George Goldie (architect)

George Goldie (9 June 1828 – 1 March 1887) was an English ecclesiastical architect who specialised in Roman Catholic churches.

Goldie was born in York, the maternal grandson of the architect Joseph Bonomi the Elder.

His father, also named George, became a medical doctor and was active in the Catholic Emancipation movement.

[2] From 1845 to 1850, he trained as an architect with John Grey Weightman and Matthew Ellison Hadfield of Sheffield, and thereafter worked in partnership with them.

It was considered to be "one of the most perfectly finished Catholic Churches in England, rich in sculpture, stained glass and fittings".

In 1877, Pope Pius IX awarded George Goldie the Cross and Order of St. Sylvester for his work ‘as a Catholic architect.’[6] Around 1796 Joseph Bonomi designed the original Catholic chapel on the corner of Spanish Place and Charles Street.

His Great-grandson, Edward, won the competition for its replacement, the present St James's, Spanish Place,[2] which opened on Michaelmas Day, 1890.