Robert Mylne

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Robert Mylne
Engraving of Mylne, after a painting by Richard Brompton.
Name	Robert Mylne
Nationality	Scottish
Birth date	1734
Birth place	Edinburgh
Date of death	5 May 1811
Work
Significant Buildings	Blackfriars Bridge, London The New River
Significant Projects	Inveraray new town, Argyll

Robert Mylne (1734 - 5 May 1811) was a noted Scottish architect and engineer, particularly remembered for his work in the late 18th century.

1 Background
2 Projects
3 Burial
4 See also

[edit] Background

Mylne was descended from a family of architects and builders, and was the grandson of master stone-mason Robert Mylne (1633-1710), remembered particularly for his work as the King's Master Builder at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. The grandson was born in Edinburgh and, like many of his contemporaries, travelled to mainland Europe on the Grand Tour to study architecture in Rome and Paris, during which he beat rival Robert Adam in an architectural competition in 1758.

[edit] Projects

He returned to Great Britain in 1759 and almost immediately won a competition to design Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames in London (beating a design by John Gwynn that was actively supported by Samuel Johnson). The design, with its then novel elliptical arches, excited much interest both in Britain and across Europe; Mylne corresponded with Giovanni Battista Piranesi regarding the project which rivalled the Rialto in Venice.

His other projects included:

Remodelling of Kings Weston House (1763)
Cally House, Kirkcudbright (1763)
St Cecilia's Hall, Cowgate, Edinburgh (1765 - the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland)
Assembly Rooms, King St, St James's, London (1765)
various works at Welbeck Abbey, Northumberland (1760s)
Wormleybury Manor, Hertfordshire (1767-1769)
The Hunterian Medical School, Great Windmill Street, London (1767 - the building now forms part of the Lyric Theatre)
Tusmore House, Oxfordshire (1770)
Alterations to Goodnestone House, Kent (1770)
Addington Palace, near Croydon, south London (1773-1779)
Bryngwyn House, Powys, Wales (1774)
The Wick, Richmond (1775)
Inverary village and castle, Scotland (1780s)
Middle Bridge, Romsey, Hampshire (1783)
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal (1790s)
Clachan Bridge linking Seil to the Scottish mainland (finished 1792)
Dearne & Dove Canal, South Yorkshire (1793-1804)
New frontage to Stationers' Hall, off Fleet Street, London (1800)
Works at Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, for the New River Company, London (until 1810)