Robert Mylne (architect)

Robert Mylne (* 1734 in Edinburgh, † May 5, 1811 ) was a Scottish architect and civil engineer.

His grandfather was a master mason Robert Mylne (1633-1710), who was primarily known as a royal architect of Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. Like many Scots also traveled whose grandson on mainland Europe and made a Grand Tour. He studied architecture in Rome and Paris and struck in 1758 while studying his rival Robert Adam in an architectural competition.

Mylne in 1759 returned back to the UK and won immediately after the tender for the design of Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames in London. He beat John Gwynn, who had been actively supported by Samuel Johnson. The elliptical arches were designed by Mylne an architectural novelty and made in the UK and Europe for attention. Mylne held an exchange of letters with the famous Venetian architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

During his life, followed by numerous other famous buildings such as the Clachan Bridge, which is also referred to as a bridge across the Atlantic or the Addington Palace in Croydon. Mylne worked for many years as an official overseer of Saint Paul 's Cathedral in London, where he is also buried.

Structures

  • Conversion of Kings Weston ( 1763)
  • Cally House, Kirkcudbright ( 1763)
  • St Cecilia 's Hall, Cowgate, Edinburgh ( 1765 - the oldest purpose built for this purpose concert hall in Scotland )
  • Assembly Rooms, King Street, St James's, London ( 1765 )
  • Various work on the Welbeck Abbey in Northumberland ( 1760 )
  • Wormleybury Manor, Hertfordshire (1767 /69)
  • Tusmore House, Oxfordshire ( 1770)
  • Changes to the Goodnestone House, Kent (1770 )
  • Addington Palace in Croydon (1773 /79)
  • Bryngwyn House, Powys, Wales (1774 )
  • The Wick, Richmond upon Thames (1775 )
  • Village and castle of Inverary, Scotland ( 1780 )
  • Middle Bridge, Romsey, Hampshire ( 1783)
  • Gloucester and Sharpness Canal ( 1790 )
  • Clachan Bridge between the Hebrides and the Scottish Mainland Rope (1792 )
  • Dearne & Dove Canal, South Yorkshire (1793-1804)
  • New facade for the Stationers ' Hall, near Fleet Street, London ( 1800)
  • Working at Great Amwell, Hertfordshire for the New River Company, London ( until 1810 )
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