William Spence (1806 - 22 June 1883) was an architect based in Glasgow. [1]
William Spence (1806 - 22 June 1883) was an architect based in Glasgow. [1]
He was born in 1806 at Carstairs, the second son of John Spence (1775-1849) (shoemaker) and Margaret Kane (1778-1820). [2] He married Margaret Field (1824-1879) on 12 December 1843 at Barony, Lanark and they had five children:
He died on 22 June 1883 [3] at Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.
He trained in the offices of William Burn and David Bryce with John Bryce before establishing his own practice around 1837. Around 1839 he was based at 34 Glassford Street in Glasgow. By 1844 he had moved to 141 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, but by 1852 he was in business at 97 Union Street. In 1860 he settled at 52 Renfield Street, Glasgow.
In 1857 he was commissioned for a feuing plan to develop the upper areas of Helensburgh. [4]
His wife Margaret died in 1879 [5] and this may have prompted him to retire at the end of the same year. His son Henry continued the practice.
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