11 Facts About Baillie Scott

Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott was a British architect and artist.

The son of a wealthy Scottish landowner, Scott was born at Beards Hill, St Peter's near Broadstairs, Kent, the second of ten children.

Baillie Scott originally studied at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, but, having qualified in 1885, he decided to study architecture instead.

Baillie Scott studied briefly in Bath, but his architectural development was especially marked by the 12 years he spent living in the Isle of Man.

At the beginning of his career, Baillie Scott worked with Fred Saunders, with whom he had studied at the Isle of Man School of Art, which is in Douglas.

Baillie Scott then left Saunders and set up his own business in 23 Athol Street, Douglas.

Baillie Scott developed his own Arts and Crafts style however, which progressed towards a simple form of architecture, relying on truth to material and function, and on precise craftsmanship.

Baillie Scott was known for the work he put into both the exterior and the interior, and its decoration.

Baillie Scott produced nearly 300 buildings over the course of his career.

Baillie Scott married Florence Kate Nash, a descendant of Beau Nash, on 1 February 1899 in Batheaston Parish Church, Somerset.

Baillie Scott died at the Elm Grove Hospital in the Elm Grove area of Brighton.