James Barbour (18345 May 1912) was a Scottish

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responsible for over four hundred buildings in

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and

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. His twin brother Robert set up the drapers shop in

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which went on to become the business R Barbour & Sons. James Barbour was born in Dunscore and began his training in Dumfries in -1849 with Walter Newall. He set up his own practice in 1860. He was a member of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society and Fellow of the

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. He excavated the

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site at Birrens.

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1834 births 1912 deaths 19th-century Scottish architects People from Dumfries and Galloway {{Scotland-architect-stub