David Rhind

for others with the same name see Rhind

The former Commercial Bank of Scotland, George Street, Edinburgh, 1847

David Rhind (1808–1883) was a Scottish architect, born in Edinburgh in 1808 to parents John Rhind (a cashier to the Edinburgh Friendly Insurance Company) and his wife Marion Anderson. David Rhind was married twice, to Emily Shoubridge in 1840, then Mary Jane Sackville-Pearson in 1845. He lived until 1883 and was survived by eight of his children.

He is believed to have trained in the London drawing office of Augustus Charles Pugin. ^[1] His practice began in Edinburgh, but examples of his work were constructed all over Scotland.

David Rhind's work included many branches of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, including their headquarters on George Street, Edinburgh, which is now The Dome bar and restaurant.^[2] Other buildings for the Commercial Bank, now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland, were constructed as far apart as Thurso and Jedburgh. He also designed a number of churches, local government buildings, and houses. One of his grandest schemes was Daniel Stewart's Hospital, now Stewart's Melville College, Edinburgh. He employed Neo-Classical and Baronial styles (amongst others) during his work.

In 1849, Rhind was commissioned by Sir John Maxwell, 8th Baronet, to design the lay-out of the Pollokshields area of Glasgow, in what until then had been farmland 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city centre.

References

1. ^ Dictionary of Scottish Architects entry on David Rhind
2. ^ "14 George Street, Former Commercial Bank, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/hsstart?P_HBNUM=28862. Retrieved 2010-04-15. 

External links

• Dictionary of Scottish Architects – showing the several architects who have been named Rhind.

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Name	Rhind, David
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Date of birth	1808
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Date of death	1883
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