1. William Burn received major commissions from the age of 20 until his death at 81.
11 Facts About William Burn
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William Burn built in many styles and was a pioneer of the Scottish Baronial Revival, often referred to as the golden age of Scottish architecture.
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William Burn was educated at the High School in Edinburgh's Old Town.
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William Burn started training with Sir Robert Smirke in London in 1808.
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William Burn's father gave him the commission for North Leith Parish Church; this commission is what made his career and gave him a reputation.
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In 1816, William Burn entered a competition to complete Robert Adam's Old College.
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Bryce ran the Scottish office, and William Burn ran the English office, in Stratton Street.
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William Burn was a pioneer of the Scottish Baronial Revival, with Helen's Tower, Castlewellan Castle and Balintore Castle.
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William Burn died in 1870, aged 80, at 6 Stratton Street in Piccadilly, London, and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery just on the edge of the path to the north-west of the Anglican Chapel.
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William Burn was a prolific architect and happy to turn his hand to a variety of styles.
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William Burn designed churches, castles, public buildings, country houses, monuments and other structures, mainly in Scotland, but in England and Ireland.