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William Burn

February 15, 2024

For other people named William Burn, see William Burn (disambiguation).

William Burn FRSE (20 December 1789 – 15 February 1870) was a Scottish architect. He received major commissions from the age of 20 until his death at 81. He built in many styles and was a pioneer of the Scottish Baronial Revival, often referred to as the golden age of Scottish architecture.

William Burn
William Burn
Born20 December 1789
Edinburgh,
Scotland
Died15 February 1870(1870-02-15) (aged 80)
London, England
NationalityScottish
OccupationArchitect
Known forcountry houses

Life edit

Burn was born in Rose Street[1] in Edinburgh, the son of architect Robert Burn and his wife Janet Patterson. He was the fourth of their sixteen children.

He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh's Old Town. He started training with Sir Robert Smirke in London in 1808. This is where he worked on Lowther Castle with C.R. Cockerell, Henry Roberts and Lewis Vulliamy.[2]

After training with Smirke, Burn returned to Edinburgh in 1812. There, he established a practice from the family builders' yard. His first independent commission was in Renfrewshire. In 1812, he designed the exchange assembly rooms in Greenock. His father gave him the commission for a church in North Leith; this commission is what made his career and gave him a reputation.

In 1816, Burn entered a competition to complete Robert Adam's university.[3] He lost the competition to William Henry Playfair. Thenceforth, Burn started designing country houses.

In 1827, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, unusual for an architect, his proposer being James Skene.

In 1825, he took on a pupil, David Bryce. In 1841, they went into partnership together. Bryce ran the Scottish office, and Burn ran the English office, in Stratton Street. From 1844, he worked in London, where he took on his nephew John Macvicar Anderson as a partner.

In the 1830s, he was living and working at 131 George Street in the New Town.[4]

By 1850, the Scottish office was much more profitable, and the partnership ended.

Burn was a master of many styles. He was a pioneer of the Scottish Baronial Revival, with Helen's Tower (1848), Castlewellan Castle (1856) and Balintore Castle (1859).

Freemasonry edit

It has not been ascertained where Burn became a Freemason but he was the Grand Architect of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1827 to 1844 when his pupil, David Bryce, was named as 'joint' Grand Architect. Both served the Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland, in that joint capacity, until 1849. Thereafter, David Bryce was Grand Architect in his own right until 1876.[5]

Death edit

Burn died in 1870, aged 80, at 6 Stratton Street in Piccadilly, London,[6] and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery just on the edge of the path to the north-west of the Anglican Chapel.

Trained under Burn[7] edit

William Burn had many pupils:

Works edit

Burn was a prolific architect and happy to turn his hand to a variety of styles. He designed churches, castles, public buildings, country houses (as many as 600), monuments and other structures, mainly in Scotland, but also in England and Ireland. His works include among others:

Scotland edit

England edit

Ireland edit

Gallery edit

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    Edinburgh Academy
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    St Johns Princes Street Edinburgh
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    Ceiling of St Johns, Princes Street, Edinburgh
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    Melville Monument in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
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    Burn's funerary monument, Kensal Green Cemetery, London
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    Revesby Abbey, Lincolnshire

References edit

  1. ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1789–1791
  2. ^ Walker, David M. (23 September 2004). "Burn, William (1789–1870), architect". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4044. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Dictionary of Scottish Architects – DSA Architect Biography Report (November 19, 2022, 2:02 am)". www.scottisharchitects.org.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Edinburgh Post Office annual directory, 1832–1833". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. ^ Grand Lodge of Scotland – Grand Lodge Office-bearers from 1737–1935. 1936. Pp.90–94. Privately Printed.
  6. ^ Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 – Biographical Index Part One (PDF). Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. p. 141. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
  7. ^ Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Burn
  8. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Lude House (LB6056)".
  9. ^ "THB 29 Murray Royal Asylum". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  10. ^ Monuments and Statues of Edinburgh, Michael T.R.B. Turnbull
  11. ^ Victorian Cliveden: history of house and gardens National Trust. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  12. ^ Irish Gardens by Olda FitzGerald, (1999) p. 170 (ISBN 1840910143)

Further reading edit

  • Walker, David (1984): William Burn and the influence of Sir Robert Smirke and William Wilkins on Scottish Greek Revival Design, 1810–40 in Scottish Pioneers of the Greek Revival, The Scottish Georgian Society, Edinburgh, pp 3–35

External links edit

  • Gazetteer for Scotland- William Burn
  • "Archival material relating to William Burn". UK National Archives.  

