Charles C. Doig
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Charles Chree Doig (1855–1918) was a Scottish architect who introduced the pagoda design to Scotch whisky distilleries.{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Gavin |date=2009 |title=the A to Z of Whisky |location=Scotland |publisher= Neil Wilson Publishing |page=127 |isbn=978-1906476038}}{{cite web|url=https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/whisky-heroes/7007/whisky-heroes-charles-doig/| title=CHARLES DOIG |publisher=Scotchwhisky.com |access-date=12 February 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://whiskymag.com/story/spirit-of-the-architect| title=Spirit of the architect |publisher=Whisky Magazine |access-date=12 February 2022}}
Life and work
He was born in Angus in 1855. After schooling, he worked for a local architect in Meigle and then from 1882 for a land surveyor in Elgin, eventually becoming a partner in the firm. By 1890, he had his own firm and specialised in designing distilleries.
In 1899 he was hired to expand the capacity of the Dailuaine distillery. There he developed a pagoda-like roof that improved the efficiency of distilleries by drawing off peat smoke in the malting process.{{cite book|author=Brian Townsend|title=Scotch Missed: The Original Guide to the Lost Distilleries of Scotland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ituFCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA13|date=15 July 2015|publisher=Neil Wilson Publishing|isbn=978-1-906000-88-2|pages=13}}
Doig is credited with designing at least 56 Scotch whisky distilleries including Balblair, Dufftown, Pulteney, Speyburn and Aberlour. His distillery plans and other documents are kept in the Moray Council Local Heritage Centre.{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F165217| title=Charles C Doig, architect and consulting distillery engineer|publisher=The National Archives |access-date=12 February 2022}}
The former distillery of Auchinblae was also designed by Doig.{{cite book|author=Brian Townsend|title=Scotch Missed: The Original Guide to the Lost Distilleries of Scotland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ituFCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA13|date=15 July 2015|publisher=Neil Wilson Publishing|isbn=978-1-906000-88-2|pages=81}}
He died in 1918 while shooting with his son near Forres.
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