a Falkirk Architect of the 1930s
Although it is often stated that James Gavin Callander was a native of Shotts (born on 14 May 1881, the son of John Callander and Ann Allardyce), he came to Falkirk at an early age and was educated at Falkirk High School. He was articled to Alexander Gauld, architect, of Falkirk in 1896 and remained for eight years as an assistant after completing his apprenticeship. He studied art and architecture at the Falkirk School of Arts in Park Street whilst serving his apprenticeship. He commenced practice on his own account in 1908 and took over Gauld’s practice around 1912. Starting out in the business of an architect in Falkirk cannot have been easy as there were already several established architectural firms. Consequently, J G Callander took on many small tasks such as extensions to factories, industrial sheds, and alterations to existing buildings. He was often called in to provide reports on school buildings, particularly when previous repairs had gone wrong. He also drew up plans of the scenes of motoring accidents for use in court cases and acted as a land surveyor in the sale or exchange of ground. From early on his income was supplemented by acting as an estate agent, selling small residential and retail properties.
Illus 1: Villa in Wellside Place.
One of J G Callander’s first commissions, in 1909, was for a villa in Wellside Place for the law clerk R H Menzies who also sold properties from his office in Bank Street, and this may have been the point of contact between the two young men.
As a student J G Callander won several prizes for measured drawings, including the elevations of Dalmeny Church and St Michael’s Church in Linlithgow. He had an artist’s eye and from 1911 was a committee member of the Falkirk School of Art Club.
His commissions as an architect gave him not only the scope to ornament the facades of many of his buildings but also to provide the interior decorative schemes and colours.
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Illus 2: The War Memorial in Falkirk Parish Church.
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Many of his commissions came through his social and sporting contacts – notably Falkirk Parish Church, the golf clubs at Carmuirs, Glenbervie and Tryst, as well as the football clubs of Falkirk and East Stirlingshire. The church gave J G Callander a chance early in his career to express his artistic abilities as well as his structural expertise when it got him to design the war memorial inside the building. In his earlier years he was an enthusiastic footballer and played for Falkirk Amateurs Football Club and, also as an amateur, for the Falkirk Football Club, as an inside forward. He attended most of the games played at Brockville Park and was the architect for the club’s grandstand. He had an influential circle of friends including provosts and ex-provosts of the burgh.
J G Callander followed the old tradition of presenting whoever opened his public buildings with an inscribed key or other gift on behalf of himself and the various contractors, promoting further support.
Illus 4: Key inscribed: “PRESENTED BY THE ARCHITECT AND CONTRACTORS TO/W.G.MURRAY.ESQ. CHAIRMAN/FALKIRK & DISTRICT United Co-operative Society Ltd. ON THE OCCASION/OF/HIS OPENING/THE SUPER STORE/VICAR STREET/FALKIRK/12TH MARCH 1938”
J G Callander was a “client’s architect” in that he gave the commissioning body what it wanted at more or less the price agreed and as a result often had repeat work for the same company. This was particularly noticeable with the local co-operative movements whose early commissions he won by competitive tender until he became their architect of choice. On a lesser scale he also did several projects for other commercial bodies such as J Baird and Co, James Aitken and Co, Walter Alexander and Sons, and Alexanders’ Stores.
Using his various contacts, including past commercial business clients, he was able to acquire land on which to build speculatively. He constructed higher class villas, bungalows and flatted dwellings on his own account and then sold them on the open market. He was building throughout the depression which kept him and a host of tradesmen in work. This endeared him not only to those tradesmen, whose loyalty he was able to rely upon, but also to the town council. A man of keen foresight and unquestionable enterprise, he undertook successfully a large amount of speculative building in the town. In this connection his first development was a scheme of bungalows which, jointly with R Maxwell, he built in Major’s Loan where he lived. Later he developed ground at the Nurseries off Kerse Lane with a scheme of flats. Latterly his sphere extended to Larbert where he undertook a big scheme of bungalow building at Stirling Road.
