In 1860 he took John James Stevenson (b.24 August 1831) into partnership and they set up office at 24 George Street in Edinburgh.

This lasted until the death of Stevenson's father in 1866 at which point he inherited a large sum of money and drifted out of the profession.

[2] During this period employees included Charles Alfred Chastel de Boinville, a talented Anglo-French architect, who brought a European flavour to the designs.

[3] He died of bladder disease in 1910, aged 81, at his house 25 Braid Avenue, Edinburgh, leaving the then-substantial sum of over £8,000.

[1] He was cremated and his ashes were buried in Morningside Cemetery against the south wall, towards the south-west corner.