George Fellowes Prynne

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George Halford Fellowes Prynne was born on April 2, 1853 at Wyndham Square, Plymouth, Devon. He died on May 7, 1927.

He was the designer 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.

Prynne was the second son of the Reverend 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.

He was particularly noted for his screen work. Examples of his screens can be found at the following churches.

• Stone screens.
  • All Saints’ West Dulwich
  • St. Peter’s, Staines
  • St. Nicholas, Taplow
  • All Saints Sydenham
  • Holy Trinity Church, Roehampton

• Wooden screens.
  • St Columbas 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
  • St. Peter, Porthleven
  • St. Nicolas, Taplow
  • Holy Trinity, Roehampton

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a brief biography of George Halford Fellowes Prynne