Thomas Bonnar

Thomas Bonnar (d. 1847) was a Scottish interior designer and architect of note, working in the Edinburgh area.

[1] His family lived in a new house at 6 South St David Street during his teenage years.

[3] "Thomas Bonar", Superintendent of Works is listed as living at Greenside on Leith Walk in the early 19th century.

He died on 2 February 1873 and is buried with his wife Mary Thom (1813–1858) in a crowded section of Dean Cemetery east of the new Dean Gallery entrance and north-east of the distinctive pyramid therein with a strange back-to-back monument with his son Thomas (1838–1896), designed by David Watson Stevenson.

His interiors include:[7] Thomas in turn also had a son named Thomas (1838–1896), who was operational largely in the 1890s and decorated some ceilings at Falkland Palace and Liberton House[8] and Riddles Court on the Lawnmarket.

East Claremont Street by Thomas Bonnar
Bellevue Terrace designed by Thomas Bonnar
1843 photo of Nelson Monument by Robert Adamson
The grave of Thomas Bonnar (1810-1873) Dean Cemetery