Goodwin Simpson Packer was born in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England on 6 November 1857 and was articled to Garside & Johnson in Southport, Lancashire and James Maxwell (c.1842-1893) and William Charles Tuke (1843-1893) of Maxwell & Tuke of Bury, Lancashire. He commenced independent practice as an architect in Southport in 1884 and from c.1920 was in partnership with Alfred Crampton (1883-1957).
Packer was a Member of the Society of Architects (MSA). He was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1925 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1928. His address was given as Shaftesbury Buildings, Eastbank Street, Southport in 1903 and 1923; 4 Curzon Road, Southport in 1903 and 1931; Adelphi Chambers, 30, Hoghton Street, Southport in 1926; and Palatine Chambers, 41 Hoghton Street, Southport in 1930. He died in Southport on November 1931.
St. Edward's Church and Vicarage, Barnsley; St. Philip's Vicarage, Southport; St. Mark's Vicarage, Scarlsbrick: Christ Church Mission Church and Schools' Club, Eccleston; Christ Church Schools, Southport; St. Philip's Schools, Southport; Albert Hall, now Empire Theatre, Winter Gordons. Southport; Paton and Calvert's " Matchless " Works and Offices, Liverpool; numerous office blocks, shops, houses
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