February 15, 2024
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For other people named William Burn see William Burn disambiguation William Burn FRSE 20 December 1789 15 February 1870 was a Scottish architect He received major commissions from the age of 20 until his death at 81 He built in many styles and was a pioneer of the Scottish Baronial Revival often referred to as the golden age of Scottish architecture William BurnWilliam BurnBorn20 December 1789Edinburgh ScotlandDied15 February 1870 1870 02 15 aged 80 London EnglandNationalityScottishOccupationArchitectKnown forcountry houses Contents 1 Life 2 Freemasonry 3 Death 4 Trained under Burn 7 5 Works 5 1 Scotland 5 2 England 5 3 Ireland 6 Gallery 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksLife editBurn was born in Rose Street 1 in Edinburgh the son of architect Robert Burn and his wife Janet Patterson He was the fourth of their sixteen children He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh s Old Town He started training with Sir Robert Smirke in London in 1808 This is where he worked on Lowther Castle with C R Cockerell Henry Roberts and Lewis Vulliamy 2 After training with Smirke Burn returned to Edinburgh in 1812 There he established a practice from the family builders yard His first independent commission was in Renfrewshire In 1812 he designed the exchange assembly rooms in Greenock His father gave him the commission for a church in North Leith this commission is what made his career and gave him a reputation In 1816 Burn entered a competition to complete Robert Adam s university 3 He lost the competition to William Henry Playfair Thenceforth Burn started designing country houses In 1827 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh unusual for an architect his proposer being James Skene In 1825 he took on a pupil David Bryce In 1841 they went into partnership together Bryce ran the Scottish office and Burn ran the English office in Stratton Street From 1844 he worked in London where he took on his nephew John Macvicar Anderson as a partner In the 1830s he was living and working at 131 George Street in the New Town 4 By 1850 the Scottish office was much more profitable and the partnership ended Burn was a master of many styles He was a pioneer of the Scottish Baronial Revival with Helen s Tower 1848 Castlewellan Castle 1856 and Balintore Castle 1859 Freemasonry editIt has not been ascertained where Burn became a Freemason but he was the Grand Architect of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1827 to 1844 when his pupil David Bryce was named as joint Grand Architect Both served the Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland in that joint capacity until 1849 Thereafter David Bryce was Grand Architect in his own right until 1876 5 Death editBurn died in 1870 aged 80 at 6 Stratton Street in Piccadilly London 6 and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery just on the edge of the path to the north west of the Anglican Chapel Trained under Burn 7 editWilliam Burn had many pupils John Honeyman David Bryce John Lessels George Meikle Kemp Thomas Brown James Campbell Walker William Eden Nesfield David MacGibbonWorks editBurn was a prolific architect and happy to turn his hand to a variety of styles He designed churches castles public buildings country houses as many as 600 monuments and other structures mainly in Scotland but also in England and Ireland His works include among others Scotland edit Ardanaiseig House near Kilchrenan Argyll Balintore Castle Angus 1859 Scottish Baronial The Binns remodelled for the Dalyell family 1811 Gothic Blairquhan Castle South Ayrshire 1821 Gothic Blantyre Monument Erskine 1825 Buchanan Castle Camperdown House Dundee 1820 Greek Revival Castle Menzies 1840 new wing Carstairs House South Lanarkshire 1820 1823 Gothic Corstorphine Old Parish Church 1828 considered too radical and returned to its medieval orientation in 1905 Dornoch Cathedral