William A. Scott (1871-1921)

Eldest son of architect Anthony Scott. Studied at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin. From 1890 to 1893 he was an articled at Thomas Newenham Deane & Son before rejoining his fathers office in 1893. Scott worked in London from 1899 to 1902 and was there influenced by the Arts & Crafts movement. While in England, he worked in various offices including Frederic Chancellor & Son, and for the second and third years was in the Architect’s Department of London County Council. Initially he was in the housing section and from May 1900 in the Fire Brigade Branch.