George Baines FRIBA (1851 - 17 March 1934) was an architect based first in Accrington, Lancashire and then London[1] who is known for designing many non-conformist chapels and churches.
Life and career
He was born in 1851 in
Kimbolton, Huntingdon, the son of Joseph Baines (1825-1854), draper, and Eleanor Constin (1819-1915).
He married Alice Maria Palmer, daughter of the late N.B. Palmer of Great Yarmouth on 25 November 1875 in The Congregational Church, Stratford, London[2] and they had the following children:
Florence Alice Baines (b. 1877)
Reginald Palmer Baines (1879 - 1960)
Edith Ellen Baines (b.1882)
Mildred Emma Baines (b. 1891)
He was articled to Jonathan Tobbs Bottle and Henry Olley in Great Yarmouth from 1867 to 1870 and then assistant to
William Gilbee Habershorn and Alfred Robert Pite. He established an independent practice in Post Office Chambers, Accrington, Lancashire in 1871, but moved to London in 1884. He was appointed a
Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1892.
He entered into a partnership with his son Reginald Palmer Baines in 1901 as G & R P Baines. He retired in 1929.
Congregational Church, Longfeet Road, Poole, Dorset 1925-30
Baptist Church (new), Creighton Avenue, East Finchley, London 1930
References
^Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 1 (A-K). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 89.
ISBN0826455131.
^"Marriages". Norfolk News. England. 27 November 1875. Retrieved 3 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Baptist Chapel, Accrington". The Architect. 11–12: 233. 18 April 1874.
^"Marriages". Liverpool Mercury. England. 31 August 1878. Retrieved 5 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Mount Pleasant Baptist Chapel". Burnley Express. England. 28 June 1879. Retrieved 5 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"New Baptist Chapel". Manchester Times. England. 8 October 1881. Retrieved 5 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Baptist Chapel, Broughton". Manchester Courier. England. 27 March 1883. Retrieved 2 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Opening of a New Baptist Chapel". Burnley Express. England. 29 September 1883. Retrieved 2 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"The Working Lads' Institute". Daily News (London). England. 2 November 1885. Retrieved 2 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^* Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2003). The Buildings of England – London 6: Westminster. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 697.
ISBN0711710678.
^"Honor Oak Baptist Church". South London Press. England. 23 April 1892. Retrieved 2 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
George Baines FRIBA (1851 - 17 March 1934) was an architect based first in Accrington, Lancashire and then London[1] who is known for designing many non-conformist chapels and churches.
Life and career
He was born in 1851 in
Kimbolton, Huntingdon, the son of Joseph Baines (1825-1854), draper, and Eleanor Constin (1819-1915).
He married Alice Maria Palmer, daughter of the late N.B. Palmer of Great Yarmouth on 25 November 1875 in The Congregational Church, Stratford, London[2] and they had the following children:
Florence Alice Baines (b. 1877)
Reginald Palmer Baines (1879 - 1960)
Edith Ellen Baines (b.1882)
Mildred Emma Baines (b. 1891)
He was articled to Jonathan Tobbs Bottle and Henry Olley in Great Yarmouth from 1867 to 1870 and then assistant to
William Gilbee Habershorn and Alfred Robert Pite. He established an independent practice in Post Office Chambers, Accrington, Lancashire in 1871, but moved to London in 1884. He was appointed a
Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1892.
He entered into a partnership with his son Reginald Palmer Baines in 1901 as G & R P Baines. He retired in 1929.
Congregational Church, Longfeet Road, Poole, Dorset 1925-30
Baptist Church (new), Creighton Avenue, East Finchley, London 1930
References
^Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 1 (A-K). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 89.
ISBN0826455131.
^"Marriages". Norfolk News. England. 27 November 1875. Retrieved 3 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Baptist Chapel, Accrington". The Architect. 11–12: 233. 18 April 1874.
^"Marriages". Liverpool Mercury. England. 31 August 1878. Retrieved 5 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Mount Pleasant Baptist Chapel". Burnley Express. England. 28 June 1879. Retrieved 5 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"New Baptist Chapel". Manchester Times. England. 8 October 1881. Retrieved 5 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Baptist Chapel, Broughton". Manchester Courier. England. 27 March 1883. Retrieved 2 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Opening of a New Baptist Chapel". Burnley Express. England. 29 September 1883. Retrieved 2 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"The Working Lads' Institute". Daily News (London). England. 2 November 1885. Retrieved 2 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^* Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2003). The Buildings of England – London 6: Westminster. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 697.
ISBN0711710678.
^"Honor Oak Baptist Church". South London Press. England. 23 April 1892. Retrieved 2 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.