Basic Biographical Details

Name: George Gilford
Designation:  
Born: 22 July 1905
Died: 1975
Bio Notes: George Gilford was born on 22 July 1905. From 1920-22 he took evening classes in perspective, ornament and still life at Liverpool City School of Art. In the latter year he began his articles with W T Clarke in Liverpool while at the same time taking evening classes in building construction at Liverpool Technical Institute.

He joined the construction department of F W Woolworth as a junior in 1926, in due course becoming a senior architectural assistant. From 1940 he served with HM Forces as military foreman of works and later clerk of works, reaching the rank of Warrant Officer Class II. After demobilisation in 1945 he returned to his previous post as senior architectural assistant. He was elected LRIBA in 1947, proposed by H Winbourne, B Palmer Page and T C Page. In his Nomination Paper, Winbourne states that Gilford had been responsible for the design and erection of new and alterations to existing shop premises at Arbroath, Galashiels, Lancaster, Birkenhead, Douglas, Isle of Man and Sheffield.

He may have been in charge of the Liverpool office from the early 1960s until 1968. He retired in 1970 and died in 1975.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 2Martins Bank Building, Water Street, Liverpool, EnglandBusiness1947 *  
Item 2 of 258, Dovecote Avenue, Liverpool, EnglandPrivateBefore 19471975 

* earliest date known from documented sources.

Employment and Training

Employers

The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate fromDate toPositionNotes
Item 1 of 3W T Clarke19221926Apprentice 
Item 2 of 3F W Woolworth & Co Ltd, in-house architects (Woolworth Constuction Department 19261940AssistantInitially as junior assistant but latterly by 1947 as senior architectural assistant
Item 3 of 3F W Woolworth & Co Ltd, in-house architects (Woolworth Constuction Department 1960s * Chief Architect 

* earliest date known from documented sources.

RIBA

RIBA Proposers

The following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
 NameDate proposedNotes
Item 1 of 3B Palmer Page24 June 1947For Licentiateship
Item 2 of 3T C Page24 June 1947For Licentiateship
Item 3 of 3Harold Winbourne24 June 1947For Licentiateship

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 71933(?)WoolworthArbroath AngusScotlandResponsible for the design and erection of this branch - presumably as senior assistant in the Liverpool office of Woolworths
Item 2 of 7Before 1947Woolworths storeGalashiels SelkirkshireScotlandResponsible for the design and erection of this store - in the Liverpool office of Woolworths
Item 3 of 71961Woolworth's StoreAlloa ClackmannanshireScotlandAs architect in the Liverpool office of Woolworths
Item 4 of 724 March 1961F W Woolworth and Company  GlasgowScotlandReconstruction after fire per Builder p589
Item 5 of 71962Woolworth's StoreLochee DundeeScotlandAs architect in the Liverpool office of Woolworths
Item 6 of 71964F W Woolworth storePerth PerthshireScotlandAs architect with the Liverpool office of Woolworths
Item 7 of 71964Woolworths, High StreetInverness Inverness-shireScotlandAs architect with the Liverpool office of Woolworths

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Morrison, Kathryn A Woolworths: 100 years on the High Street London: English Heritage (or Historic England)p223. See Chapter 7, note 2

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this :
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Builder24 March 1961  'Tenders' p589

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this :
 SourceArchive NameSource Catalogue No.Notes
Item 1 of 1RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert MuseumRIBA Nomination Papers L no 6114 (Combined Box 120)