major reconstruction 1835 1837 The Duke of Gordon s Monument Elgin Moray 1839 Dundas Castle near Edinburgh 1818 Gothic Dunira Perthshire 1852 demolished Dupplin Castle 1828 demolished The Edinburgh Academy 1824 Gallanach House near Oban Argyll 1814 Garscube House Dunbartonshire 1827 House of Falkland Falkland Fife 1839 1844 Inverness Castle Inverness 1836 Gothic John Watson s Institution now the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh 1825 Neoclassic Keir Parish Church Keirmill Village Dumfriesshire 1813 Lauriston Castle Edinburgh Scotland west range only 1827 Jacobean Lude House Blair Atholl Perth and Kinross 1837 8 Murray Royal Lunatic Asylum Perth 1827 9 North Leith Parish Church Madeira Street Leith 1814 Neoclassical Church of St John the Evangelist Edinburgh 1818 Gothic The Melville Monument in the centre of St Andrew Square Edinburgh 1820 3 topped by a statue by Robert Forrest 10 New Abbey Church Dunfermline Fife 1821 Madras College St Andrews 1832 JacobeanEngland edit Adderstone Hall near Lucker Northumberland 1819 Georgian Grecian Cliveden Buckinghamshire 11 Harlaxton Manor Grantham Lincolnshire Stoke Rochford Hall Lincolnshire 1841 43 Lynford Hall Norfolk Jacobean Montagu House Whitehall London French Renaissance demolished Prestwold Hall Loughborough Leicestershire 1842 Classical Revesby Abbey Lincolnshire 1845 Elizabethan Jacobean South Rauceby Hall South Rauceby Lincolnshire 1842 The Old Deanery Lincoln 1847 Sandon Hall Staffordshire 1852 JacobeanIreland edit Bangor Castle County Down Northern Ireland 1852 Elizabethan Jacobean Castlewellan Castle County Down Northern Ireland 1856 Scottish Baronial Dartrey Castle near Rockcorry in County Monaghan 1840s Elizabethan Jacobean demolished Helen s Tower Clandeboye Estate near Bangor 1848 Scottish Baronial Muckross House Killarney County Kerry 1843 Tudor Conservatory at Killruddery House 1852 12 Gallery edit nbsp Edinburgh Academy nbsp St Johns Princes Street Edinburgh nbsp Ceiling of St Johns Princes Street Edinburgh nbsp Melville Monument in St Andrew Square Edinburgh nbsp Burn s funerary monument Kensal Green Cemetery London nbsp Revesby Abbey LincolnshireReferences edit Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1789 1791 Walker David M 23 September 2004 Burn William 1789 1870 architect Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Vol 1 online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 4044 ISBN 978 0 19 861412 8 Subscription or UK public library membership required Dictionary of Scottish Architects DSA Architect Biography Report November 19 2022 2 02 am www scottisharchitects org uk Retrieved 19 November 2022 Edinburgh Post Office annual directory 1832 1833 National Library of Scotland Retrieved 20 January 2018 Grand Lodge of Scotland Grand Lodge Office bearers from 1737 1935 1936 Pp 90 94 Privately Printed Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 2002 Biographical Index Part One PDF Edinburgh The Royal Society of Edinburgh July 2006 p 141 ISBN 0 902 198 84 X Dictionary of Scottish Architects Burn Historic Environment Scotland Lude House LB6056 THB 29 Murray Royal Asylum Archive Services Online Catalogue University of Dundee Retrieved 12 October 2018 Monuments and Statues of Edinburgh Michael T R B Turnbull Victorian Cliveden history of house and gardens National Trust Retrieved 2019 12 19 Irish Gardens by Olda FitzGerald 1999 p 170 ISBN 1840910143 Further reading editWalker David 1984 William Burn and the influence of Sir Robert Smirke and William Wilkins on Scottish Greek Revival Design 1810 40 in Scottish Pioneers of the Greek Revival The Scottish Georgian Society Edinburgh pp 3 35External links editGazetteer for Scotland William Burn Archival material relating to William Burn UK National Archives nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Burn amp oldid 1189579114, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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