Illus 5: Bungalows at Stirling Road.
In its present appearance the east end of the town centre in Falkirk owes much to J G Callander. He designed the bus station and the shops at its south-west corner, including the short arcade. In that same block were Doak’s dance hall and Haston’s garage. A little further north the residential area consisting of Garden Terrace and Garden Street was his creation.
However, the buildings most associated with J G Callendar are in the town centre. His masterpiece is undoubtedly the Co-operative superstore in Kirk Wynd which dominated the approach to the High Street from the north. It is described variously as “Art Deco,” “Egyptian” or “Modern,” though it is a unique eclectic mix of various styles.
The earlier buildings that J G Callander worked on were often plain industrial structures such as bakeries, aerated water works and breweries, or traditional stone buildings such as St Modan’s Church and the offices for Springfield Sawmill (both 1914) or the Co-op store on High Station Road (1923). However, the superstore at Camelon (1913) showed that he had a good eye for proportion and detail as well as an ability to integrate modern constructional techniques. The detailing in the stonework, the use of a granite plinth and huge display windows at that site were coming into vogue and over the next two decades J G Callander was able to harness their complete potential. Here too we see the use of banded pilasters which were to become a hallmark of much of his work whether in stone or concrete/cement, in commercial premises or private dwellings. Before long he stopped using rounded corners for the buildings at major road junctions and preferred chamfered or canted ones, dispensing with the corner tower/turret and introducing entablatures. The use of steel frames allowed for wide spans to be used for shop fronts or garage entrances. The best shop fronts of the 1920s and 1930s were made with ornate bronze frames. Slim steel windows were also extensively used in the upper floors to admit more light, and to produce horizontal lines and modern aesthetics. Occasionally concrete or cement fronts were integrated in order to reduce costs but compensated for by studding them with geometric ornament. It was, however, the continued use of high quality stone that marks his better-known buildings.
What was perhaps his last big undertaking was the preparation of sketch plans for the construction of a large fire station for Falkirk in 1941 on empty ground at the junction of Cockburn Street and the Howgate. These plans had been approved by Falkirk Council which was being pressed by the government to improve its fire-fighting capabilities in preparation for the Second World War. Unfortunately, the Council’s response was too late and with the development of the auxiliary fire service the new station ceased to be a priority and was never built. J G Callander died on 6 March 1942 at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where he had gone to undergo an operation. He was just 60 years of age and was survived by his wife, Isobel Thomson. His commercial success can be gauged from the fact that he left a moveable estate of £25,148 12s.
TABLE:
List of Buildings designed/overseen by J G Callander.
Click on the hyperlinks (in blue type) to read a description of some of the individual buildings arranged by year of construction.
