thumb|right|James Gillespie Graham by Edward Burton

thumb|right|James Gillespie Graham's Edinburgh townhouse, at 34 Albany Street

James Gillespie Graham (11 June 1776 – 21 March 1855) was a Scottish architect, prominent in the early 19th century. Much of his work was Scottish baronial in style. His initial work was as a joiner before he became an architect. In 1814, Graham designed St Andrew's Cathedral in Glasgow (built 1817).

In 1817, Alexander Macdonald, a member of Clan Macdonald of Clanranald, engaged Graham to design the Glenfinnan Monument, a stone tower to commemorate the Highlanders who fought on the side of Charles Edward Stuart during the Jacobite rising of 1745. The tower was completed shortly after Macdonald's death but debts were left outstanding to Graham. Two projects they collobroated on together included the design of Murthly House (1829 to 1831) and works at Taymouth Castle (1837 to 1842).

He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on 24 March 1817.

He died in Edinburgh at his residence on York Place on 21 March 1855 after a four-year illness.

  • Cupar County Buildings (1810)
  • Drumtochty Castle (1810)
  • Falkirk Parish Church (1810)
  • Culdees Castle, Muthill (1810)
  • Layout of Blacket Place, Edinburgh (1825)
  • Enlargement of Wishaw House (1825)
  • Layout of Melville Street and Walker Street, Edinburgh (1825)
  • Rafford Parish Church (1825)
  • Dunino Parish Church (1826)
  • Enlargement of Inverkeithing Parish Church (1826)
  • Morham Manse, Haddington (1826)
  • Muthill Church (1826)
  • Commercial Bank, Inverness (1827)
  • Quality Street, Mutton Hole, now called Davidsons Mains, Edinburgh (1827)
  • Manse, Douglas, Lanarkshire (1828)
  • Murthly House near Dunkeld (1829)
  • 18 to 20 Queensferry Street, Edinburgh (1830)
  • Ardhmor House, Dalgety Bay (1830)
  • Dalgety Kirk, Dalgety Bay (1830)
  • Spire on Haddington Town House, Haddington (1830)
  • Errol Parish Church (1830)
  • Steeple on Montrose Old Church (1831)
  • Chapel at St Margarets Convent, Whitehouse Loan, Edinburgh (1834)
  • Bolfracks near Aberfeldy (1835)
  • Commercial Bank, Aberdeen (1836)
  • Greenside Parish Church, Edinburgh (1836)
  • Ardmaddy Castle (designed 1837, executed after death)
  • Chapel interior, George Heriot's School (1837)
  • Remodelling of Taymouth Castle (1838)
  • Remodelling of Kinglassie Parish Church (1839)
  • Tolbooth Church, Castlehill, Edinburgh (1839) now known as The Hub
  • Remodelling of Brodick Castle (1844)
  • Episcopal Chapel, Gask (1845)
  • Ayton Castle (1846)
  • Wester Bogie House, Abbotshall, Fife (1850)

See also

  • :Category:James Gillespie Graham buildings

References

External sources

  • The Glasgow Story retrieved 8 October 2007.
  • James Gillespie Graham retrieved 8 October 2007.