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George Grenfell Baines

English architect and town planner (1908-2003) · United Kingdom · On the map · Architects · Died at 95

Sir George Grenfell-Baines was an English architect and town planner. Born in Preston, his family's relatively humble circumstances - his father was a railway clerk - forced him to start work at the age of fourteen. Both George and his younger brother, Richard (Dick), were gifted mathematicians and draughtsmen.

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Awards

Knight Bachelor1978
Officer of the Order of the British Empire1960
Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute

About this person

Grenfell-Baines left a secure, but limiting, job in the Lancashire County Architect's Office to work for the prestigious private firm of Bradshaw Gass & Hope in Bolton in 1930.

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Architects
Type
Architect
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 2003 · aged 95