Old Photograph Kirkpatrick Durham Scotland

Old photograph of cottage and houses in Kirkpatrick Durham, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish village was developed in the late 18th century as a handloom weaving centre, within the existing parish of the same name. The present church was built in 1850 by Dumfries based architect Walter Newall. Walter, born 3 April 1780, died 25 December 1863, was a Scottish architect and civil engineer, born at Doubledyke in the parish of New Abbey, near Dumfries in south west Scotland. He was the leading architect in the Dumfries area, from the 1820s until his retirement. He began his design career in partnership with an upholsterer and a cabinet maker in the Dumfries firm of Newall, Hannah and Reid. Throughout his working life he lived mainly in Dumfries, travelling around Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire in the course of his work. He did make tours of Germany and Italy, as well as parts of England, notably Oxford, Cambridge and Fonthill. The architects John Edgar Gregan, born 1813, died 1855, William Reid Corson, born 1821, died 1886, his brother George Corson, born 1829, died 1910, and James Barbour, born 1834, died 1912, all served as apprentices under Newall. Newall died at Craigend, New Abbey, on Christmas Day, 1863.



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