George Allen Mansfield (15 June 1834 – 20 January 1908) was a prominent

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of the nineteenth century who designed many iconic buildings in

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, Australia.

Life

Born in 1834 in

, his father, the Reverend Ralph Mansfield, had been a

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missionary. He was educated at the privately run school of Mr. W. T. Cape and then articled with the

John Fredrick Hilly. He married Mary Emma Allen, third daughter of prominent

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and

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, and had seven children. The family lived in

Tranby, Glebe Tranby is a heritage-listed former residence and now adult education centre for Aboriginal Australians in Sydney, commonly known as Tranby Aboriginal College. It is located at 13 Mansfield Street in the inner western Sydney suburb of Glebe ...

, which was designed by Mansfield.Glebe Walks
They then lived at ''Oakwood'' in Bridge Road From 1864 to 1869, and ''Lynedoch'' in Glebe Road from 1870 to 1879. Mansfield served as an Inner Glebe Ward Councillor (Alderman from 1867) for the Borough of The Glebe from 1866 to 1878. Mansfield was a

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in the

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branch of the New South Wales Militia, a commissioner for Peace and an

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for Glebe Council. Mansfield was also a member of the

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and was the first Australian-born architect to receive the honour of Fellowship. Mansfield was also the founder and first president of the NSW Institute of Architects (now the NSW Chapter of the

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). He died in 1908, and was buried at

Waverley Cemetery The Waverley Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery on top of the cliffs at Bronte in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Opened in 1877 and built by R. Watkins (cemetery lodge, 1878) and P. Beddie (cemetery office, 1915 ...

. He is remembered in the name of Mansfield Street,

Works

His many prominent colonial buildings including and ten listed on the

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, include:

Churches

Pitt Street Uniting Church The Pitt Street Uniting Church is a heritage-listed Uniting church building located at 264 Pitt Street in the Sydney central business district, Australia. Founded in 1833, the congregation was the original church of Congregationalism in New Sou ...

* Mudgee Uniting Church * Newtown Mission Uniting Church

Schools

Castle Hill Public School Castle Hill Public School is a primary, co-educational school in Castle Hill, northwestern suburb of Sydney. It serves 1103 students, from Kindergarten to Year 6, and was established in 1879. Its school colours are navy and red. The principal i ...

, Sydney * Cleveland Street Public School *

Crown Street Public School The Crown Street Public School is a heritage-listed public primary school located at Crown Street, Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by George Allen Mansfield and built from in 1869 by A. Scott (masonry an ...

* The Old School, Darlington * Mudgee Public School (part) *

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North Sydney Technical High School North Sydney Technical High School is a heritage-listed former public school, Presbyterian school and education resource centre and now pub at 36 Blue Street, North Sydney, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by ...

(1876–1877) * Pyrmont Public School * Redfern Public School (now demolished)Planning department report for Red Fern Public School
. *

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* Sussex Street Primary School, Sydney

Houses

* Toxteth Park for his

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* 'The Warren' at Marrickville * ''Coombing Park'' at Carcoar for the founders of

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Commercial buildings

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(now demolished for the

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) * several bank buildings for the

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, now

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offices in

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* Much of commercial building stock of O’Connell Street * The

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facilities of

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(now Demolished) * Mansfield House in Maitland

Other

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (abbreviated RPAH or RPA) is a major public teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Missenden Road in Camperdown. It is a teaching hospital of the Central Clinical School of the Sydney Medical School ...

, Admission Block and Victoria & Albert Pavilions (1904)Glebe Walks
Webpage. * History House, Macquarie Street offices for the

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, (

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)

Gallery

File:(1)former_public_school.jpg, Former public school File:1 Tranby in Mansfield Street.jpg, Tranby House, Glebe File:1_St_Scholasticas3.jpg, Additions to St Scholastica's, formerly known as Toxteth Park File:Carthona circa 1870.jpg, Carthona, Darling Point, circa 1870 before the 1880s extensions at the back were made File:Royal prince alfred hosp.jpg,

- Administration Building File:RAHS 133 Macquarie.JPG, History House File:Hospitals and Asylums of the World - Portfolio of Plans, p. 21.jpg, Mansfield's 1893 floor plan of RPA.

References

External links

Portrait
at Institute of Architecture {{DEFAULTSORT:Mansfield, George Allen 1834 births 1908 deaths Gothic Revival architects New South Wales architects Australian Methodists Architects from Sydney New South Wales local councillors Public servants of New South Wales Burials at Waverley Cemetery