W. & D. McGregor

Active: 1861 - 1890

Function: Masons

History or description: The firm was probably founded in the early 1860s and was listed under Wm M'Gregor, Builder, at 4 Duncan Street, Edinburgh in the Post-Office Edinburgh & Leith Directory for 1861-2 (p. 394). By 1865-6 the business name was given as W.D. M'Gregor, Builder, operating from 5 Pitt Street (Op. cit., 1865-66, p. 321) and four years later (1869) had moved to 40 Grindlay Street and was listed as W & D M'Gregor (Op. cit., 1868-69, p. 364). From about 1875 the McGregors were also listed in the post office directories as Masons. Amongst the buildings they constructed were a tenement at Glengyle Terrace in 1869, the firm's initials appear on the facade of number 16c. See: http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/220053/details/edinburgh+15+17+glengyle+terrace/

This entry includes information submitted by Joachim Gentz.

Citing this record

'W. & D. McGregor', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib6_1215514503, accessed 05 Jun 2023]