Robert Alexander Bryden

Robert Alexander Bryden (7 July 1841 – 14 April 1906) was a Scottish architect, prominent in the second half of the 19th century. He was mainly active in the west of Scotland, where he designed schools, churches and municipal buildings.

Robert Alexander Bryden
Bryden towards the end of his life
Born7 July 1841
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died14 April 1906(1906-04-14) (aged 64)
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
NationalityScottish
OccupationArchitect

Early life

Bryden was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 7 July 1841, the son of Robert Bryden and Margaret Ramage.[1]

He was educated at Arthur's Academy in Dunoon, Argyll, and Kirkcaldy Grammar School.[1]

Career

In the 1860s, he was an apprentice at Glasgow-based practice Clarke & Bell, of whom he became a partner around 1875.[1][2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1878.[1]

Selected works

Selected works include:[3]

Dunoon Burgh Hall

Personal life

Bryden married Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of Alexander Robertson. They had at least one child, a son named Andrew Francis Stewart Bryden (21 October 1876 – 23 February 1917), who also became a noted architect and a Fellow of RIBA.[9][1][10] For the final few years of Bryden Sr.'s life, the two worked as partners.[1]

Death

Bryden died in Glasgow on 14 April 1906, aged 64.[11] He is interred in Dunoon Cemetery,[1][7] half a mile to the north of Dunoon Burgh Hall, one of his designs. He is believed to be the subject of the building's stained-glass window.[12]

References
Specific
  1. Robert Alexander Bryden at ScottishArchitects.org.uk
  2. Clarke & Bell & R. A. Bryden – Dictionary of Scottish Architects
  3. Robert Alexander Bryden
  4. "Jenny Hunter: Halls worth restoring for good of the community" - The Scotsman, 3 August 2017
  5. "Robert Mapplethorpe show heads to remote Scottish town of Dunoon" - The Guardian, 24 March 2012
  6. Dunoon Burgh Hall - Page Park architectural practice
  7. Hooray - Dunoon Burgh Hall, June 2017
  8. Lanarkshire Regimental Drill Hall, 21 Jardine Street, Glasgow - Historic Environment Scotland
  9. Andrew Francis Stewart Bryden at ScottishArchitects.org.uk
  10. Page 872 of The Edinburgh Gazette, 17 August 1906
  11. RIBA Journal, Volume 13 (1906)
  12. Stained Glass – Dunoon Burgh Hall
General
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