George Burn (1759 – c.1820) was an architect, civil engineer and contractor active in Scotland in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Burn was born in Yester in East Lothian in 1759. His career in bridge design started in 1797, when he worked with his elder brother James Burn on a bridge at Inverbervie. In 1798 he designed and built a two-span bridge at Bilsdean in East Lothian, and between 1800 and 1804 he built a number of bridges over rivers in Moray, including the Bridge of Avon at Ballindalloch, which is now a Category A listed building, as well as a number of ecclesiastical buildings, including two churches in Dingwall and Huntly, and a chapel in the Gordon Estate. He encountered financial difficulties connected with his work on the Spey Bridge at Fochabers, which led to his esta