Larger versions of these images are located at the foot of the page. Basic Biographical Details Name: | David Salmond | Designation: | Architect | Born: | 1876 | Died: | 1 September 1938 | Bio Notes: | David Salmond was born in 1876 at Errol, Mains of Errol, Perthshire, the son of David Salmond Salmond [sic], described as a 'farmer and agent' and later of the Union Castle Shipping Line, and his wife, Hannah Kennedy Millar (or Gilbert; sources vary), who were prominent in literary and musical circles in Glasgow and South Africa where the elder Salmond had business connections. He was articled to John Gordon in Glasgow from 1891 to 1896 and attended classes at Glasgow School of Art under William James Anderson and at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. After the period of his apprenticeship he spent a year working in the office of Niven & Wigglesworth in London before leaving for South Africa, perhaps with a view to settling there; but following the outbreak of the Boer War he returned to Glasgow where he worked briefly in various as yet unidentified offices before commencing practice on his own account in 1899, in partnership with John Watson (born 1872), a former colleague from the Niven & Wigglesworth office.
Salmond was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects, which he had joined in 1907. He sought elevation to Fellow as quickly as possible, being admitted on 9 June 1913, his proposers being Henry Edward Clifford, Alexander Nisbet Paterson and Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth.
In 1914 Watson & Salmond took into partnership another employee of Niven & Wigglesworth, James Henry Gray (born 1885), the practice having won the competition for the extension of Glasgow City Chambers. It was for this accomplished French Renaissance design that in 1927 the firm was awarded the first RIBA Scottish Architecture medal for the best city building completed within the preceding five years. Much of the work of the practice was in Glasgow but further afield they won commissions for factories and other works in the Midlands and the south west of Scotland.
In 1925 Henry Edward Clifford retired and his practice was merged with that of Watson Salmond & Gray, making them architects to the Victoria Infirmary. Salmond was fairly well off and retired early in 1933 to concentrate on his musical interests, being among other things on the management committee for the Scottish Orchestra, but his retirement was brief as he died at his home, Auchlyne, Fairlie, on 1 September 1938. He left moveable estate of £10,126 4s 9d in the UK and was survived by his wife Dorothy Gamble Herbert. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this architect: | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | 231, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1898 | 1902 or 1903 | |  | 225, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1902 or 1903 | 1913 | |  | 20, Darnley Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1911 * | | |  | 242, West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1913 | 1933 | |  | 242, Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1929 | c. 1933 | |  | Auchlyne, Redburn Drive, Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland | Private | Before 1930 | After 1934 | |  | 111, Union Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1938 * | | |  | Auchlyne, Fairlie, Ayrshire, Scotland | Private | 1938 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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Buildings and DesignsThis architect 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 |  | 1899 | Cottage for W Lang Edgar | | | | | |  | 1899 | Cottages for D S Salmond | Giffnock | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |  | 1899 | Semi-detached cottages | Brookfield | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |  | 1899 | Springburn & Cowlairs District Halls | Springburn | | Glasgow | Scotland | Competition design - placed third |  | After 1899 | Capelrig House | | | | Scotland | |  | After 1899 | House | Whistlefield | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Probably 1911 |  | 1901 | Busby School | Busby | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Won competition and secured job |  | 1901 | Netherton Farmhouse | | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |  | 1901 | Steading for Andrew Clement | Netherton | | | Scotland | |  | 1901 | Tollcross Park UF Church Hall | | | Glasgow | Scotland | |  | 1901 | Westdene | | | Dundee | Scotland | |  | 1902 | Girvan Methodist Church | Girvan | | Ayrshire | Scotland | |  | 1902 | House for A Cunningham | Stewarton | | Ayrshire | Scotland | |  | 1902 | House for J Reid Bennie | Bridge of Weir | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |  | 1902 | Pollokshields Congregational Church | Pollokshields | | Glasgow | Scotland | Competition design - not successful |  | 1903 | Tarbet Hotel | Tarbet | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Alterations |  | 1903(?) | Tulliallan Castle, gardens and lodge | Kincardine-on-Forth | | Fife | Scotland | Alterations to castle, and new gateway and lodge built. Also further additions 1913. |  | 1903 | Unspecified Glasgow Free Library | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Competition design - not successful |  | 1904 | House for Mrs M Steen | Skelmorlie | | Ayrshire | Scotland | |  | 1904 | Montrose Public Library | Montrose | | Angus | Scotland | Competition design - not successful |  | 1904 | Partick Methodist Church | Partick | | Glasgow | Scotland | Alterations, removal of spire and curved parapet |  | 1904 | St Vincent Street UP Church | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Organ case |  | 1904 | UF Church | Lochgilphead | | Argyll | Scotland | |  | 1904 | Wesleyan Methodist Central Halls | Paisley | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |  | October 1904 | Blairvadach Row, engineer's cottage | Shandon | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | |  | 1906 | Overtoun Park, lodge (superintentent's house), gates and layout of park | Rutherglen | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |  | 1906 | Tenements, Dunn Street | Paisley | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |  | 1906 | Tenements, off Carriagehill Drive | Paisley | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |  | 1906 | The Tudor House | Skelmorlie | | Ayrshire | Scotland | Buildings of Scotland gives 1904-05 |  | 1907 | Paisley Mission Halls | Paisley | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |  | 1907 | Perth Town Hall | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Unsucessful competition design |  | 1908 | Two pairs of semi-detached cottages | Houston | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |  | 1909 | Dalriada | Portincaple | | Argyll | Scotland | |  | 1910 | Craigton School | Craigton | | Glasgow | Scotland | |  | 1910 | Stable, Mart Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | |  | 1911 | Barcapel House | | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |  | 1911 | Butler's Cottage | Kilcreggan | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | |  | January 1911 | Design for a small house | Newtonmore | | Invernesshire | Scotland | |  | 1913 | Glasgow Municipal Buildings | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Won competition to secure job for extension. Begun but never completed |  | 1914 | Barcaple House | Ringford, Castle Douglas? | | Kirkcudbrightshire? | Scotland | |  | 1914 | Tom-na-Monachan | Pitlochry | | Perthshire | Scotland | Interior work |  | Before 1914(?) | Cottage | Burnmouth | | Berwickshire | Scotland | |  | c. 1914 | House | Burnside | | Glasgow | Scotland | |  | 1919 | Davidson Memorial Cottage Hospital | Girvan | | Ayrshire | Scotland | |  | 1920 | 202 Bath Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Alterstions |  | June 1920 | House for Herr Oswald | Milngavie | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Chauffeur's cottage |  | c. 1920 | Methodist Halls | Maryhill | | Glasgow | Scotland | HS attribution |  | 1921 | Glasgow Municipal Buildings | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Scheme for enlargement of council chamber with giant Corinthian portico on George Square, to match Banqueting Hall on George Street and to complement Burnet's war memorial; canvas mock-up proposed by council which Watson declined to agree to; unexecuted |  | 1922 | Castle Levan | Gourock | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | Survey and alterations |  | 1922 | Cathkin House | Carmunnock | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Alterations including entrance door |  | 1922 | Pollokshields Free Church | Pollokshields | | Glasgow | Scotland | Alterations and additions |  | 1922 | Waverley Cinema | Shawlands Cross | | Glasgow | Scotland | |  | 1923 | Eastern District Hospital, Nurses' Home | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Extension |  | 1923 | Gracefield | Prestwick | | Ayrshire | Scotland | |  | October 1923 | Bungalow for Charles Gray | Bridge of Weir | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | |  | 1925 | Cathcart Established Church and manse | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Completion to Clifford's design |  | 1925 | Philipshill Auxiliary Hospital | Thorntonhall | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |  | 1925 | Victoria Infirmary | Langside | | Glasgow | Scotland | Completion of new ward pavilion designed by H E Clifford |  | 1927 | 101-103 St Vincent Street | | | Glasgow | Scotland | New shop front |  | 1927 | Glenfeulan, chauffeur's cottage | Shandon | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | |  | 1927 | House for Mrs Gray | Tayvallich | | Argyll | Scotland | |  | 1928 | Philipshill Auxiliary Hospital, nurses' home | Thorntonhall | | Glasgow | Scotland | |  | 1929 | Glasgow Academy | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Science block |  | 1929 | House at Whitecraigs | Whitecraigs | | Glasgow | Scotland | |  | 1929 | Unspecified bank and offices | | | | Scotland | Competition design (presumably) |  | 1930 | Victoria Infirmary | Langside | | Glasgow | Scotland | Paying patients' annexe |  | 1930 | Victoria Infirmary, private annexe | Langside | | Glasgow | Scotland | |  | 1931 | Philipshill Auxiliary Hospital, John Innes Memorial Chapel | Thorntonhall | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this architect: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Post Office Directories | | | | | |  | RIBA | 1930 | The RIBA Kalendar 1930-1931 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this architect: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Builder | 9 September 1938 | | | Obituary - CHECK for further info, page no etc |  | Glasgow Herald | 3 September 1938 | | | Obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this architect: | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes |  | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Additional information (family history and addresses) from research by Iain Paterson |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v20 no1568; F v22 no1517 (microfilm reel 13) |
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