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Thomas Hadden (1871–1940) was a Scottish maker of ornamental
Hadden was born in
Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 16 September 2018.Thomas Hadden's workshop, Edinburgh, ca. 1910
Artisans and Craft Production in Nineteenth-Century Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2018. He acquired a reputation for his skill in metalworking; an important part of his work came from architectural commissions, particularly from the
ironwork
Ironwork is any weapon, artwork, utensil, or architectural feature made of iron, especially one used for decoration. There are two main types of ironwork: wrought iron and cast iron. While the use of iron dates as far back as 4000BC, it was th ...
from wrought iron
Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.08%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4%). It is a semi-fused mass of iron with fibrous slag Inclusion (mineral), inclusions (up to 2% by weight), which give it a ...
, particularly for the architect Robert Lorimer
Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer, KBE (4 November 1864 – 13 September 1929) was a prolific Scottish architect and furniture designer noted for his sensitive restorations of historic houses and castles, for new work in Scots Baronial and Gothi ...
.
Life
Hadden was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Hamilton ( sco, Hamiltoun; gd, Baile Hamaltan ) is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It sits south-east of Glasgow, south-west of Edinburgh and nort ...
in 1871. He came from an ironworking family, and served an apprenticeship at Howgate near Edinburgh; he then worked for James Milne and Sons in Edinburgh, and in London. In 1901 he founded a business with his brother, a woodcarver.Thomas HaddenGrace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 16 September 2018.Thomas Hadden's workshop, Edinburgh, ca. 1910
Artisans and Craft Production in Nineteenth-Century Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2018. He acquired a reputation for his skill in metalworking; an important part of his work came from architectural commissions, particularly from the
Arts and Crafts
A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated re ...
architect Robert Lorimer
Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer, KBE (4 November 1864 – 13 September 1929) was a prolific Scottish architect and furniture designer noted for his sensitive restorations of historic houses and castles, for new work in Scots Baronial and Gothi ...
.
Hadden died in 1940, and his nephew Robert continued the business, making architectural ironwork. The company closed in 1975.
Artistic work
The company produced gates, railings, and other features including weather vanes and shop sign. Hadden's work for Robert Lorimer included the wrought iron gates for the Thistle Chapel inSt Giles' Cathedral
St Giles' Cathedral ( gd, Cathair-eaglais Naomh Giles), or the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Old Town of Edinburgh. The current building was begun in the 14th century and extended ...
, Edinburgh (1911), and the casket for the Scottish National War Memorial
The Scottish National War Memorial is located in Edinburgh Castle and commemorates Scottish service personnel and civilians, and those serving with Scottish regiments, who died in the two world wars and subsequent conflicts. Its chief architec ...
in Edinburgh (1927). Other commissions included railings for Lord Carmichael
Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are ...
's house in Skirling
Skirling is a parish, community council area and village in Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders situated 2½ miles east of Biggar in Lanarkshire. Biggar Water, a tributary the River Tweed forms the southern boundary of the parish with the pa ...
and a set of pendants to illuminate the North and
South aisle
An aisle is, in general, a space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides. Aisles with seating on both sides can be seen in airplanes, certain types of buildings, such as churches, cathedrals, synagogues, meeting halls, parl ...
and nave
The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...
of Dunblane Cathedral
Dunblane Cathedral is the larger of the two Church of Scotland parish churches serving Dunblane, near the city of Stirling, in central Scotland.
The lower half of the tower is pre- Romanesque from the 11th century, and was originally free-standi ...
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After the Second World War, commissions by the firm included the Quincentenery gates for the University of Glasgow
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(1952) and the memorial gates for George Heriot's School
George Heriot's School is a Scottish independent primary and secondary day school on Lauriston Place in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. In the early 21st century, it has more than 1600 pupils, 155 teaching staff, and 80 non-teaching staff ...
(1959).
References
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