James Manning (1814–1893) was an English born architect and builder, active in Perth Western Australia. He trained as a civil engineer, and worked in London, sailing to Perth in 1850 to assume the position of the Clerk of Works in the Comptroller-General's office in Western Australia. In this role he played an active part in the construction of a number of key colonial buildings. Manning was known to have signed the plans for the following projects:
Convict Depot
(1856, 1859) at Mount Eliza * Commissariat Stores (1856) * Geraldton Courthouse (1866) * Toodyay gaol (1868)
Northampton Police Station
(1867) * William Police Station (1867) * Kojanup Police Station (1868) * Lower Blackwood Police Station (1868) * Government House (Stage 2), Rottnest * Wooden jetty, Albany * Wooden jetty, Vasse * Wooden jetty, Bunbury * Wooden jetty, Fremantle * Wooden jetty, Champion Bay * Fremantle Traffic Bridge (1864–66)

Perth Town Hall

Manning is often attributed as being one of the designers of the Perth Town Hall (1867–179), although his contribution is more likely to have been in supervising the construction. Ray and John Oldham argued that

Richard Roach Jewell Richard Roach Jewell (1810 in Barnstaple, Devon, England – 1891 in Perth, Western Australia) was an architect who designed many of the important public buildings in Perth during the latter half of the nineteenth century. He was employed to sup ...

was more likely to have been responsible for the design. He is thought to be responsible for the design of the Jarrah hammerbeam ceiling.

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* 1814 births 1893 deaths English architects Architects from Western Australia People from Perth, Western Australia People from Fremantle {{architect-stub