Designs for Callendar House, 1827, not implemented until 1850s or 1860s. "Architect, born in Glasgow, the son of a mason. Educated first as a mason, he later turned to architecture. Little is known about his life, but he became the dominant architect in Glasgow in the first decades of the 19th century and was a popular, paternalistic and influential figure. The influences of Adam, Wyatt and Soane can be detected in his work. Known predominantly for neoclassical public designs, such as Hutcheson's Hospital (1802) and the Royal Exchange (1829) in Glasgow, his versatility is show by a number of fine Gothic churches, notably Campsie Parish Church, Lennoxtown, (1828) and the Gothic masterpieces of Kincaid House (1812) and Crawford Priory, Fife (addition 1813). He turned his hand to Scottish Jacobean designs with academic correctness and sensitivity as at Dunlop House (1833) and to the Norman style on a large scale at Lennox Castle, in late partnership with his son, James." [Entry in Chambers Scottish Biographical Dictionary, 1992]