Basic Biographical Details

Name:	George Harold Emmett Hall
Designation:
Born:	24 November 1919
Died:	7 October 1998
Bio Notes:	George Harold Emmett Hall was born on 24 November 1919, the son of Harold Hall, restaurant keeper, and his wife Helen Maclean MacKinnon. He was brought up in Perthshire. He was articled to George Penrose Kennedy Young & Son from 1935 to 1939 studying at Dundee College of Art, part-time, from 1937-1939. His architectural studies were interrupted by the Second World War during which he served with the Black Watch in North Africa, Italy and France. He returned to Dundee College of Art in September 1946 and studied full time for a further three years. During his vacations he worked in the office of G P K Young. He qualified in 1949 and was admitted ARIBA in 1950, proposed by John Needham, Lockhart Hutson and Graham Connacher Young. He had travelled in North Africa, Italy and Greece by this date. Hall joined Cullen Lochead & Brown in 1949 as senior assistant and at that time lived in rented accommodation in High Blantyre in Lanarkshire. He became a junior partner with the practice in 1956 and senior partner in 1978. He was admitted FRIBA in 1968, proposed by Lockhart Hutson, Stuart Clink and James G Anderson. At that time he was a junior partner and had undertaken a wide range of work including churches, public houses and hotels, factories, office premises, hospital work, garages and showrooms and private housing, stating that he had 'virtually full responsibility under the guidance of my senior partner for the work in my charge'. He would seem to have had full charge of hospital work including an operating theatre complex costing about £500,000 as well as smaller contracts. He was active in various committees of the RIAS and GIA and served on the Board of Queen's College. He was also a Deacon of the Trades House and served as president of several local clubs. Hall retired from his position as senior partner in 1985. He was a retired FRIAS. He died in Stonehouse Hospital on 7 October 1998 after being ill for a number of years. He was survived by his wife, Amelia Joyce Diplock, and two children and one grandchild.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	c/o Hardingham, Queens Road, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland	Private	c. 1948 *
	c/o MacCall/Braehead, Hunthill Road, High Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland	Private	1950 *
	Novar/8, Academy Street, Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland	Private	Before 1953	1998
	Hamilton	Business	1956

* earliest date known from documented sources.

Employment and Training

Employers

The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	G P K Young & Son	September 1935	September 1939	Apprentice
	G P K Young & Son	1945	1948	Assistant	During vacations
	Cullen, Lochhead & Brown	August 1949		Chief Assistant
	Cullen, Lochhead & Brown	October 1956		Junior Partner
	Cullen, Lochhead & Brown	1978		Senior Partner

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
		St Margaret's Church	Motherwell		Lanarkshire	Scotland
	1960s	Calderpark Zoological Gardens	Calderpark		Glasgow	Scotland
	1960s	County Hall and Sheriff Court Houses and County Police Office	Hamilton		Lanarkshire	Scotland	New building on old site
	1960s	Dalziel Co-operative Society Ltd retail store	Motherwell		Lanarkshire	Scotland
	1960s	Factory for R & W Scott	Carluke		Lanarkshire	Scotland
	1960s	Household Supplies Company Ltd store	Hamilton		Lanarkshire	Scotland
	1960s	Lanarkshire Ice Rink	Hamilton		Lanarkshire	Scotland
	1960s	Offices for General Accident	Hamilton		Lanarkshire	Scotland
	1960s	Offices for SSEB			Glasgow	Scotland
	1960s	Radnor Hotel	Clydebank		Dunbartonshire	Scotland
	1960s	Renfrew District Lunatic Asylum	Paisley		Renfrewshire	Scotland	Additions and alterations?
	1960s	Royal Scottish National Institution, administration block and other buildings			Stirlingshire	Scotland	Additions and alterations?
	1960s	Stirling District Asylum	Larbert		Stirlingshire	Scotland	Modernisation (?)
	1960s	Stobhill Hospital	Springburn		Glasgow	Scotland	Additions and alterations?
	1960	Municipal Crematorium	Caddlehill, Greenock		Renfrewshire	Scotland
	1960	Royal Hospital for Sick Children			Edinburgh	Scotland	Additions to N.
	1968	Stobhill Hospital, Clinical Teaching Centre	Springburn		Glasgow	Scotland
	1968	Stobhill Hospital, theatre suite	Springburn		Glasgow	Scotland
	1970	British Steel Mess Rooms	Airdrie		Lanarkshire	Scotland
	Before 1981	Castlehill Methodist Church	Wishaw		Lanarkshire	Scotland
	Before 1981	Factory for Gilmour & Dean	Clydeside Industrial Estate		Glasgow	Scotland
	Before 1981	Factory for SDA			Lanarkshire	Scotland
	Before 1981	McDonald Hotel	Giffnock		Renfrewshire	Scotland
	Before 1981	Sheltered housing	Bellshill		Lanarkshire	Scotland
	Before 1981	St Vincent de Paul RC Church	East Kilbride		Lanarkshire	Scotland

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Bailey, Rebecca M	1996	Scottish architects' papers: a source book		Edinburgh: The Rutland Press	p118
	RIBA	1948	The RIBA Kalendar 1948-1949		London: Royal Institute of British Architects
	RIBA	1950	The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951		London: Royal Institute of British Architects
	RIBA	1961	Kalendar 1960-61
	RIBA	1970	RIBA Directory 1970

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this :
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	RIAS Newsletter	December 1998	v10, no9		Death note

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this :
	Source	Archive Name	Source Catalogue No.	Notes
	H M Register House	Death Register
	RIAS, Rutland Square	Records of membership
	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	RIBA Nomination Papers		A no11248; F no6189 (Combined Box 124)