Robert Mylne
Robert Mylne (* 1734 in Edinburgh ; † May 5, 1811 ) was a Scottish architect and civil engineer .
His grandfather was master stone mason Robert Mylne (1633-1710), who was best known as the royal builder of Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh . Like many other Scots, his grandson also traveled to mainland Europe and made a grand tour . He studied architecture in Rome and Paris and defeated his rival Robert Adam in an architecture competition in 1758 while studying .
Mylne returned to Great Britain in 1759 and immediately won the tender for the design of Blackfriars Bridge over the Thames in London . He beat John Gwynn , who had been actively supported by Samuel Johnson . The elliptical arches designed by Mylne were an architectural novelty and caused a stir in the UK and Europe. Mylne exchanged letters with the well-known Venetian architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi .
In the course of his life, numerous other well-known structures followed such as the Clachan Bridge , which is also known as the bridge over the Atlantic , or the Addington Palace in Croydon . Mylne served for many years as the official overseer of St Paul's Cathedral in London, where he is also buried.
Buildings
- Kings Weston Remodeling (1763)
- Cally House, Kirkcudbright (1763)
- St Cecilia's Hall, Cowgate, Edinburgh (1765 - the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland)
- Assembly Rooms, King Street, St James's, London (1765)
- Various works on Welbeck Abbey in Northumberland (1760s)
- Wormleybury Manor, Hertfordshire (1767/69)
- Hunterian Medical School, Great Windmill Street, London (from 1767, now part of the Lyric Theater)
- Tusmore House, Oxfordshire (1770)
- Changes to Goodnestone House, Kent (1770)
- Addington Palace at Croydon (1773/79)
- Bryngwyn House, Powys , Wales (1774)
- The Wick, Richmond upon Thames (1775)
- Inverary Village and Castle , Scotland (1780s)
- Middle Bridge, Romsey , Hampshire (1783)
- Gloucester and Sharpness Canal (1790s)
- Clachan Bridge between the Hebridean island of Seil and mainland Scotland (1792)
- Dearne & Dove Canal , South Yorkshire (1793-1804)
- New facade for Stationers' Hall, near Fleet Street , London (1800)
- Working at Great Amwell , Hertfordshire for the New River Company, London (until 1810)
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| SURNAME | Mylne, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish architect and civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1734 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1811 |