Robert Burn

Robert Burn (1752–1815) was a Scottish architect. He was father to the architect William Burn. Life He was born in 1752 in Jessfield House between Newhaven and Leith in north Edinburgh the eldest son of Robert Burn and his wife, Mary Patterson. He trained as a monumental stonemason. From 1772 to 1775, he was employed by James Weir of Tollcross to repair and rebuild St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh.