John Burnet (architect)
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John Burnet (1814 - 1901) , Glasgow architect, was born the son of soldier and trained initially as a carpenter, before becoming a Clerk of Works .
He designed many of Victorian Glasgow’s public buildings, employing a range of styles, including Classical , Gothic , Renaissance , Italianate and Scottish Baronial . He commissioned many sculptors to adorn his buildings, among them John Mossman and John Crawford .
He formed and architectural partnership with his son John James Burnet (1857 - 1938). Among his surviving works are:-
- Glasgow Stock Exchange, 159 Buchanan Street
- Merchants' House, 7 West George Street
- Fitzroy Place, Sauchiehall Street (1847)
- Bank of Scotland, 1-3 Bridge Street, (1857)
- Alexander's School, 94 Duke Street (1858)
- Govan Burgh Chambers, 18-20 Orkney Street (1867)
- Tomb of George Baillie outside Glasgow Cathedral (1873)
- Woodlands Parish Church, Woodlands Gate, (1874)
- Overnewton School, 50 Lumsden Street (1877)
Lanarkshire House (now The Corinthian), 191 Ingram Street, (1876)
Other work has been destroyed or demolished, including:-
- Elgin Place Congregational Church, 193-5 Pitt Street (1856, demolished 2004)
- Eglinton Congregational Church, 341 Eglinton Street (1866, demolished 2000)
- Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, (1874, demolished 1981.
He is buried in the Western Necropolis .
