Papers relating to John Hutchinson and George Pace

Prints and drawings by John H. Hutchinson and George Pace, [1950s-1990s], including work completed by Hutchinson at the College of Arts and Crafts, Kingston upon Hull and at Leeds School of Architecture, Leeds College of Art; architectural drawings of Southwark Cathedral by Pace; plans and sketches of various churches, many in York, by Hutchinson; copies of watercolour paintings by Hutchinson, and other papers.

John Hurworth Hutchinson was born in York in 1934. He had a love of architecture from childhood and trained as an Architect at the School of Architecture at the Regional College of Art in Hull. He was elected a member of RIBA in 1957 and in 1960 he won the RIBA Tite Prize for his work ‘An Open Air Theatre’.
Over the course of his career Hutchinson worked with the well known Yorkshire architects George Pace and Ronald Sims and later created the lettering for George Pace’s memorial inscription at Southwark Cathedral.
He also wrote extensively on architectural history and topography. Works include his contribution to the 1972 ‘Yorkshire: York and the East Riding’ in the Buildings of England series by Nikolaus Pevsner, and co-authorship of a Bartholomew City Guide to York with David Palliser in 1980. He also co-wrote the York Civic Trust guide to St Sampson’s Church in 1974.
Hutchinson was a keen artist and exhibited extensively in York, both in mixed shows and alone. He held nine solo exhibitions between 1989 and 1998, including ‘The Stones of Venice’ at The Stonegate Gallery, York, and ‘Barns and Beach Huts’ at Langwith College, as well as showings at Nunnington Hall and Treasurer’s House, York. He worked mainly in watercolours and his paintings can be found in the collections of the Duke of Devonshire, Lord and Lady Feversham and the University of York.
He was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1987.
John Hutchinson died on 29 April 2018, at the age of 83..

George Gaze Pace was born in Croydon, Surrey, on 31 December 1915, the son of George Henry Pace, a shipowner’s clerk, and his wife Alice Gaze. He was educated at Addiscombe New College and then studied architecture at London Polytechnic whilst working for several architectural firms; James Ransome and Cootes, Darcy Braddell and Humphry Deane, and Pite, Son and Fairweather.
He qualified as an architect in 1939 and, after serving in the Royal Engineers during the Second World War, settled at York where he established his own practice, specialising in ecclesiastical buildings. In 1941 he married Ina Jones and the couple had five children together. Their son, Peter, also became an architect.
During his career George Pace worked on approximately 700 churches, combining modernist and traditional style. He was surveyor to St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, where he was responsible for the King George VI memorial chapel and tomb, as well as surveyor to the Diocese of Sheffield. He was also honorary consulting architect to the Historic Churches Preservation Trust and served as consultant to the cathedrals of Durham, Peterborough, Lichfield, Chester, Liverpool, St Albans, Newcastle and Southwark.
His notable works include the postwar restoration of Llandaff Cathedral, which included the new chapel of St Michael, the building of a new cathedral at Ibadan in Nigeria in 1960 and of Durham University Library in 1966. He also restored the bomb damaged church of St Martin le Grand on Coney Street, York, in the 1950s and built the new church of the Holy Redeemer at Acomb, York, in 1962 using materials salvaged from the demolished medieval church of St Mary Bishophill Senior.
He became a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1949 and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1950. In 1971 he was appointed CVO (Commander of the Royal Victorian Order). He was also active in York conservation circles, as a member of the York Civic Trust and York Georgian Society.
George Gaze Pace died at York on 23 August 1975. His architectural practice was continued by his assistant Ronald Sims, who had joined the firm in the 1950s.

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John Hurworth Hutchinson was born in York in 1934. He had a love of architecture from childhood and trained as an Architect at the School of Architecture at the Regional College of Art in Hull. He was elected a member of RIBA in 1957 and in 1960 he won the RIBA Tite Prize for his work ‘An Open Air Theatre’.
Over the course of his career Hutchinson worked with the well known Yorkshire architects George Pace and Ronald Sims and later created the lettering for George Pace’s memorial inscription at Southwark Cathedral.
He also wrote extensively on architectural history and topography. Works include his contribution to the 1972 ‘Yorkshire: York and the East Riding’ in the Buildings of England series by Nikolaus Pevsner, and co-authorship of a Bartholomew City Guide to York with David Palliser in 1980. He also co-wrote the York Civic Trust guide to St Sampson’s Church in 1974.
Hutchinson was a keen artist and exhibited extensively in York, both in mixed shows and alone. He held nine solo exhibitions between 1989 and 1998, including ‘The Stones of Venice’ at The Stonegate Gallery, York, and ‘Barns and Beach Huts’ at Langwith College, as well as showings at Nunnington Hall and Treasurer’s House, York. He worked mainly in watercolours and his paintings can be found in the collections of the Duke of Devonshire, Lord and Lady Feversham and the University of York.
He was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1987.
John Hutchinson died on 29 April 2018, at the age of 83..

George Gaze Pace was born in Croydon, Surrey, on 31 December 1915, the son of George Henry Pace, a shipowner’s clerk, and his wife Alice Gaze. He was educated at Addiscombe New College and then studied architecture at London Polytechnic whilst working for several architectural firms; James Ransome and Cootes, Darcy Braddell and Humphry Deane, and Pite, Son and Fairweather.
He qualified as an architect in 1939 and, after serving in the Royal Engineers during the Second World War, settled at York where he established his own practice, specialising in ecclesiastical buildings. In 1941 he married Ina Jones and the couple had five children together. Their son, Peter, also became an architect.
During his career George Pace worked on approximately 700 churches, combining modernist and traditional style. He was surveyor to St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, where he was responsible for the King George VI memorial chapel and tomb, as well as surveyor to the Diocese of Sheffield. He was also honorary consulting architect to the Historic Churches Preservation Trust and served as consultant to the cathedrals of Durham, Peterborough, Lichfield, Chester, Liverpool, St Albans, Newcastle and Southwark.
His notable works include the postwar restoration of Llandaff Cathedral, which included the new chapel of St Michael, the building of a new cathedral at Ibadan in Nigeria in 1960 and of Durham University Library in 1966. He also restored the bomb damaged church of St Martin le Grand on Coney Street, York, in the 1950s and built the new church of the Holy Redeemer at Acomb, York, in 1962 using materials salvaged from the demolished medieval church of St Mary Bishophill Senior.
He became a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1949 and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1950. In 1971 he was appointed CVO (Commander of the Royal Victorian Order). He was also active in York conservation circles, as a member of the York Civic Trust and York Georgian Society.
George Gaze Pace died at York on 23 August 1975. His architectural practice was continued by his assistant Ronald Sims, who had joined the firm in the 1950s.

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The Borthwick Institute also holds the archives of Pace and Sims, John Hutchinson, and the family papers of George Pace.

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