire	Leven		Fife	Scotland
	After 1907	Leven Town Hall	Leven		Fife	Scotland	Decoration
	After 1907	Markinch Parish Offices	Markinch		Fife	Scotland
	After 1907	Methil Co-operative Society Premises	Methil		Fife	Scotland
	After 1907	Pittenweem Town Hall	Pittenweem		Fife	Scotland
	After 1907	Public House	Windygates		Fife	Scotland
	1908(?)	Gothenburg	Denbeath		Fife	Scotland
	1908	Leven Public School	Leven		Fife	Scotland	Reconstruction
	1908	Methil Co-operative Society Premises, Wellesley Road	Methil		Fife	Scotland	Extension
	1908	Parkhill Public School	Leven		Fife	Scotland
	1909	Methil Co-operative Society Premises, Wellesley Road	Methil		Fife	Scotland	Shop and workshops
	1909	Shepherds Hall and houses	Windygates		Fife	Scotland	Plans dated (the distinct roles of George Charles Campbell and A D Haxton/Haxton & Walker on these building are unclear - perhaps the Haxton plans were a competition design?).
	c. 1909	Methil Co-operative Society Premises	Wemyss		Fife	Scotland
	1910	Leven Public School	Leven		Fife	Scotland	Additions
	1910	Lundin Mill Primary School	Lundin Links		Fife	Scotland
	c. 1910	Buckhaven Co-operative Society premises	Buckhaven		Fife	Scotland
	c. 1910	Dairsie School	Dairsie		Fife	Scotland	Additions and alterations
	c. 1910	Mr McRuvie's house and chemist's shop	Denbeath		Fife	Scotland
	c. 1910	School	Lower Largo		Fife	Scotland
	c. 1910	St David's Church Hall	Lower Largo		Fife	Scotland	Internal work - several different phases?
	1911	50-52 Hepburn Gardens	St Andrews		Fife	Scotland
	c. 1911	Public Elementary School	Pittenweem		Fife	Scotland	Plans dated - east extension (to existing school?) and new school
	1913	Social housing	Rosyth		Fife	Scotland
	c. 1913	St Monance School	St Monans/St Monance		Fife	Scotland	Additions and alterations
	1914	Picture House	Buckhaven		Fife	Scotland
	1914 or 1915	Globe Electric Theatre	Buckhaven		Fife	Scotland
	1915	Proposed cemetery	St Monans/St Monance		Fife	Scotland	Site plans and section showing ground levels.

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Measurers\' Companion	1911	The Scottish Architects' and Measurers' Companion			Indicates at 3 High Street, Leven in this.

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this :
	Source	Archive Name	Source Catalogue No.	Notes
	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	Haxton & Watson Collection		Plans and drawings.
	Professor David M Walker personal archive	Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material		Personal information from Glen L Pride