page_title: George Mackie Watson
section_title: Principal works
hierarchical_section_title: George Mackie Watson / Principal works
caption_attribution_description: English: St James Church, Portobello
context_page_description: George Mackie Watson RIBA was a Scottish architect in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He trained in the offices of Robert Rowand Anderson, and was responsible for the design and reconstruction of several churches. From 1912 to 1932 he was involved in the total rebuilding of Eilean Donan Castle on the west coast of Scotland, for John Macrae-Gilstrap.
context_section_description: Selected projects to which Watson contributed as assistant to Rowand Anderson:
  Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Stirling (1876)
  McEwan Hall, Edinburgh (1876–1897)
  Glasgow Central Station Hotel (1877)
  Mount Stuart House, Bute (1879)
  Ballochmyle House, Mauchline (1885)
  Restoration of Dunblane Cathedral (1889)
  Kings College Chapel, Aberdeen University (1890)
  Restoration of Paisley Abbey (1898)
  Selected works as an independent practitioner:
  Restoration of Strachur church, Argyll (1899)
  Feuing plan for the Hailes Estate on Lanark Road, Edinburgh (1900)
  St Serfs Church, Goldenacre, Edinburgh (1901)
  Unsuccessful competition entry for the Peace Palace in The Hague (1907)
  Restoration of Kirkwall Cathedral, Orkney (1908)
  St James Church, Portobello, Edinburgh (1910)
  Remodelling of Castle Lachlan, Argyll (1910)
  Remodelling of Falkirk Old Parish Church (1910)
  Restoration and consolidation at Eilean Donan Castle (1912)
  Knockdown House, Toward, Argyll (1919)
caption: St James Church, Portobello
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