Basic Biographical Details Name: | John David Louis Mylne | Designation: | | Born: | 13 June 1925 | Died: | 5 April 1992 | Bio Notes: | John David Louis Mylne (generally known as David) was born on 13 June 1925, the son of Kenneth Mylne, a prep school headmaster and his wife Dorothy Parry Oakden. He was educated at Craigflower and Glenalmond. He spent the war years in the RAF, serving in South Africa and France. He then studied architecture at Edinburgh College of Art, working part-time in the Edinburgh office of Sir Basil Spence. He was elected a student member of the RIBA in 1950. He was elected ARIBA and ARIAS in 1953.
After qualifying he was for a time in British Aluminium’s architectural department prior to commencing independent practice as Walter Duns in Duns in 1959, later opening a branch office in Berwick on Tweed; but by the late 1970s his home was in Edinburgh, his practice being continued from a combined office and bedsit at Hutton, Berwickshire.
Mylne was essentially a conservation architect, serving as adviser to the Berwickshire Civic Society and as a committee member and consultant to Berwick on Tweed Civic Trust. His work in Berwick brought Civic Trust awards. Amongst his other work, he was responsible for conservation work at two housing schemes, Main Street, Tweedmouth, and Ravensknowe, Berwick which involved matching original buildings and renovating old buildings. By 1987 he was practising as David Mylne at 43 Market Square in Duns.
Mylne retired from practice in 1989 following heart surgery, and he and his first wife Mary Rushton were divorced in the following years. He died on 5 April 1992 and was survived by a son and a daughter of his first marriage and by his second wife Elizabeth Sarah Boyd or Body, a teacher. His main interest outwith the profession was early jazz, both as a historian and a collector of recordings.
| Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Sunnyside, Hutton, Berwickshire, Scotland | Private | | 1992 | | | Dalhousie Castle, Bonnrigg, Midlothian, Scotland | Private | 1950 * | | | | 2, Windsor Street Lane, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | Before 1953 | After 1955 | | | Langtongate (or Langton Gate), Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland | Business | Before 1960 | After 1965 | | | 47, Market Square, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland | Business | Before 1970 * | After 1980 | | | 43-67, Market Square, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland | Business | c. 1985 | | | | 112, Castlegate, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England | Business | c. 1985 | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Basil Spence & Partners | c. 1953 | | Architect | | | Walter Duns | 1959 | Before 1987 | Director | Principal |
Employees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Donald Chapman | c. 1965 | 1967 | Assistant | | | Peter Derek Turner | Before 1979 | | Architect | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Allen, Nic (ed.) | | Scottish Architects in Conservation | | | p88 | | Municipal Annual | 1964 | Scottish Municipal Annual | 1964-1965 | | | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1955 | Kalendar 1954-1955 | | | | | RIBA | 1960 | The RIBA Kalendar 1959-1960 | 1959-1960 | | | | RIBA | 1965 | The RIBA Kalendar | | | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1979 | Directory of members | | | | | RIBA | 1980 | Directory of Practices 1980 | | | | | RIBA | 1987 | RIBA Directory of Members 1987 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIAS Newsletter | June 1992 | v3, no8 | | | | Scotsman | 20 April 1992 | | | Memoir by Anthony Troon. |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | H M Register House | Death Register | | |
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