| DATE | SITE (*click on blue type for details) | LOCATION | ESTIMATED COST |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | * Redecoration and Repair of Church | Falkirk Parish Church, Manse Place | £400 |
| 1909 | * Villa | Wellside Place for R H Menzies | – – – |
| 1910 | * Shop & Dwelling | Corner of Mission Lane/Cow Wynd for Mrs M Stark | – – – |
| 1910 | Tenement Block | Grahamsdyke St, Laurieston for Mary Marshall | – – – |
| 1911 | * Internal Alterations | Alexanders’ Stores Ltd, High St, Falkirk | – – – |
| 1911 | Cottage | Airth for A Armstrong, merchant | – – – |
| 1912 | * Mission Hall | Grahamston Evangelistic Mission, Millar Hall, Gowan Avenue | £800 |
| 1912 | * Large Extension to Bakery | Grahamston & Bainsford Co-operative Soc Ltd, Dalderse Avenue | – – – |
| 1912 | Rebuild House | Main St, Laurieston for Mary Marshall | – – – |
| 1912 | Billiard Saloon | 121 Grahams Rd for Train & McIntyre | – – – |
| 1913 | * Shopping Super-Store | Camelon Co-operative Soc Ltd, Main St/ Hedges | – – – |
| 1913 | * Halls (Cinema) | Camelon Co-operative Soc Ltd, Burnside | – – – |
| 1914 | * Large Factory Extension | A G Barr, Parkhead, Glasgow | – – – |
| 1914 | * Clerk of Works at St Modan’s Church | Hodge Street | £5,000 |
| 1914 | * Sawmill Offices | J Baird & Sons, Grahams Road | – – – |
| 1914 | School Board Reports | Drumbowie School, Standburn (1914, 1917 & 1918) | – – – |
| 1915 | Reconstruction | 681-683 Carron Rd for Mr Scobie & Mrs J Smith | – – – |
| 1915-1918 | * Explosives Factory Buildings | Nobel, Westquarter Works, Redding | – – – |
| 1916 | * Extension to Sawmill | J Baird & Sons, Springfield Sawmill, Grahams Road | – – – |
| 1916 | * Model Bakery | R Mathieson & Sons, 68-72 High St | – – – |
| 1917 | Alterations | 162 Grahams Rd for R & G Colvin | – – – |
| 1917 | Alterations | 61 Alma St for J Lamb | – – – |
| 1917 & 1920 | * Reconstruction of Cinema | The Cinema, Melville Street | – – – |
| 1918 | * Sawmill | Bantaskine, Glenfuir Rd | – – – |
| 1918 | Alterations | Major’s Loan/Woodlands Cres for AL Aitken | – – – |
| 1919 | * Model Dairy | Grahamston & Bainsford Co-operative Soc Ltd, Hendry St, Bainsford | – – – |
| 1919 | * Foundry Office | Grahamston Iron Co, Gowan Ave | – – – |
| 1919 | Printing Works | Meeks Rd, Falkirk for John Blaikie | – – – |
| 1919 | Extension | 4 Camelon Rd for WA Andrews | – – – |
| 1919 | Extension to Moulding Shop | Gowanbank Ironworks for M Cockburn & Co Ltd | – – – |
| 1920 | * Cinema, 5 Shops & Tearoom | J & A Thomson – reconstruction at the corner of Newmarket Street and Vicar Street | £6,000 |
| 1920 | Alteration to property | James St for R Henderson | – – – |
| 1920 | Bungalow | Camelon Rd for R Maxwell | – – – |
| 1920 | Domestic Garage | Dromore, Major’s Loan for N Stein | – – – |
| 1920 | Domestic Garage | Elrigg, Major’s Loan for TW Howie | – – – |
| 1920 | Electrical Dept. and Extension | Gowanbank Iron Works for Cockburn & Co Ltd | – – – |
| 1921 | Warehouse | Gowanbank Iron Works for Cockburn & Co | – – – |
| 1921 | * Villa | Mansionhouse Rd/Brown St, Camelon, for Walter Alexander | – – – |
