John Elkington Gill (1821–1874) was a 19th-century architect in

Bath Bath may refer to: * Bathing, immersion in a fluid ** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body ** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe * Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities Plac ...

, Somerset, England.

Life

Gill was born in 1821. He was partnered in the firm, Manners and Gill, with the more famous

George Phillips Manners George Phillips Manners (1789 – 28 November 1866) was a British architect, 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 C.E. Gill. He retired in ...

. Gill continued the latter's practice upon Manner's retirement in 1862. Upon Manner's death in 1866, he changed the name of the practice to his name alone. He set up the practice of Gill &

Browne Browne is a variant of the English surname Brown, meaning "brown-haired" or "brown-skinned". It may sometimes be derived from French ''le Brun'' with similar meaning. The ''Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh'' clan of County Donegal have anglicized as Browne s ...

in 1874 before he died but he was then mostly retired and the work of Gill & Brown is almost entirely the work of Thomas Browne alone. Gill lived at 7, Mount Beacon, Bath, from the 1860s. John Elkington Gill's son was Wallace Gill, who in 1879 had his name added to the practice and in 1899 renamed the practice Gill & Morris. Wallace Gill went by his own name from 1903 and retired in 1909, transferring the practice to Mowbray A. Green.

Architectural practice

The architectural practice of George Phillips Manners from the early 19th century into the mid 20th century (compiled by Michael Forsyth): Pevsner Architectural Guide: Bath, 2003. *

: 1820–1845 *

Manners Etiquette () is the set of norms of personal behaviour in polite society, usually occurring in the form of an ethical code of the expected and accepted social behaviours that accord with the conventions and norms observed and practised by a ...

& Gill: 1845–1866 *John Elkington Gill: 1866–1874 *Gill &

1874–1879 *Browne &

Gill A gill () is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are ...

: 1879–1899 *Gill & Morris: 1899–1903 *Wallace Gill: 1903–1909 * Mowbray A. Green: 1909–1914 *Mowbray A. Green & Hollier: 1914–1947 * Frank W. Beresford-Smith: 1947– (and later acquired by Beresford-Smith's son) From 1846 to 1909, the practice was located at No. 1 Fountain Building.

References

* H.M. Colvin, ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840'' (1997) * Michael Forsyth, ''Bath'', Pevsner Architectural Guides (2003) 1821 births 1874 deaths 19th-century English architects Architects from Bath, Somerset Year of death unknown {{England-architect-stub