William Weir
William Weir (20 September 1865 – 8 July 1950) was a Scottish architect who specialised in the repair of ancient structures. • Illustration — William Weir Weir left school at sixteen to become a pupil of Edinburgh architect Archibald MacPherson, while also attending the Edinburgh School of Art. He moved to London at nineteen to work in the studios of first Leonard Stokes and then Arts and Crafts pioneer Philip Webb. Weir set up independent practice in 1900 and was admitted as a Licentiate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1911.
William Weir
- Born
- 1865
- Died
- 1950
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Edinburgh College of Art
- Languages
- English
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
William Weir (20 September 1865 – 8 July 1950) was a Scottish architect who specialised in the repair of ancient structures. • Illustration — William Weir Weir left school at sixteen to become a pupil of Edinburgh architect Archibald MacPherson, while also attending the Edinburgh School of Art. He moved to London at nineteen to work in the studios of first Leonard Stokes and then Arts and Crafts pioneer Philip Webb. Weir set up independent practice in 1900 and was admitted as a Licentiate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1911.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for William Weir. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q8020154
In this article
Biography
Born in 1865, died in 1950.
William Weir studied at Edinburgh College of Art. The recorded working language is English.
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Design
11,558 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- William WatersDesigner
- William WaudDesigner
- William Wayne CaudillDesigner
- William WeeksDesigner
- William Wesley PetersDesigner
- William West NeveDesigner
- William WhiteDesigner
- William WhitfieldDesigner
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by William Weir?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.