John Paterson (died 1832) was a Scottish architect who trained with

Robert Adam Robert Adam (3 July 17283 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. With his o ...

(1728–1792) whom he assisted with his work on Edinburgh University Old College and Seton House Castle.

Life

He was the second son of George Paterson (d. 1789) an Edinburgh architect and builder linked to Robert Mylne and living on St John Street in the

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in a building he had built with Francis Charteris,

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and thereafter shared. Its site is remembered in the building Charteris Land, a modern building which replaced it. The family also owned a small estate at Monimail in

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called Cunnochie. The estate passed to the oldest son (also George Paterson) on the death of the father. John lived on St John Street until 1784 and then moved to Elgin to work with Sir James Grant. He returned to Edinburgh in 1789 to oversee the building of Old College for

. His business connection to Adam ended in 1791, whereafter he opened an office at 2 North Bridge. In 1820 he apprenticed

Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin (17 October 1799 – 17 December 1881) was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations. He restored castles and country ho ...

. The original concept for a road on the line of what is now Waterloo Place in

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was mooted by Paterson as early as 1790. Just before death he is listed as living at 24 Buccleuch Place in Edinburgh's south side, just south of George Square.

Principal works

Monzie Castle Monzie Castle is a castellated mansion, near Monzie in Perth and Kinross, Scotland that incorporates an L-plan, early 17th-century building that was enlarged in 1797–1800. It is a category A listed building. The current house dates from 190 ...

, 1785–1790 *

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, 1792.Designs for Sundrum by John Paterson: Art Fund
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, 1794 *The Bridewell Prison, Duke Street,

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, 1795 *

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Parish Church, 1795 (incorporating older tower) *

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, 1798 *

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, c. 1801 *

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, 1800 * St Paul's Church,

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, 1807 *

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, 1801 *Canaan Lodge,

(as his own home), 1802 (demolished 1988 to build the Royal Blind School) *

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near Dollar, 1804 for

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(demolished 1971) *

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Bank, Bernard Street, Leith, 1804 *

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, 1805 (demolished) *

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, 1805 *

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, 1807 *Seafield Baths,

, 1810 *

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, 1810 *

Kinghorn Kinghorn (; gd, Ceann Gronna) is a town and parish in Fife, Scotland. A seaside resort with two beaches, Kinghorn Beach and Pettycur Bay, plus a fishing port, it stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, opposite Edinburgh. According ...

Manse, 1816 * Brancepeth Castle County Durham, 1818-21

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