British architect
Western House, Ayr. An Arts and Crafts house design by Tarbolton (1919-25) for the Western Club. Listed building LB47172.
Harold Ogle Tarbolton FRIBA (1869–1947) was a 19th/20th century British
architect , mainly working in
Scotland . He was affectionately known as Tarrybreeks . In later life he went into partnership with Sir
Matthew Ochterlony to create Tarbolton & Ochterlony .
He was involved in electricity schemes from at least 1902, and ended his career overseeing several hydro-electric schemes in Scotland.
Life
Paisley War Memorial
Sailors Ark, Canongate
The former Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital, Edinburgh
Loch Sloy Hydro Electric Scheme
Tarbolton was born in
Nottingham in 1869, the son of
Marriot Tarbolton , a civil engineer, and his wife, E. M. Stanfield. The family moved around and he was mainly educated at
Chigwell in
Essex .
[1]
He was articled to train as an architect with
George Thomas Hine around 1885. After training he joined the office of
Gerald Horsley in
London . Here he was able to also study at the
Royal Academy Schools from 1893 to 1895.
[2] He appears to have also spent some time during the same period at the
University of Bonn in
Germany .
[3]
In 1895 he set up practice at 7 Frederick Street in
Edinburgh with
Sydney Tugwell who had worked with him in London. The partnership ended by 1897 and he then was asked to join the office at
John Kinross to help with work at
Manderston House .
In 1900 Tarbolton moved residence to 39 Northumberland Street in
Edinburgh's Second New Town .
[4] In 1907 he replaced Henderson in the firm of Henderson & Hay. He was elected RIBA in 1904. He was a Governor of the
Edinburgh School of Art and of
Heriot-Watt College .
In 1923 he employed Lawrence Harrower Smart to represent the firm as job architect on site for
Bermuda Cathedral .
In 1926 the Edinburgh office relocated to 4 St Colme Street on the
Moray Estate in the west end of the city.
In 1932 Tarbolton formed a partnership with his former junior colleague
Matthew Ochterlony to create Tarbolton & Ochterlony . However, he appears to have had joint projects from 1924 onwards.
[5]
In 1938 he succeeded
George Washington Browne as
Royal Fine Art Commissioner ,
[6] a role he served until death. He was consulting architect to both
St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth and
Oban Cathedral .
[7]
In 1944 Tarbolton & Ochterlony became part of the architectural advisory panel for the
North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board , along with
Reginald Fairlie and
James Shearer . Tarbolton & Ochterlony designed the
Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme and the
Tummel-Garry Scheme . Ochterlony died before the schemes were begun. Tarbolton saw the schemes built but did not live to their being commissioned.
[8]
He died of a
cerebral thrombosis at his home, 3 East Castle Road in the
Merchiston district of Edinburgh on 31 July 1947.
[9]
[10]
Family
On 9 February 1897
[11] at
St John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh , he married Beatrice Dudgeon Gulland (d.1943), second daughter of Charles Gulland of Millfield,
Falkland in central
Fife .
[12]
Principal works
St Peter's Episcopal Church,
Torry near
Aberdeen (1897)
Extension to the British Linen Bank in
Falkland, Fife .
[13]
Internal refurbishment and new outbuildings at
Manderston House (1900) in office of
John Kinross
Altyre House electricity generating house (1902)
Penicuik Co-operative Emporium (1904)
"The Peel",
Clovenfords (1904) in office of
John Kinross
Buckhaven Co-operative Stores (1905)
Internal remodelling of Kincardine-in-Menteith Church, near
Blair Drummond (1907)
Remodelling of
Gardyne Castle (1910)
Pattishall House (1910)
Memorial to
David Livingstone , St Michael and All Saints Church,
Blantyre, Malawi (1913)
Major remodelling, St Bride's Episcopal Church,
Glasgow (1915)
Western House,
Ayr (1919)
[15]
Paisley War Memorial (1920) with sculpture by
Alice Meredith Williams
Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital (1923)
[16]
Warrior's Chapel,
Old St. Paul's, Edinburgh (1924)
Bangour Village Church (1924)
Church of the Ascension (Episcopal),
Glasgow (1925)
Remodelling of Holy Trinity Cathedral,
Hamilton, Bermuda (1926)
Bank of Scotland , Duns (1928)
9 Easter Belmont Road (1933) with Ochterlony
British Linen Bank ,
Dumfries (1933)
Remodelling of
Chalmers Hospital, Edinburgh (1933)
Old Sailor's Ark,
Canongate , Edinburgh (1934)
[17]
Remodelling of
Dalzell House ,
Motherwell (1935)
Mathers Bar, Queensferry Street, Edinburgh (1938) now a
listed building
St David's Episcopal Church,
Pilton , Edinburgh (1939) opened 1941
[18]
Westering,
Inverleith Grove , Edinburgh (1939)
St Salvador's Episcopal Church,
Saughton Main Street, Edinburgh (1939) now a
listed building
[19]
St Fillan's Episcopal Church,
Buckstone, Edinburgh (1940)
Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme (1947)
Tummel-Garry Hydro Electric Scheme (1947)
Loch Faskally Hydro Electric Scheme (1947)
Aldour Bridge, Pitlochry (1949) posthumously, work executed by
Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners
[20]
References
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"Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (September 15, 2021, 12:09 pm)" .
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"Harold Ogle Tarbolton | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts" .
^ ODNB: Harold Tarbolton
^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1900
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"Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (September 15, 2021, 12:09 pm)" .
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"Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland" . The Scotsman . Scotland. 25 November 1938. Retrieved 8 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Mears, Frank C; Foggie, David (1947).
"Harold Ogle Tarbolton RSA" . RSA Annual Report . Royal Scottish Academy.
^
"Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (September 15, 2021, 12:09 pm)" .
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"Harold Ogle Tarbolton" . Dictionary of Scottish Architects. 2016.
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"Harold Ogle Tarbolton RSA" . Royal Scottish Academy. 1947.
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"Marriages" . Dundee Evening Telegraph . Scotland. 10 February 1897. Retrieved 8 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Who Was Who: Harold Tarbolton
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Historic Environment Scotland .
"Bank of Scotland formerly British Linen (Category B Listed Building) (LB31276)" .
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Historic Environment Scotland .
"66 Craigie Road Western House (Category B Listed Building) (LB47172)" .
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Historic Environment Scotland .
"Former Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital (Category C Listed Building) (LB30198)" .
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"Edinburgh, 231 Canongate, The Old Sailor's Ark" . Canmore.
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"Granton History: St David's Episcopal Church" .
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Historic Environment Scotland .
"St Salvador's Episcopal Church (Category C Listed Building) (LB52087)" .
^ Buildings of Scotland: Perth & Kinross, John Gifford