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Scottish architect
Robert Paterson
Born 1825Edinburgh, Scotland
Died 1889Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupation
Architect Notable work Cafe Royal
Interior of first floor bar, Cafe Royal, Edinburgh
Robert Paterson (1825–1889) was a 19th-century
Scottish
architect . His most famous work is the Cafe Royal in
Edinburgh . Almost all his works are in Edinburgh, mainly in the
Scots Baronial style, including a number of churches for the
United Presbyterian Church .
Life
Cafe Royal Bar
He was born at 13 Richmond Place
[1] in south
Edinburgh the son of Robert Paterson (1790–1846), a builder, architect and surveyor in Edinburgh, and his wife Margaret (1789–1867).
[2]
In 1839/40 he was articled to George Beattie (born 1810) (father of
William Hamilton Beattie builders and wood merchants at 23 Bread Street. His family was then living at 138 Causewayside.
[3] From 1850 he was living at practising from Madeira Cottage at 187 Causewayside, close to his family home.
From 1860 onwards he had offices at 6 Hanover Street in
Edinburgh's First New Town , moving to 10 Hanover Street around 1870, and is later described as both architect and city assessor (valuing property under the Valuation of Lands Act).
[4]
He was
Session Clerk to the
United Presbyterian Church in Newington.
[5]
He died at 47 Grange Road on 5 October 1889 and is buried nearby in the
Grange Cemetery .
Works
Portobello Police Station
see
[6]
97-103 High Street on the
Royal Mile (1862) incorporating the sculpted head of a boy by
John Rhind
[7]
Cafe Royal, Edinburgh (1863)
Morningside United Presbyterian Church (1864)
Newington United Presbyterian Church (1864) Grange Road/Causewayside (generally called Salisbury Church)
Saltcoats West UP Church (1866)
West wing, Edinburgh Royal lunatic asylum (1867)
Canongate UP Church (1869)
Southern Literary Institute (1870)
Tenement in Leith (1873) Great Junction Street?
Enlargement of Hamilton Prison (1876)
Portobello Cemetery and entrance lodge (1876)
Portobello Police Station (1877)
Tenement in Portobello (1877)
Canongate Christian Institute (1878)
Tenements, Queen Charlotte Street,
Leith (1878)
Windsor Hotel, 100
Princes Street (1878)
Villa, 6 Strathearn Road (1880) extension and alteration
6 to 8 Shandwick Place (1880)
Tenement 147-151 Warrender Park Road (1881)
Tenement Leslie Place/Carlton Street,
Canonmills (1881)
Villa, 5 Chalmers Crescent for Thomas Landale (1884)
[8]
Villa, 59 Dick Place (1885)
Shop, 130
Princes Street (1886)
Warrender Baths (1886)
Family
In 1848 he married Margaret Wyllie. Their eldest son Robert (born 1850) was also an architect.
He was cousin to the architect
Robert Hamilton Paterson .
References
^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1825
^ Grave of Robert Paterson senior, Warriston Cemetery
^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1840
^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1888
^
"Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018 . {{
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link )
^
"www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=202840" . scottisharchitects.org.uk . Retrieved 28 May 2018 .
^ Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh by Gifford, McWilliam and Walker
^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1888