Robert Rowand Anderson

Sir Robert Rowand Anderson
Anderson by John M. Aiken
Born	5 April 1834 Liberton, Scotland
Died	1 June 1921(1921-06-01) (aged 87) Colinton, Scotland
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow McEwen Hall, Edinburgh

Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, FRSE RSA (5 April 1834 – 1 June 1921) was a Scottish Victorian architect. Anderson trained in the office of George Gilbert Scott in London before setting up his own practice in Edinburgh in 1860. During the 1860s his main work was small churches in the 'First Pointed' (or Early English) style that is characteristic of Scott's former assistants. By 1880 his practice was designing some of the most prestigious public and private buildings in Scotland.

His works include the Scottish National Portrait Gallery; the Dome of Old College, Medical Faculty and McEwan Hall, the University of Edinburgh; Govan Old Parish Church and the Pearce Institute; the Central Hotel at Glasgow Central Station, the Catholic Apostolic Church in Edinburgh and Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute for the 3rd Marquess of Bute.