From 1617-21 the old bridge at Perth crossed the River Tay at the foot of the High Street. It is described as an “uneven bow brig”. It was designed and built by John Mylne Master Mason to James VI of Scotland. He was the lineal descendent of John Mylne, Master Mason to King James III. This appointment would appear to continue hereditarily to John Mylne, the Bridge of Perth builder. Perth Bridge was destroyed by flood in 1621.
John Mylne – Master Mason to James III of Scotland
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Alexander
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Thomas
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John
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John Mylne – Master Mason to James VI, builder of Perth Bridge, buried in Greyfriars Burial Ground, Perth
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John died 1667 buried in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh…………….|
Alexander died 1643………..
buried at Holyrood, Edinburgh
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Robert Mylne of Balfray, Master Mason
to Charles II, builder of Perth’s Mercat
in 1619, worked on the rebuilding of a large
port at Holyrood Palace under Sir William
Bruce of Kinross House, an eminent Scottish
architect. Mylne also built Mylne’s Court in
Edinburgh
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Robert’s grandson, Thomas Mylne was a magistrate in Perth
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Robert born 1734. He studied abroad. He designed Blackfriars …………………|
Bridge in London. He erected a new memorial at John Mylne’s ………………….|
grave in Greyfriars, Perth in 1774 …………………………………………………………|
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William designed the North Bridge in Edinburgh
Robert Mylne who was born in 1734 was appointed Surveyor of St Paul’s Cathedral, London after the success at Blackfriars Bridge. He died in 1811 and was buried near Sir Christopher Wren in St Paul’s.