thumb|[[Blackwell (historic house)|Blackwell, near Bowness, Cumbria]]

thumb|Fireplace at Blackwell, an example of Baillie Scott's attention to interior detail, typical of Arts & Crafts architects

Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott (23 October 1865 – 10 February 1945) was a British architect and artist. Through his long career, he designed in a variety of styles, including a style derived from the Tudor, an Arts and Crafts style reminiscent of Voysey and later the Neo-Georgian.

Early life

The son of a wealthy Scottish landowner, Scott was born at Beards Hill, St Peter's near Broadstairs, Kent, the second of ten children. He originally studied at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, but, having qualified in 1885, he decided to study architecture instead.

  • Oakhams, 1942 (additions; his home)
  • Red House, Isle of Man
  • Woodbury Hollow, Loughton, Essex
  • Winscombe House, Crowborough, Sussex
  • Sandford House, Kilmany, Fife, Scotland, Category B
  • Majestic Hotel, Onchan, Isle of Man (demolished)
  • White Lodge, Wantage, Oxfordshire
  • Chludzinski's Mansion, Lieskavičy, Šumilina district, Vitebsk region, Belarus (derelicted)

Family and later life

He married Florence Kate Nash, a descendant of Beau Nash, on 1 February 1899 in Batheaston Parish Church, Somerset.

They had two children:

  • Daughter, Enid Maud Mackay Baillie-Scott, born 26 November 1889 died 1968
  • Son, Mackay Hugh Baillie-Scott, born 13 May 1891 died 1943

He died at the Elm Grove Hospital (now Brighton General Hospital) in the Elm Grove area of Brighton. His gravestone in Edenbridge, Kent reads: "Nature he loved and next to nature art".

References

Further reading

  • Omilanowska Małgorzata, Dwa polskie projekty M. H. Scotta (Two Polish works of M. H. Baillie Scott), Rocznik Historii Sztuki (Warsaw), T. XXII: 1996, s. 139–154.
  • Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott: An Overview on The Victorian Web.