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Parish Church, Angus. He went on to win the competition to design the
Catholic Apostolic Church in Edinburgh, now the Mansfield Traquair Centre on Mansfield Place in Broughton. Anderson joined the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, where he met future clients including the
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in 1860. During the 1860s his main work was small churches in the 'First
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a partner, and two years later the firm became
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