Studies of Thomson buildings

1850	Seymour Lodge, Cove.

1850	Craig Ailey, Kilcreggan. A summer residence for John McElroy, contractor of Glasgow.

1851	Ardsloy, Cove.

1851	Italian Villa, Cove.

1851	Garnkirk Vase for 1851 Exhibition.

c.1852	Woodside Cottages, Langbank.

1852/3	Knowe Cottage (now The Knowe, 301 Albert Drive, Pollokshields) for John Blair, Glasgow merchant. Phase 1, main gateway and coachman's house, 1852-6.

1854	Rockland, Helensburgh.

c.1854	Work on Craigownie Castle, near Cove, in Scots Baronial style.

c.1854	Work on Knockderry Castle, near Cove, in Scots Baronial style.

1854	The Knowe, 301 Albert Drive, Pollokshields. Phase 2.

1855	Greenbank, Bothwell (later additions).

1855	Tor House, Craigmore, Isle of Bute.

1855	Gleneden Villa, Bothwell.

1855-8	The Knowe, 301 Albert Drive, Pollokshields, Phase 3.

1856	Double Villa, 25 and 25a Mansionhouse Road, Langside.

1856	Hutchesontown and Caledonia Road UP Church, 1 Caledonia Road, Hutchesontown. Gutted by fire October 1965.

1856	Balfron South Manse, Balfron, Stirlingshire.

1856-9	Design for small church and manse (Mitchell Library, Glasgow).

1857-9	St Vincent Street UP Church, 265 St Vincent Street.

1857	Walmer Crescent, Paisley Road West, Ibrox.

1857-8	Holmwood, Netherlee Road, Cathcart, for James Couper.

1857	Design for unidentified house (Mitchell Library).

1858	99-107 West Nile Street. Small office block.

1858	Unsuccessful competition drawing for St George's Free Church, Albany Street, Edinburgh (Glasgow School of Art).

1859	1-10 Moray Place, Strathbungo. Thomson moved into Nº1 in 1866 and lived there until his death.

1859-61	Grosvenor Building, 68-80 Gordon Street. Restored after 1864 fire damage from 1865 to 1866. External and internal additions by JH Craigie, 1907. Modernised 1958. Fire damaged 1967. Interior and some exterior remodelling c.1993.

1862	Monumental building, unidentified design (Mitchell Library).

1862	Albert Memorial Competition design (Glasgow School of Art).

1862	Obelisk for London Exhibition.

1863	Buck’s Head Building, 63 Argyle Street.

1863	Ferndean, Cove: wall and gates.

1864	South Kensington Museum Competition design (Mitchell Library).

1864	Headstone for James Thomson, Balfron churchyard.

1865	Terrace, 27-53 Oakfield Avenue, Hillhead.

1865	Grecian Chambers, 336-56 Sauchiehall Street.

1866	Northpark Terrace, 35-51 Hamilton Drive, Belmont.

1866	Glasgow Improvement Trust: unexecuted design.

1867	Monument for Alexander Ogilvie Beattie, DD, Gamma section, Glasgow Necropolis.

1867	Great Western Terrace, Great Western Road.

1867	Monument for John McIntyre, Old Cathcart Cemetery.

1868	Lilybank House, Hillhead. Additions and alterations.

1870	Loch Katrine Monument Competition design.

1871	Ellisland, 200 Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields. For William Johnston, gas fitting manufacturer.

1871	Egyptian Halls, 84-100 Union Street.

1871	Westbourne Terrace, 21-39 Hyndland Road, Kelvinside.

1872	Stairway, Kelvinside Terrace West to Queen Margaret Road.

1872	Offices, 107 West Regent Street. Extensions.

1873	From 1873 to 1875: The Knowe, 301 Albert Drive, Pollokshields. Boundary wall.

1873	84 - 112 Nithsdale Road.

1874	Customs House, 196 Clyde Street. Alterations (minor and undiscovered).

1874	Tenement, 94-106 Smith (now Otago) Street. Four-storey block built at south side of stables.

1874	Shore Bridge Road, Cove.

1875	Tenement, 514-46 Maryhill Road.

1875	Tenement, 265-89 Allison Street.

1875	Rysland (now Croyland), 202 Ayr Road, Newton Mearns. The following may be by Robert Turnbull adapted from original Thomson designs or drawn from Thomson’s style for inspiration.

1876	2-38 Millbrae Crescent, Langside.

1876	Tenement, 18-76 Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields.

1876	Villa, 336 Albert Drive, Pollokshields.

1876	Villas at Lenzie (attributed).

1876	Villas at Dullatur (attributed).

1876	Watson Street/Bell Street warehouse (part-demolished).

Lost buildings include: Queen’s Park UP Church and the UP Manse, Duntocher, both destroyed during World War II; office buildings in Bath Street and Queen’s Park Terrace, and a range of early small villas in St Andrew Drive, Pollokshields.