| 1921 | Alterations | Cottage, Woodlands Cres for Norman D Roberson | – – – |
| 1921 | Extention to Moulding Shop | Gowanbank Iron Works for Cockburn & Co Ltd | – – – |
| 1921 | Alterations | Manor St for Thomas Dryburgh | – – – |
| 1922 | * War Memorial | Falkirk Parish Church, Manse Place | £300 |
| 1922 | 2 Bungalows | 13 & another Major’s Loan (joint project with J Maxwell & Son) | – – – |
| 1922 | * Bungalow | Corner of Major’s Place/Rennie St for John W Blackadder | – – – |
| 1922 | Fire Replacements | Gowanbank Iron Works for Cockburn & Co Ltd | – – – |
| 1923 | * Golf Clubhouse | Falkirk Golf Club, Carmuirs | £1,550 |
| 1923 | * War Memorial | Tryst Golf Clubhouse | – – – |
| 1923 | * Reconstruct Hotel as Temperance Cafe | Crown Hotel, High St/ Lint Riggs | – – – |
| 1923 | * Villa | Major’s Place for Frank Frazer | £1,400 |
| 1923 | Bungalow | Albert Rd for William L Hannah | – – – |
| 1923 | Public House | Callendar Road Tavern, Callendar Rd | £550 |
| 1923 | * Shop Store | Grahamston and Bainsford Co-operative Society central premises, Cow Wynd | – – – |
| 1923 | Alterations to House | Laurieston for J Waddell | – – – |
| 1923 | Alterations to House | Burnhead, Larbert, for Misses Bauchop | – – – |
| 1923 | Domestic Garage & Alterations (1924) | 19 Grahams Rd | – – – |
| 1923 | Villa | Major’s Place for JG Callander | – – – |
| 1923 | Villa | Major’s Loan for J Maxwell & Sons | – – – |
| 1924 | Bungalow | 1 Street, Carmuirs for DG Mailer | – – – |
| 1924 | Bungalow | Major’s Place for James Kean | – – – |
| 1924 | Alterations to Public House | Colonial Bar, Grahams Rd, for H Duffy | – – – |
| 1924 | Reconstruction of Bakery (ext 1939) | Dalderse Ave, Grahamston, for Falkirk & District Utd Co-op Soc Ltd | – – – |
| 1924 | Extension to Rear | 161 High St for Henry Dillon | – – – |
| 1924 | Alterations to Brass Foundry | Gowanbank Iron Works for Cockburn & Co Ltd | – – – |
| 1925 | Stables | Falkirk & District Co-operative Soc Ltd, Thornhill Rd | £530 |
| 1925 | Bungalow | Gartcows Rd for A Lang Grant | – – – |
| 1925 | 4 Bungalows | Major’s Place for JG Callander | £3,700 |
| 1925 | Alterations to Property | Maddiston for John Haldane, tailor | – – – |
| 1925 | Extension | Newlands House, Brightons for RG Hunter. | – – – |
| 1925 | Villa | Brightons for Alice Davidson | – – – |
| 1925 | Bungalow | Ferry Road, Larbert for JJ & P McLachlan | – – – |
| 1925 | House | Laurieston for JG Callander | – – – |
| 1925 | Petrol Pump | King St, Stenhousemuir, for Dempster & Sons | – – – |
| 1925 | Flatted Houses | Garden St/Terr for JG Callander | – – – |
| 1925 | Bungalow | The Nursery for Elizabeth & James Summers | – – – |
| 1925 &1927 | Extension to Bus Garage | Brown St for Walter Alexander & Sons Ltd | – – – |
| 1926 | * 2 Flatted Houses | Major’s Place/ Gartcows Road. | £1,450 |
| 1926 | * Alterations to Belfry | Falkirk Parish Church | – – – |
| 1926 | * 6 Flatted Houses | The Nursery, Kerse Lane | – – – |
| 1926 | * Alterations to Bank | Denny branch of TSB | – – – |
| 1926 | Bungalow | Bonnyside Rd, Bonnybridge for JG Callander | – – – |
