James Murray (architect)
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James Murray (d.1634) was a Scottish architect. He served as the King's Master of Works under James VI, and Charles I. He was one of the first men in Scotland to be called an architect.[1]
He was granted land near Juniper Green, outside Edinburgh, where he designed and built Baberton House as his home, in around 1622.
As Master of Works he was in charge of works at Linlithgow Palace, Parliament House in Edinburgh, the reconstruction of Holyrood Palace prior to the coronation of Charles I, and additions to the Great Hall at Edinburgh Castle.
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- ^ McWilliam, Colin The Buildings of Scotland: Lothian, Penguin (1994), p.54.
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