Tobias Bauchop

Tobias Bauchop or Baccup (c.1665 – 1710) was a 17th-century Scottish master mason responsible for several architctural masterpieces, mainly working as contractor to the eminent architect Sir William Bruce.

He was born around 1665 in Alloa in central Scotland, the son of Thomas Bauchop (b.

[2] From 1685 he had a working relationship with Sir William Bruce, Scotland's foremost architect of the day.

From 1699, Bruce, Bauchop and Edward jointly worked on the huge Hopetoun House project.

[4] Bauchop's house in Alloa survives, including its marriage stone with a devil's head.