John Elkington Gill (1821–1874) was a 19th-century architect in Bath, Somerset, England.
Life
Gill was born in 1821. He was partnered in the firm Manners and Gill with the more famous George Phillips Manners. Gill continued the latter's practice upon Manners' retirement in 1862. On Manners' death in 1866, he changed the name of the practice to his name alone. He set up the practice of Gill & Browne in 1874 before he died, but he was then mostly retired and the work of Gill & Brown is almost entirely the work of Thomas Browne alone.
Gill lived at 7, Mount Beacon, Bath, from the 1860s.
John Elkington Gill's son was Wallace Gill, who in 1879 had his name added to the practice and in 1899 renamed the practice Gill & Morris. Wallace Gill went by his own name from 1903 and retired in 1909, transferring the practice to Mowbray A. Green.
Architectural practice The architectural practice of George Phillips Manners from the early 19th century into the mid 20th century (compiled by Michael Forsyth):Pevsner Architectural Guide: Bath, 2003.
George Phillips Manners: 1820–1845 Manners & Gill: 1845–1866 John Elkington Gill: 1866–1874 Gill & Browne 1874–1879 Browne & Gill: 1879–1899 Gill & Morris: 1899–1903 Wallace Gill: 1903–1909 Mowbray A. Green: 1909–1914 Mowbray A. Green & Hollier: 1914–1947 Frank W. Beresford-Smith: 1947– (and later acquired by Beresford-Smith's son)
From 1846 to 1909, the practice office was at No. 1, Fountain Building.
References
H.M. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 (1997) Michael Forsyth, Bath, Pevsner Architectural Guides (2003)