Bayne's Projects in India

The biographical sketch given in Williams' Illustrated Official British Columbia Directory (Victoria, B.C., 1892, 1151) lists a large number of projects with which bayne had some connection. The sketch does not make clear which of the projects were completed and which were proposals. At least four buildings are generally attributed to Bayne, and it is probable that he influenced the design of other structures not always associated with his name.

Structures attributed to Bayne include:

  • Allahabad: Thornhill and Mayne Memorial Library (1878, at cost of 25,000 pounds
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  • Allahabad: Mayo Memorial Hall (1879, at cost of 17,000 pounds)

  • Calcutta: East India Railway Offices (1881 - 1884, at cost of 50,000 pounds
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  • Lucknow: Huseinabad Clock Tower (1881 - 1885)

In addition to these structures, the entry in Williams' Directory mentions the following as works for which Bayne was responsible:

  • Calcutta: Calcutta Public markets (76,000 feet, at cost of 60,000 pounds. This may refer to the Sir Stuart Hogg Market of 1874, sometimes referred to as the Nwe Market, based on the fact that it was financed by the Calcutta Corporation for public use, the date of its construction, and stylistic similarities to known Bayne works.)
  • Calcutta: The lenghtening of the Calcutta Dry Docks by 175 feet.
  • Calcutta: A joint scheme with Mr. Chas. Denlam, (?) E.C., for dock and canal connection with Calcutta.

  • Calcutta: Beth-ael Synagogue (The Bethel Synagogue was built in 1856 while Bayne was still a student in London, but it is possible that he worked on the extensive renovations of 1885 and was responsible for its current appearance).

  • Calcutta: Corinthian Theatre (it is not determined if this was built).

  • Calcutta: New Masonic Hall (it is not determined if this was built).

  • Bombay: Design for European hospital with 160 beds (It is not determined if this was built).

  • Bombay: Design for a scheme of theatre, baths, gymnasium, and recreation grounds (It is not determined if this was built).

  • Madras: Public Markets (It is not determined if this was built).

  • Madras: Town Hall (It is not determined if this was built).

  • Allahabad: Native Hospital (It is not determined if this was built).

  • Allahabad: Masonic Hall (It is not determined if this was built).

  • Allahabad: Public Baths (It is not determined if this was built).

  • Allahabad: "A Large Hotel costing 15,000 pounds" (It is not determined if this was built).

References mare made to other structures in the Williams' Directory that do not state the specific location of the buildings. These include:

  • "Several jute and cotton mills" (Calcutta?)

  • "Two Bathing Ghauts" (Calcutta?)

  • "Many private dwellings for natives" (Calcutta?)

  • "Carried out all their (East India Railway Company) buildings" (Calcutta and elsewhere?)

  • "Ordinary railway engineering" (Calcutta and elsewhere?)

  • "Several Hill Station private residences" (Allahabad?)

  • "A very large Hill Sanitarium School for 200 boys and girls, with hydraulic water scheme, with 1,200 feet rise to school building" (Allahabad?)

  • "Palace for the Raja of Durbungha, involving an estimated expenditure of over 100,000 pounds" (Possibly the completion of a palace designed and begun by Mant sometime after 1875?)

The drawings and sketches of Bayne's 1864-65 European sketching tour obtained by the Maltwood Museum and Art Gallery include additional works by Bayne made during his tenure in India. The earliest is dated 1870. He seems to have made a skecthing tour in 1870 and 1871 when he recorded Muslim and Hindu monuments in Benares, Delhi, Allahabad, Madras, and possibly the Buddhist rock temple at Karli. Drawing dated 1882 and 1883 include monuments from Ahmadabad, Bombay, Brindabun, Chitor, and Calcutta. There are also undated drawings of monuments in Moorabad and Calcutta.
   
 

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