Basic Biographical Details Name: | James Victor Trousdell Scott | Designation: | | Born: | 10 August 1919 | Died: | 1958 | Bio Notes: | James Victor Trousdell Scott was a Northern Irish architect. He was born on 10 August 1919, the son of Belfast architect-engineer and Reformed Presbyterian Church member James Scott and his wife Emily. He had at least one brother, Hugh, born 1911.
The younger James Scott studied for an architecture diploma at Liverpool University from October 1937 to June 1942. During that period he spent a week making measured drawings of King's College, Cambridge in July 1939, undertook similar study in Bath, and worked for seven months (June 1940 to January 1941) as assistant to John McGeagh (or McGeogh?) of Ocean Buildings, Belfast, and for three months (July 1941 to September 1941) as assistant to Hobart & Heron of Scottish Provident Buildings, Belfast. He was passed the final exam in July 1942 and was admitted ARIBA on 17 November that year, his proposers being Lionel Budden, Ber. In the same year he was also awarded the Sir Andrew Grant postgraduate scholarship (£120) for the Town Planning course at Edinburgh College of Art, qualifying in 1943. He then joined Dumfries County Council as Assistant County Planning Officer. In 1944 he was admitted AMTPI, and in the same year he was appointed Borough Architect and Planning Officer to Coleraine Borough Council.
He commenced independent practice at Lombard Street, Belfast in 1949, taking over his father's practice upon the latter's death in 1949 or 1950. He was still practising in Belfast, by then at 30 College Gardens, when he was elected FRIBA on 6 May 1958, his proposers being Richard Llewellyn Davies, Reginald Sharman Wilshere and Ronald Bradbury. He died later the same year. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Craigtara/18, Annadale Avenue, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Private | 1942 * | | | | Lombard Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Business | 1949 | | | | 18, Annasdale Avenue, Ormeau Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Private | 1950 * | | | | 3, Adelaide Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Private | 1958 | | | | 30, College Gardens, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Business | 1958 | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersEmployees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | John Neil | 1954 | 1958 | Senior Assistant | |
RIBARIBA Proposers
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Irish Architectural Archive | Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720-1940 | | Entries for James Victor Trousdell Scott and for his father James Scott | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no8109 (combined box 204); F no5333 (combined box 72) |
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