| 1926 | Heating Chamber | Falkirk Parish Church | – – – |
| 1927 | * Petrol Garage | Callendar Rd for Douglas Haston | £7,821 |
| 1927 | Bungalow | Camelon Road for JG Callander | £950 |
| 1927 | Alterations to Shop | Alexanders’ Store, Horsemarket Lane | £350 |
| 1927 | Bungalows | Camelon Rd for JG Callander | £1,000 |
| 1927 | Villa and Garage | Major’s Place for JG Callander | £1,750 |
| 1927 | Villa and Garage | Major’s Loan for JG Callander | £1,675 |
| 1927 | Petrol Garage | Callendar Rd for John M Millar | – – – |
| 1927 | Petrol Garage | Western Ave for Wm Renton | – – – |
| 1927 | * Large Bakery Extension | Dalderse Ave for Falkirk & District Co-operative Soc Ltd | – – – |
| 1927 | * Alterations to Corner Shop | Vincent Serafini, West Bridge St/ Wellside Terrace | £300 |
| 1927 | Alterations to Shop | High St for JA Geddes ltd | – – – |
| 1927 | Extension | Station Hotel, Larbert, for J Aitken & Co | – – – |
| 1927 | Model Dairy | Union St, Bainsford, for Falkirk & District Utd Co-op Soc Ltd | – – – |
| 1927 | Trimming Shop & Stores | Brown St for Walter Alexander & Sons Ltd | – – – |
| 1928 | Bungalow | 17 Camelon Rd for W R Pollock, grocer | – – – |
| 1928 | * Grandstand | Falkirk Football Club, Brockville | £8,000 |
| 1928 | Villa and Garage | The Hawthorns, 13 Camelon Rd for William George Wright | – – – |
| 1928 | Callendar Rd | – – – | |
| 1928 | Conversion of Shops to Housing | Main St, Larbert, for Falkirk & District Co-op Soc | – – – |
| 1929 | * Bank | Falkirk TSB head office High St/ Cow Wynd | £10,000 |
| 1929 | * Pavillion | East Stirlingshire Football Club, Firs St | £1,000 |
| 1929 | Alterations to Shop | 20-24 Kirk Wynd for JW Armstrong Ltd | – – – |
| 1929 | Alterations | North Lodge, Millfield for JG Stein & Co Ltd | – – – |
| 1929 | Alterations | 4-12 Glasgow Rd, Camelon | – – – |
| 1930 | * Meat Factory | Falkirk & District Utd Co-operative Soc Ltd, Western Avenue | – – – |
| 1930 | * Shop | Callendar Riggs for JHD Crawford | – – – |
| 1930 | * Addition & Alterations to Hotel | Royal Hotel, High St, for JW Koop | – – – |
| 1930 | * Reconstruction | 11 Grahams Rd for Ironfounding Workers’ Assoc | £900 |
| 1930 | * Villa and Garage | Dakar, Camelon Rd/Maggie Woods Loan for Herbert B Robertson | – – – |
| 1931 | * Bus Station & Offices | Walter Alexander & Sons, Callendar Riggs | £2,800 |
| 1931 | * Superstore | Falkirk & District Utd Co-operative Soc Ltd, Main Street, Larbert | £16,000 |
| 1931 | * Shop | Falkirk & District Utd Co-operative Soc Ltd, Thornhill Rd | £7,500 |
| 1931 | * Public House | Argyll Bar, Vicar St | – – – |
| 1931 | Shop Alterations | William Brown’s, High St (E of Burnhead Lane) | – – – |
| 1931 | Reconstruction | Main St, Polmont, for Mrs Middlemas | – – – |
| 1931 | Living Accommodation | Over bus shed in Larbert Rd for Falkirk & District Traction Co | – – – |
| 1931 | Shop & Dwelling | High Station Rd for L Baird (42-46 Cow Wynd) | – – – |
| 1932 | * Golf Clubhouse | Glenbervie Golf Club, Stirling Rd, Glenbervie | £3,000 |
| 1932 | * Houses and Bungalows | Camelon Rd for JG Callander | £1,000 |
| 1932 | Bungalow | Corner of Kilns Entry/27 Camelon Rd for John Millar | – – – |
