James Gorman (architect)

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James Gorman FRGS [1] LRIBA (1876 - 1920) was a Scottish architect who worked in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, and Kedah, Malaysia. [2]

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Early life

He was born in 1876 in Tayport, Fife, to Joseph Craig Gorman (1856–1945) and Elizabeth Brown Dick Beveridge (1857–1928) and lived in Methven, Perth and Kinross. Later his father was for many years headmaster of Annathill public school.

He was articled to Andrew Heiton of Perth from 1893 to 1897 and then worked as assistant to Forman & McCall in Glasgow from 1897 where he worked on the design of station buildings on the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway, including the Kirklees Bridge in Kelvingrove in 1899.

From 1899 to 1900 he also worked for James Pearson Alison of Hawick. It is likely that during his time in Hawick, he met his future business partner Clarence Rose Ross. By 1900, he had moved to Long Eaton, Derbyshire, where he set up practice with Clarence Rose Ross as Gorman and Ross. He married Miss M.G. Chambers, daughter of J.W. Chambers of Sawley Road, Long Eaton, in St Laurence's Church on 3 October 1903. [3]

In 1904, he was appointed assistant to Barnett and Stark in Penang, Malaysia, and in 1907 he was appointed the architect and State Engineer [4] to the Government of Kedah State where he designed hospitals, a prison, a police court and residences for government officials.

In 1912, he was appointed an Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects. [2]

Works in England

38-40 Market Place, Long Eaton, 1901 and 1903 Iconic building revealed again - geograph.org.uk - 2081855.jpg
38–40 Market Place, Long Eaton, 1901 and 1903
Carnegie Library, Long Eaton 1904-06 Long Eaton library (35538162144).jpg
Carnegie Library, Long Eaton 1904–06

Death

He died, aged 43, on 11 September 1920 aboard an Italian liner in the Red Sea returning to Britain.

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References

  1. ↑ "Methven". Strathern Herald. Scotland. 13 May 1911. Retrieved 1 January 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. 1 2 Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 1 (A-K). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 755. ISBN   0826455131.
  3. ↑ "Marriage at Long Eaton". Long Eaton Advertiser. England. 9 October 1903. Retrieved 31 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Penang". London and China Telegraph. England. 8 July 1907. Retrieved 1 January 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Official Opening of the Oaklea Mills, Long Eaton". Long Eaton Advertiser. England. 25 October 1901. Retrieved 30 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ Historic England, "38 and 40 Market Place (1334838)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 28 December 2023
  7. ↑ "House to delight Art Nouveau fans". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 19 March 1994. Retrieved 30 December 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harwell, Clive; Williamson, Elizabeth (2016). The Buildings of England, Derbyshire. Yale University Press. pp. 489–93. ISBN   9780300215595.
  9. ↑ Historic England, "Carnegie Public Library and adjacent gates (1087976)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 28 December 2023
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