John Burnet (architect)

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 .