George Phillips Manners

George Phillips Manners (1789 – 28 November 1866) was a British architect, who was Bath City Architect 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:

Bath Abbey, restoration (his additions were later removed by Sir Gilbert Scott) St Michael's Church, Broad Street (1836) St Michael's Church, Twerton (1839) Catholic Apostolic Church, now Guinea Lane Nursery (1840) Bath Abbey Cemetery Mortuary Chapel, Widcombe (1844) St Matthew's, Widcombe (1846–1847) 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: Obelisk (Victoria Column) to commemorate the coming-of-age of Princess Victoria, Royal Victoria Park, Bath (1837) Bath City Gaol (1843) in East Twerton (often referred to as Twerton Gaol) Rectory, Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire, remodelling (1858) Bluecoat School, Bath (1859–1860) (now in residential use)