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David Robertson (architect)

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before setting up his own practice in 1865 at 16 Picardy Place. In 1875, he moved to the larger and more prestigious address of 12 Queen Street. As an artist he began exhibiting at the
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in 1850. In 1852 he entered the Trustees Academy on Picardy Place to train as a draughtsman. After further training in Liverpool he returned to Edinburgh to assist
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Edgar Hall, Chesser Avenue, Edinburgh (1911) (as Robertson was now 77 years old this was probably a free work done as a favour to the church)
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In the 1880s he was living with his family at 19 Morningside Place in southern Edinburgh.
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Tenement and shops at 1 to 12 London Road, at head of Easter Road in Edinburgh (1893)
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Inchdrewer House (299 Colinton Road), Edinburgh (1876) later remodelled by
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The grave of the architect, David Robertson, Morningside Cemetery
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Gillespie Memorial Hall and remodelling of church interior,
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in 1878 and served as President of the Edinburgh Arts Club.
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Little Church in the Field, Gorgie/Dalry, Edinburgh (1887)
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Although some records wrongly state that he is buried in
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ARSA
FRIBA
United Presbyterian Church in Scotland

Edinburgh
David Cousin
John Lessels
Royal Scottish Academy
Dean Cemetery
Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh
UP Church
Robert Lorimer
Innerleithen
Kippen
Morningside, Edinburgh
Grange, Edinburgh
Crossmichael
Leith Walk
Calton Hill
Polwarth, Edinburgh
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Categories
1834 births
1925 deaths
Scottish architects
Architects from Edinburgh
Artists from Edinburgh

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