| 1932 | Grocery Shop / Bungalow | Hawley St for Matthew Taylor | £400 |
| 1932 | Shop / Bungalow | Moncks Rd for J Mochrie | – – – |
| 1932 | Flatted Houses | 1-3 Garden St for JG Callander | £1,200 |
| 1932 | Bungalow | Garden St | – – – |
| 1932 | Bungalow | 22 Albert Rd for Daniel M Millar | – – – |
| 1932 | 2 Flatted Houses | 9-11 Camelon Rd for JG Callander | £1,650 |
| 1932 | 6 Flatted Houses | 10-18 Garden Terrace Nursery for JG Callander | £3,900 |
| 1932 | Bungalow | 21 Camelon Rd for JG Callander | £1,100 |
| 1932 | Shop | Redding for W Burleigh | – – – |
| 1932 | Bungalow | Linlithgow Bridge for James Allan, baker | – – – |
| 1932 | 8 Semi-Detached Bungalows | Larbert for Stenhousemuir Building & Investment Society | – – – |
| 1932 | 3 Semi-Detached Bungalows | Stenhousemuir for Stenhousemuir Building & Investment Society | – – – |
| 1932 | Reconstruction | Convert old infirmary into hostel for married couples & single men for Mrs J Wilson | – – – |
| 1933 | Garage | Cockburn Street for Thomas Heatlie | – – – |
| 1933 | * Flatted Houses | 1-3/ 5-7 Major’s Loan for JG Callander | – – – |
| 1933 | * Dancing Academy & Hall | Doak’s Hall, Meadow St | £3,400 |
| 1933 | 2 Flatted Villas | 19-21 Gartcows Rd (Maggie Wood’s Loan) for JG Callander | £1,800 |
| 1933 | * Shopping Centre | Falkirk Bus Station, Callendar Riggs | £12,000 |
| 1933 | Alterations | Manuel Brickworks, Whitecross for JG Stein & Co Ltd | – – – |
| 1933 | Bungalow | North Broomage for J Murray | – – – |
| 1933 | Alterations to Houses | Shillinghill, Bonnybridge, for JG Stein & Co | – – – |
| 1933 | Alterations to Houses | Waverley Place, High Bonnybridge for JG Stein | – – – |
| 1933 | Reconstruction | High Station Rd for William Fleming (30-32 Cow Wynd) | – – – |
| 1933 | Alterations | 15 Wooer St for Falkirk Pawnbroking Co | – – – |
| 1934 | 12 Flatted Houses | 15 Garden St & 21-23 Garden Terrace for JG Callander | £7,880 |
| 1934 | Bungalow | Maggie Wood’s Loan for JG Callander | £1,000 |
| 1934 | Bungalow | Slamannan Rd | £650 |
| 1934 | * 20 Bungalows & 2 Streets | The Kilns & Westbank (Burnbrae Gdns) for JG Callander | £15,500 |
| 1934 | * Garage & Showroom | Thomas Laurie & Co Ltd, West Bridge Street | £3,200 |
| 1934 | Bungalow | Stirling Rd for JG Callander | – – – |
| 1934 | Extension | Cleveleys, Camelon Rd, for Walter Alexander jnr | – – – |
| 1934-8 | * Superstore | Falkirk & District Utd Co-operative Soc Ltd, Kirk Wynd/ Bank St | £50,000 |
| 1935 | * Shop & Entrance to Bus Station | Callendar Road for Walter Alexander | – – – |
| 1935 | Bungalow | 51 Slamannan Rd for JG Callander | £650 |
| 1935 | * Shop | Alexanders’ Stores, new premises | – – – |
| 1935 | Bungalow | Stirling Rd for JG Callander | – – – |
| 1935 | Reconstruction | Church Cottage, Denny Rd, Larbert | – – – |
| 1935 | Alterations | House in Denny Rd, Larbert, for Church Officer, Larbert Parish Church | – – – |
| 1935 | 8 Semi-Detached Bungalows | Stenhousemuir for Stenhousemuir Buildings & Investment Co | – – – |
| 1935 | Conversion of 2 Shops into 1 | 1-6 East Bridge St for William Brown | – – – |
