James MacLaren (architect)
James Marjoribanks MacLaren (12 January 1853 – 20 October 1890) was a Scottish architect associated with the Arts and Crafts movement and the development of Scottish Vernacular architecture. He was a major influence on Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and designed buildings in London, the Canary Islands, Stirling and Fortingall in Perthshire.
Early life and education
MacLaren was the sixth of 11 children of John MacLaren, a farmer at Middleton of Boquhapple, Thornhill, Callander, and his first wife Janet Downie. MacLaren was educated at the village school and at Stirling High School.[1]
Architecture education and career
In about 1868 he moved to join his three elder brothers in
During 1878, he was in the office of the Surveyor of Public Buildings for the County of Surrey.[1]
During the early 1880s, he lived at 40
In 1884, MacLaren went into partnership with Coad, but also began to develop his own practice, which he eventually established as an independent venture in late 1887 at 21 King William Street, London, having just won a competition to design Stirling High School and the patronage of Sir
In various projects for Currie, he developed a strong architectural style that influenced Charles Rennie Mackintosh's designs for Windyhill (Kilmacolm) and the Hill House. His pupils included Sir Robert Lorimer.[1]
In 1886, while working on Ledbury Court, Herefordshire, MacLaren encountered the country chairmaker
Illness and death
MacLaren caught a severe chill which brought on early symptoms of
Projects
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- Two large houses in Grangemouth (1877)
- Artist's house (for
- Ledbury Park, Herefordshire
- Stirling High School (1887-1890 - this building, in Spittal Street, is now the Stirling Highland Hotel)
- Aberfeldy Town Hall (1889)
- Buildings in Glenlyon estate, Perthshire
- Fortingall Hotel, Perthshire
References
- ^ a b c d e f James Marjoribanks MacLaren - Dictionary of Scottish Architects
- ^ 'Montpelier Square Area: Other Streets', Survey of London: volume 45: Knightsbridge (2000), pp. 116-24. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45922. Date accessed: 12 February 2007.
- ^ Olympia and Avonmore Character profile, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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