Hospitalfield House [SEP] architect
House together with sources.
Patrick Allan-Fraser (1812-90).
In the mid 19th century, Hospitalfield House was expanded by Patrick Allan-Fraser, a patron of the arts. Allan-Fraser, the son of an Arbroath weaving merchant, studied art in Edinburgh and was once president of the British Academy of Art in Rome. In Arbroath, he completed a series of paintings for an edition of Scott's "The Antiquary". After acquiring the Hospitalfield estate through marriage he embarked on a substantial
workshop on the top floor of a tenement (since demolished) on Edinburgh High Street near John Knox's Corner. This involved work on the estate at Hospitalfield Trust, Arbroath 1849 to 1853 under the sculptor James Christie. At Hospitalfield he had the patronage of architect Patrick Allan Fraser who gave him commissions to fund his studies in Rome. Hutchison later became one of the Trustees of the Hospitalfield Trust. As an apprentice he also took evening classes in decorative and modelling, before studying in the Antique and Life department under Robert Scott