George Somers Clarke (1841–1926) was an

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and English

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who worked on the restoration and design of churches and at a number of sites throughout

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, notably in El Kab, where he built a house. He was born in

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. As an architect he entered the offices of Sir Gilbert Scott and later worked in partnership with John Thomas Micklethwaite from offices at 15 Dean's Yard,

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. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral from 1897 to 1906. After his retirement Clarke continued to live in Egypt and died in Mahamid in August 1926.

Works

*1965 Mountains, Hildenborough,

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*1872–78 Wyfold Court, Rotherfield Peppard,

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*1874–75 St Martin's parish church, Lewes Road, Brighton (Wagner Memorial Church), the largest church in Brighton, complete except proposed saddle-back tower. Spectacular pulpit based on the Sacrament House in St. Lorenz, Nuremberg. *1875 scheme for remodelling and extending St Peter's Church, Brighton (only partly achieved) *1879 St Nicholas parish church, Kiddington, Oxfordshire: vestry and organ loft *1885 Parish church of St John The Divine,

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*1885 Church at

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(proposed) *1889 St Mary's Church, Potton,

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*1890 St Peter's parish church, Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire: restoration (with Micklethwaite) *1891 Reid's Palace Hotel, Funchal, Madeira *1892 St Saviour's parish church,

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, Kent *1892 designs for wall paintings by C.E. Kempe in St Nicholas' Church, Brighton *1893 The Frank James Memorial Hospital,

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. *1900–06 (with Micklethwaite) St Peter's parish church, Brighton: new chancel with eleven-light east window *1910

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: reredos * SS Philip & James parish church, Oxford: reredos

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