George Baines (architect d.1934)

George Baines FRIBA (1851 - 17 March 1934) was an architect based first in Accrington, Lancashire and then London[1] who is known for designing many non-conformist chapels and churches.

He was born in 1851 in Kimbolton, Huntingdon, the son of Joseph Baines (1825-1854), draper, and Eleanor Constin (1819-1915).

Palmer of Great Yarmouth on 25 November 1875 in The Congregational Church, Stratford, London[2] and they had the following children: He was articled to Jonathan Tobbs Bottle and Henry Olley in Great Yarmouth from 1867 to 1870 and then assistant to William Gilbee Habershorn and Alfred Robert Pite.

He established an independent practice in Post Office Chambers, Accrington, Lancashire in 1871, but moved to London in 1884.

He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1892.

Cannon Street Baptist Church, Accrington 1874
Carlisle Mansions, London 1885-89
Our Lady Star of the Sea, Lowestoft 1902-10
Central Baptist Church, Southampton 1910