George David Payne

His wife survived him after his death on 4 December 1916, age 63, at his residence, Holyrood, in Ryans Road, St Lucia.

Payne is considered to have contributed to, or at least influenced, the design of various public buildings, including the Rockhampton Customs House, Warwick Post Office and East Brisbane State School.

Payne left the Public Works Department in 1904 to oversee the construction of his winning design for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Brisbane.

He came third in three: The Australian Club, Melbourne, City Avenue Building, Sydney (with A. L. and G. McCredie), and an asylum at Rossiville.

His entry for the Melbourne Commercial Bank the same year is also notable for its alternate elevations in Romanesque, Renaissance and Queen Anne.

Even when it was first built the church was recognised as one of the "finest and most impressive architectural piles in this State," although its actual beauty was debated because of a public unaccustomed to its style.

It is renowned for its bold massing, abstracted planes, and unadorned red brickwork, and can be marked for placing importance upon the design implications of the relationship to the immediate site and the local climate.