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George Halford Fellowes Prynne (1853–1927) was an English architect.
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. 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 77–78.
Career
He was the architect of many parish churches in England, mostly in the southeast and southwest, and almost always on a grand scale of high-church Gothic revival. He also did much restoration work, and in all is said to have been involved in over 200 buildings, including Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth.
He was particularly noted for his screen work. Examples of his screens can be found at the following churches.
Death
He died on 7 May 1927.
Buildings
- Stone screens.
- All Saints Church, West Dulwich
- St Peter’s, Staines
- St Nicholas, Taplow
- All Saints Sydenham
- Holy Trinity, Roehampton
- Wooden screens.
- St Columba's Church, St. Columb Major Cornwall
- 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