| 1935 | 4 Flatted Houses | 21/23 & 25/27 Oliver Rd for JC Armstrong | – – – |
| 1935 | Shop | Callander Rd for H McMaster | – – – |
| 1935 | Fitting Shop | Mungal Foundry for Carron Co | – – – |
| 1936 | Extension | Dunrowan Nursing Home | – – – |
| 1936 | * Shops & Dwellings | Kidd’s Buildings, Cockburn St | – – – |
| 1936 | * Reconstruction | Callendar Rd Tavern for James Aitken & Co Ltd | – – – |
| 1937 | Bungalows ? | Queen’s Dr, Bantaskine | – – – |
| 1937 | * Office Block & Bank | Allied Ironfounders and Bank of Scotland, 175 Grahams Rd | – – – |
| 1937 | 11 Semi-Detached Bungalows | Goshen for JG Callander | – – – |
| 1937 | Bungalow | Pretoria Rd for JG Callander | – – – |
| 1937 | Bungalows | The Kilns | – – – |
| 1937 | Alterations | Blinkbonny Rd | – – – |
| 1937 | Timber Shed | Springfield Sawmill for J Baird & Co | – – – |
| 1937 | Workshops, Stores & Garage | Brockville House for Stirlingshire & Falkirk Water Board | – – – |
| 1938 | Bungalows | Stirling Rd, Larbert | – – – |
| 1938 | * Bottling Plant | James Aitken & Co (Falkirk) Ltd, Falkirk Brewery, Newmarket St. | £20,000 |
| 1938 | Double Villa | Garden St, east side | £1,600 |
| 1938 | * Furniture Store | James Grant & Co Ltd, Cow Wynd | – – – |
| 1938 | Alterations | Nurses’ Home, Waggon Road, Brightons | – – – |
| 1938 | Flatted Houses | Russell St & Alma St for JK Millar Ltd | – – – |
| 1938 | Bungalow | Larbert Old Parish Church | – – – |
| 1938 | 2 Flatted Houses | West side of Garden St for JG Callander | – – – |
| 1938 | Villa | The Kilns for JJ & P McLachlan | – – – |
| 1938 | Bank, Shop & Office | Newmarket St for North of Scotland Bank | – – – |
| 1939 | Detached Bungalows | Goshen, Stenhousemuir | – – – |
| 1939 | 2 Blocks of 2 Flatted Dwellings | Albert Rd, south side | £3,200 |
| 1939 | Alterations | Lorraine Place, Rumford, for Mrs J Laing | – – – |
| 1939 | 8 Semi-Detached Bungalows | Stirling Rd for JG Callander | – – – |
| 1939 | 4 Semi-Detached Houses & 1 Detached | Larbert for Stenhousemuir Building & Investment Society | – – – |
| 1939 | Reconstruction | 73 Grahams Rd | – – – |
| 1939 | Reconstruction | Wallace St | – – – |
| 1939 | Alterations | Main St, Bainsford, for George E Sproul | – – – |
| 1941 | Conversion of Villa into Houses | Clayknowes for JG Stein & Co Ltd | – – – |
| 1941 | Fire Station & Firemen’s Houses | Cockburn St/ Howgate | – – – |
1 – Falkirk Parish Church; 2 – villa Wellside Place; 3 – shop, Cow Wynd; 4 – Alexanders’ Stores; 5 – St Modan’s Church; 6 – Mathieson’s bakery; 7 – The Cinema; 8 – Salon Cinema; 9 – Temperance Café; 10 – Callendar Road Tavern; 11 – Garden Terrace/Garden Street; 12 – shop, West Bridge Street’; 13 – Haston’s Garage; 14 – Falkirk & Counties Savings Bank; 15 – Crawford’s shop, Callendar Riggs; 16 – Royal Hotel; 17 – bus station; 18 – Argyll Bar; 19 – Doak’s dance hall; 20 – Callendar Riggs shopping centre; 21 – Laurie’s Garage; 22 – milk bar; 23 – Kidd’s Buildings; 24 – Falkirk Co-op superstore; 25 – Falkirk Brewery bottling plant; 26 – Grant’s furniture store.
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