John Burnet (1814–1901) was a Scottish architect who lived and practised in Glasgow. He was born the son of soldier and trained initially as a carpenter before becoming a Clerk of Works. He rose to prominence in the mid-1850s.Burnet designed many of Victorian Glasgow’s public buildings employing a range of styles including Neoclassical Gothic Renaissance Italianate and Scottish Baronial . He commissioned many sculptors to adorn his buildings among them John Mossman and John Crawford .
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