Mackenzie Moncur Ltd

Main works in Balcarres Street, Edinburgh. Dates of Operation : c.1850's - 1970's ? Also owned a foundry in Slateford Road. Agents in Glasgow And Edinburgh.

Major Glasshouse builders in Edinburgh specialising in large structures and mechanical systems (heating etc.) for hothouses. Contempories and rivals of Charles D Young in Edinburgh. Range of products: Conservatories, hothouses, gates, fountains, garden chairs, iron cisterns, espaliers, summer houses, verandas, pavilions, wrought iron boilers & fittings, gratings, pipes, finials, crestings, radiators, domestic engineering appliances, iron stairs. Specialised in the manufacture of pavement 'lights' and municipal castings.

Examples of some patrons in Edinburgh
1. Edinburgh Academy
2. Advocate's Library
3. Lauriston Castle
4. Craigcrook Castle
5. Dundee Street Library
6. Edinburgh University Union
7. University of Edinburgh
8. Royal Observatory
9. Royal Infirmary
10. St. Giles Cathedral

Examples of their work taken from the catalogues at RCAHMS

1. Range of Plant Houses erected at Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
2. Range of Hothouses erected at Kinfauns Castle, Perthshire
3. Range of Hothouses erected at Rossie House, Perthshire
4. Range of Hothouses erected at Dineidding, Milngavie, near Glasgow
5. Conservatory erected at Barronfrow, Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire
6. Conservatory erected at Corrievinn, Gordon Terrace, Edinburgh
7. Conservatory erected at Marine Hotel, St. Andrews, Fife
8. Conservatory erected at Ettrick Road, Edinburgh
9. Pergola and Summer House erected at Piersland, Troon, Ayrshire
10. Swimming Bath at Skibo Castle, Sutherland

Other examples of work : Palmhouse, Sefton Park, Liverpool, Glasshouse, RBG in Edinburgh, Conservatory at Ardgillan Castle, Ireland.

Archive information is limited - one plan and some advertising literature is held by RCAHMS.