Basic Biographical Details

Name:	Roy Meldrum
Designation:
Born:	8 August 1899
Died:	6 September 1978
Bio Notes:	Roy Meldrum was born on 8 August 1899. He trained at the Aberdeen school of Architecture from about 1917 to 1926. He worked as an assistant to William John Devlin and was admitted LRIBA in 1931. The following year he set up on his own account with an office at 25 Crown Street. On 23 September 1932 he married. He designed a large number of private houses built mainly to the east of Anderson Drive and north of King's Gate, Aberdeen and a few houses in the Aberdeenshire countryside. He continued to practice from the same office until the outbreak of World War 2 when he joined the Army as Garrison Engineer. he was responsible for various army projects including the Commando Training Camp at Spean Bridge. After the cease of hostilities he resumed practice, firstly at 148 Union Street, Aberdeen and then from about 1950 at 5 Craibstone Street where he continued until illness forced him to give up the office in 1964. He worked from home until he retired fully in 1966. Meldrum died on 6 September 1978.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	25, Crown Street, Aberdeen, Scotland	Business	Before 1926	After 1939(?)
	11, Edgehill Terrace, Aberdeen, Scotland	Private	1932	1978
	148, Union Street, Aberdeen, Scotland	Business	Late 1940s *	1951
	5, Craibstone Street (or East Craibstone Street), Aberdeen, Scotland	Business	1951	1964

* earliest date known from documented sources.

The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	William John Devlin		1932	Assistant

The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	Edmond Patrick Sharkey	1926	1929	Apprentice
	William James Geddes	1930(?)	1931	Apprentice

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
	1925	Booth Bungalow, Oakhill Road			Aberdeen	Scotland
	1925	Durward Bungalow, Oakhill Road			Aberdeen	Scotland
	c. 1928	93 and 95 King's Gate			Aberdeen	Scotland
	c. 1928	The Chalet			Aberdeen	Scotland
	c. 1930	15 and 17 Woodstock Road			Aberdeen	Scotland
	c. 1930	Houses, Edgehill Terrace			Aberdeen	Scotland
	c. 1930	Houses, Kingshill Avenue			Aberdeen	Scotland
	c. 1930	Houses, Kingshill Road			Aberdeen	Scotland
	c. 1930	Houses, Kingshill Terrace			Aberdeen	Scotland
	c. 1930	Redwalls			Aberdeen	Scotland
	c. 1936	Fairways	Ballater		Aberdeenshire	Scotland
	1937(?)	Auchincloch	Auchindoir		Aberdeenshire	Scotland
	1937	House, Garthdee Road			Aberdeen	Scotland
	1938	Buchan Arms Hotel	Ellon		Aberdeenshire	Scotland
	1938	Buchan Hotel	Ellon		Aberdeenshire	Scotland
	After 1939	Commando Training Camp	Spean Bridge		Inverness-shire	Scotland
	1946	Neptune Bar			Aberdeen	Scotland	Reconstruction after war demage
	After 1950	Houses, Anderson Drive			Aberdeen	Scotland
	1958	House near Blairs College	Milltimber		Aberdeenshire	Scotland
	c. 1960	Housing for the elderly	Inverbervie		Kincardineshire	Scotland
	1965	House	Aughton, Ormskirk		Lancashire	England
	1965	Two houses, Woodhill Road			Aberdeen	Scotland

The following books contain references to this :
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	RIBA	1930	The RIBA Kalendar 1930-1931		London: Royal Institute of British Architects
	RIBA	1939	The RIBA Kalendar 1939-1940		London: Royal Institute of British Architects
	RIBA	1950	The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951		London: Royal Institute of British Architects

The following archives hold material relating to this :
	Source	Archive Name	Source Catalogue No.	Notes
	Courtesy of Graham McNicol	Information sent to DMW		Sent 2010