Robert Burn (architect)

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.

From 1772 to 1775, he was employed by James Weir of Tollcross to repair and rebuild St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh.

[4] In 1814, he is listed as Robert Burn and Company, Builder and Marble-cutter with yards on Leith Walk.

He is then thought to be living with his son Thomas Burn at 24 Greenside Street at the top of Leith Walk.

[5] He died on 5 June 1815 and is buried in a Gothic vault in Old Calton Burial Ground in Edinburgh City Centre.