British architect (1789–1866)
George Phillips Manners (1789 – 28 November 1866) was a British architect, who was Bath City Architect[1] from 1823 to 1862.
In his early career, he worked with Charles Harcourt Masters, and after about 1845 was in partnership with J. E. Gill. He retired in 1862.
Architectural practice
The architectural practice bore the following names (compiled by Michael Forsyth in Pevsner Architectural Guide: Bath, 2003):
- George Phillips Manners: 1820–1845
- Manners & Gill: 1845–1866 (with John Elkington Gill)
- John Elkington Gill: 1866–1874
- Gill & Browne: 1874–1879 (with Thomas Browne)
- Browne & Gill: 1879–1899 (with Wallace Gill)
- Gill & Morris: 1899–1903
- Wallace Gill: 1903–1909
- Mowbray A. Green: 1909–1914
- Mowbray A. Green & Hollier: 1914–1947
- Frank W. Beresford-Smith: from 1947 (later acquired by Beresford-Smith’s son)
From 1846 to 1909, the practice had its offices at No. 1 Fountain Building.
Works
His works include a number of churches, initially in Perpendicular or Norman style, latterly in Gothic.
Churches in and around Bath:
Churches elsewhere:
- Holy Trinity Church, Godney, Somerset (1838)
- Christ Church, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire (1839) (again, his work was remodelled to lose its integrity by Sir G. G. Scott)
- Church Of Holy Trinity, Cleeve, Somerset (1840)
- Holy Trinity Church, Clandown, Somerset (1846–1847)
- St Paul's Church, Tiverton, Devon (1854–1856)
Other designs include:
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