Andrew Heiton (3 April 1823 – 3 March 1894) was a Scottish architect.Andrew Heiton -
Dictionary of Scottish Architects
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He designed several notable buildings in Scotland, mostly
railway station
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s and
country house
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s.
Early life
Heiton was born in
Inchture
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,
Perth and Kinross
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Francis Hindes Groome
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(1901) He had at least one brother, the younger Thomas Arthur Heiton.
Career
Heiton served as an apprentice under his father, who had moved to
Perth
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. He then worked with
William Burn
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and
David Bryce
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Life
Bryce was born at 5 South College Street in Edinburgh, the son of David B ...
in
Edinburgh
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, before returning to practice with his father in the mid-1840s.
John Murray Robertson
John Murray Robertson FRIBA (31 January 1844 – 31 January 1901) was a Scottish architect who did much to change Dundee.
Life
He was born on 31 January 1844 at Strathord in Perthshire the son of James Robertson and Catherine Smeaton, w ...
became their apprentice in the mid-19th century. The duo built or added to several railway stations, including that of
Stirling
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and
Perth
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. They also served as the Perth's City Architects from 1856, succeeding William Macdonald Mackenzie. Heiton Jr. continued alone after the death of his father on 8 August 1858.
He inherited
Darnick
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estate, in the
Scottish Borders
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, restoring its 16th-century tower.
Heiton was admitted as a Fellow of the
Royal Institute of British Architects
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(FRIBA) on 23 June 1879, his proposers being
John Honeyman
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Perth railway station
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Dublin
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Broughty Ferry
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Kinnoull
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(1868)
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Kinfauns Parish Church
Kinfauns Parish Church is a Church of Scotland church in Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross, Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Dating to 1869, the work of architect Andrew Heiton and John Murray Robertson, it is now a Category C listed building.
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(1869; with
John Murray Robertson
John Murray Robertson FRIBA (31 January 1844 – 31 January 1901) was a Scottish architect who did much to change Dundee.
Life
He was born on 31 January 1844 at Strathord in Perthshire the son of James Robertson and Catherine Smeaton, w ...
)
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Craigievar and Darnick
Craigievar and Darnick is an historic double villa in Kinnoull, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Located on Kinnoull Terrace, it is a Category B listed building, built around 1870. The work of architect Andrew Heiton, who lived at the property upon ...
Vogrie House
Vogrie House forms the centrepiece of Vogrie Country Park in Midlothian.
It was built for James Dewar and his family in 1876 by Andrew Heiton, the town architect for Perth. Dewar was the creator of Dewar's whisky.
The current house is an exa ...
,
Midlothian
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Craigievar and Darnick
Craigievar and Darnick is an historic double villa in Kinnoull, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Located on Kinnoull Terrace, it is a Category B listed building, built around 1870. The work of architect Andrew Heiton, who lived at the property upon ...
, on Perth's
Kinnoull Terrace
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, was completed.''Perth and Kinross'', John Gifford (2007), p. 655
Death
Heiton died in Perth in 1894, aged 70. He is buried in
Greyfriars Burial Ground
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, just off the city's
Tay Street
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, where several of his works still stand. His headstone was one of several removed and restored in 2019.
His practice was taken on by his nephew Andrew Heiton Granger, who switched around his name to become Andrew Granger Heiton.