About James Barbour
Lived 1834 – 1912 (aged 77–78). James Barbour was an architect.
James Barbour (18345 May 1912) was a Scottish architect responsible for over four hundred buildings in Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. His twin brother Robert set up the drapers shop in Dumfries 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 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He excavated the Roman site at Birrens.
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Scottish architect
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James Barbour was born in 1834.
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James Barbour died in 1912.
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