George Fellowes Prynne
George Halford Fellowes Prynne (1853–1927) was an English architect.
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Biography
Early life
George Halford Fellowes Prynne was born on 2 April 1853 at Wyndham Square, Plymouth, Devon. He was the second son of the Rev. George Rundle Prynne and Emily Fellowes, and brother of the painter Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne. He studied at St Mary’s College, Harlow. He went on to Chardstock College, and thence to Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy at Southsea. He was student at the Royal Academy in 1876 and 1877–78.
Career
Prynne designed many parish churches in England, mostly in the southeast and southwest, and almost always on a grand scale of high church Gothic Revival architecture. He also did much restoration work, and in all is said to have been involved in over 200 buildings.
Prynne was particularly noted for his screen work. Examples of his screens can be found at the churches listed below.
Death
Prynne died on 7 May 1927.
Buildings
Stone screens
- All Saints Church, West Dulwich
- St Peter, Staines
- St Nicholas, Taplow
- All Saints Sydenham
- Holy Trinity, Roehampton
Wooden screens
- St Columba, St. Columb Major
- St Mary, Henley-on-Thames
- St Bartholomew, Hyde, Winchester
- St Mary, Wargrave
- St Nicholas, Rattlesden
- St Peter, Buckland-in-the-Moor
Metal screens
- St Peter, Staines
- St Alban, Bournemouth
- All Saints, Elland
- Christ Church, Epsom Common
- St Peter, Porthleven
- St Nicolas, Taplow
- Holy Trinity, Roehampton
Sources and further reading
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