Alexander Laing (architect)


Alexander Laing was a Scottish architect who was mainly involved in house and castle design.
's Old Parish Church, one of Laing's designs
It is believed Laing trained as a stonemason, but later worked as an architect, based in Edinburgh; his work is first listed as a mason in the Edinburgh directories of 1774.

Personal life

Laing married three times: first to Charlotte Polson in 1772, then to Margaret Turnbull in 1786, and finally to Beatrix Currie in 1789.
Laing had a son, Francis, with Charlotte. He also had a daughter, Jane, who married Captain Alexander Robertson in 1808.
Around 1795, Laing purchased the James Adam-designed 7 York Place in Edinburgh, where he lived until 1818.
Laing died in Portobello in 1823, aged 71.