George Thomas Robinson FSA (c.1827 - 6 May 1897) was an English architect who started in

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunian ...

, moved to

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

Leamington Spa Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply Leamington (), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Priors, it grew into a spa town in the 18th century following ...

and later to

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

Life

He was a pupil of John R. Hamilton and

James Medland James Medland (3 February 1808 - 18 June 1894) was county surveyor for Gloucestershire from 1857–89 in which capacity he designed many of Gloucester's public buildings such as the grade II listed Tredworth Road Cemetery chapel (1857). Early li ...

. He started his own practice in 1848 and worked in partnership with Henry John Paull as the firm of Paull and Robinson. He was appointed architect of the Coventry Archidiaconal Church Extension Society. He was also a journalist and art critic for the

Manchester Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

. He was in Metz during the siege of the city in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, and attempted to send messages to his editor by attaching them to balloons. He died on 6 May 1897 at his home, 20

Earls Terrace Earls Terrace is a street in Kensington, London, W8. It has houses on one side only, a terrace of 25 Georgian houses, built in 1800–1810, all of which are Grade II listed. Numbers 1 and 25, at the ends of the terrace, are converted into flats ...

, Kensington.

Works

*Wolverhampton Baths, Bath Street 1849 - 1850 *Christ Church, Gailey 1849 - 1851 *St James’ Church, Brownhills 1850 - 1851 *Wolverhampton Corn Exchange 1850 - 1853 *St John’s Church, Bishopswood 1851 * Bolton Market Hall 1855 *

Old Town Hall, Burslem The Old Town Hall is a former town hall in Burslem, in Staffordshire, England. It is in the Market Place, in the centre of the town. It is a Grade II* listed building, listed on 2 October 1951. History The first town hall in the town, erected ...

, Stoke-on-Trent 1852 - 1857 St Luke's C of E (Evangelical) Church, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton - geograph

*Monument to Cleophas Ratliff, Coventry Cemetery 1858 *Memorial to J. Howells,

Holy Trinity Church, Coventry Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, is a parish church of the Church of England in Coventry City Centre, West Midlands, England. Above the chancel arch is an impressive Doom wall-painting. History The church dates from the 12th century and is t ...

1859 *St Patrick, Salter Street, Earlswood, west tower. 1860The Buildings of England. Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. p. 287 * St Luke's Church, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton 1860 - 1861 *St James’ Church, Bulkington, chancel arch and organ chamber arch 1865 *Milverton Lawn (now The Sunshine Home), Warwick New Road, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire 1860 - 1870 *East side of

Cadogan Square Cadogan Square () is a residential square in Knightsbridge, London, that was named after Earl Cadogan. Whilst it is mainly a residential area, some of the properties are used for diplomatic and educational purposes (notably Hill House School). ...

1879 *

Esher Place Esher Place is a Grade-II listed country house, since 1953 used as a college by the trade union Unite, in Esher, Surrey, United Kingdom. The building is at least the fourth on approximately the same site and mainly dates to the 1890s. It incor ...

, Surrey 1890s

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, George Thomas 1827 births 1897 deaths The Guardian journalists 19th-century English architects Architects from Staffordshire