# Andrew Heiton

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**Andrew Heiton** (3 April 1823 – 3 March 1894) was a Scottish architect.[1] He designed several notable buildings in Scotland, mostly [railway stations](/source/Railway_station) and [country houses](/source/Country_house).

## Early life

Heiton was born in [Inchture](/source/Inchture), [Perth and Kinross](/source/Perth_and_Kinross),[2] the son of Andrew Heiton, another architect, and Janet Lorimer.[1][3] He had at least one brother, the younger Thomas Arthur Heiton.[1]

## Career

Heiton served as an apprentice under his father, who had moved to [Perth](/source/Perth,_Scotland). He then worked with [William Burn](/source/William_Burn) and [David Bryce](/source/David_Bryce) in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), before returning to practice with his father in the mid-1840s.[1] [John Murray Robertson](/source/John_Murray_Robertson) became their apprentice in the mid-19th century.[1] The duo built or added to several railway stations, including that of [Stirling](/source/Stirling_railway_station_(Scotland)) and [Perth](/source/Perth_(Scotland)_railway_station). They also served as Perth City Architects from 1856, succeeding [William Macdonald Mackenzie](/source/William_Macdonald_Mackenzie). Heiton Jr. continued alone after the death of his father on 8 August 1858.[3][1]

He inherited [Darnick](/source/Darnick) estate, in the [Scottish Borders](/source/Scottish_Borders), restoring its 16th-century tower.[3]

Heiton was admitted as a Fellow of the [Royal Institute of British Architects](/source/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects) (FRIBA) on 23 June 1879, his proposers being [John Honeyman](/source/John_Honeyman_(architect)), [John Baird](/source/John_Baird_I) and [James Salmon](/source/James_Salmon_(architect,_born_1805)).[1]

### Notable works

- [Perth railway station](/source/Perth_(Scotland)_railway_station) (addition of a two-storey extension to the north of the main block, 1854)
- [Stirling railway station](/source/Stirling_railway_station_(Scotland)) (1848)
- [Abbey Presbyterian Church](/source/Abbey_Presbyterian_Church,_Dublin), [Dublin](/source/Dublin) (1864)
- [Castelroy](/source/Castelroy), [Broughty Ferry](/source/Broughty_Ferry) (1867)
- [St Mary's Monastery](/source/St_Mary's_Monastery,_Kinnoull), [Kinnoull](/source/Kinnoull) (1868)
- [Kinfauns Parish Church](/source/Kinfauns_Parish_Church) (1869; with [John Murray Robertson](/source/John_Murray_Robertson))
- [Craigievar and Darnick](/source/Craigievar_and_Darnick) (1870), Kinnoull[4]
- [Greig Institute](/source/Greig_Institute), [Leven](/source/Leven,_Fife) (1872)
- [Victoria Buildings](/source/Victoria_Buildings), Perth (1872)
- [26 Tay Street](/source/26_Tay_Street), Perth (c. 1873)
- [Vogrie House](/source/Vogrie_House), [Midlothian](/source/Midlothian) (1875)
- [Station Hotel](/source/Station_Hotel,_Perth), Perth (1885)
- [St Andrew's Church](/source/St_Andrew's_Church,_Perth), Perth (1885)
- [Fonab Castle](/source/Fonab_Castle), Perth and Kinross (1892)

## Personal life

In 1870, Heiton's self-designed double villa, [Craigievar and Darnick](/source/Craigievar_and_Darnick), on Perth's [Kinnoull Terrace](/source/Kinnoull_Terrace), was completed.[4][5]

## Death

Heiton died in Perth in 1894, aged 70.[1] He is buried in [Greyfriars Burial Ground](/source/Greyfriars_Burial_Ground),[3] just off the city's [Tay Street](/source/Tay_Street), where several of his works still stand. His headstone was one of several removed and restored in 2019.[2]

His practice was taken on by his nephew [Andrew Heiton Granger](/source/Andrew_Granger_Heiton), who switched around his name to become Andrew Granger Heiton.[3]

## References

1. [Andrew Heiton](http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201086) - [Dictionary of Scottish Architects](/source/Dictionary_of_Scottish_Architects)

1. ["Hazardous headstones marked for removal at historic Perth churchyard"](https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/perth-kinross/906060/hazardous-headstones-marked-for-removal-at-historic-perth-churchyard/) – *[The Courier](/source/The_Courier_(Dundee))*, 4 June 2019

1. [*Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland*](https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1693.html), [Francis Hindes Groome](/source/Francis_Hindes_Groome) (1901)

1. *Perth and Kinross*, John Gifford (2007), p. 655 ISBN 9780300109221

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