William Fowler (architect)

William Fowler (1 August 1824[1] – 3 February 1906) was a 19th-century Scottish architect closely linked to the northern town of Golspie and the surrounding area.

He was born at 28 Jamaica Street[2] in Edinburgh's Second New Town the son of George Fowler (1798-1862) a builder, and his wife Margaret Kirk.

[3] He received employment with the 2nd Duke of Sutherland as his estate surveyor (working with the architect George Devey), and later overseeing the vast building project at Dunrobin Castle, designed by Sir Charles Barry.

During this period he began living in Golspie where he thereafter had a lifelong connection.

In 1900 he moved to Mount Chasse (now 11) Broomieknowe in Lasswade, south of Edinburgh.