Harold Ogle Tarbolton FRIBA (1869–1947) was a 19th/20th century British architect, mainly working in

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. 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

The former Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital, Edinburgh

Loch Lomond Electric Facility 35635636511

He was born in

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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

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. He was articled to train as an architect with

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around 1885. After training he joined the office of

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. Here he was able to also study at the

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from 1893 to 1895. He appears to have also spent some time during the same period at the

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. In 1895 he set up practice at 7 Frederick Street in

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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 he moved residence to 39 Northumberland Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town. 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

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in the west end of the city. In 1932 he merged with his former junior colleague Matthew Ochterlony to create Tarbolton & Ochterlony. However, he appears to have had joint projects from 1924 onwards. In 1938 he succeeded

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er, a role he served until death. He was consulting architect to both St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth and Oban Cathedral. In 1944 Tarbolton & Ochterlony became architectural advisors to the

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Board. They created the schemes for

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and Tummel-Garry. Ochterlony died before the schemes were begun. Tarbolton saw the schemes built but did not live to their being commissioned. He died of a cerebral thrombosis at his home, 3 East Castle Road in the

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district of Edinburgh on 31 July 1947.

Family

On 9 February 1897 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.

Principal Works

*St Peter's Episcopal Church,

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near

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(1897) *Extension to the British Linen Bank in

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. *Internal refurbishment and new outbuildings at Manderston House (1900) in office of John Kinross * Altyre House electricity generating house (1902) *

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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

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(1907) *Remodelling of

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(1910) * Pattishall House (1910) *Memorial to

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, St Michael and All Saints Church,

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(1913) *Major remodelling, St Bride's Episcopal Church,

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(1915) *Western House,

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(1919) * Paisley War Memorial (1920) with sculpture by

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Memorial Hospital (1923) *Warrior's Chapel, Old St. Paul's, Edinburgh (1924) * Bangour Village Church (1924) *Church of the Ascension (Episcopal),

(1925) *Remodelling of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Hamilton, Bermuda (1926) *

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, Duns (1928) *9 Easter Belmont Road (1933) with Ochterlony *

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, Dumfries (1933) *Remodelling of Chalmers Hospital, Edinburgh (1933) *Old Sailor's Ark, Canongate, Edinburgh (1934) *Remodelling of

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, Motherwell (1935) *Mathers Bar, Queensferry Street, Edinburgh (1938) now a

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*St David's Episcopal Church, Pilton, Edinburgh (1939) opened 1941 *Westering, Inverleith Grove, Edinburgh (1939) *St Salvador's Episcopal Church,

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Main Street, Edinburgh (1939) now a

*St Fillan's Episcopal Church, Buckstone, Edinburgh (1940) *

Hydro Electric Scheme (1947) *Tummel-Garry Hydro Electric Scheme (1947) *

Hydro Electric Scheme (1947) *Aldour Bridge, Pitlochry (1949) posthumously, work executed by Sir Alexander Gibb *Internal refurbishment and new outbuildings at Manderston House (1900) in office of John Kinross * Altyre House electricity generating house (1902) *