George Campbell Sherrin [also known as George Sherrin and as George C. Sherrin] was born in the City of London, England in 1843 and was baptised at St. Ann Church, Blackfriars, London on 2 January 1845. He was articled to the architect Henry Edward Kendall (1805-1885) in 1859. He then worked as an assistant to Samuel Joseph Nicholl (1826-1905); to John Taylor Jr., and to Frederic Chancellor (1825-1918) for ten years.
Sherrin commenced practice as an independent architect in London in 1877. Much of his work was for London Underground Railway.
Sherrin was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (A.R.I.B.A.) in 1882, and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (F.R.I.B.A.) in 1898. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London from 1880 to 1889.
He died in 1909. His death was registered in Holborn, London.
United Reformed Church Sunday School, Courthill Road, Lewisham, London (1880-81); working men's club, later a Royal British Legion club, Halstead, Braintree, Essex (1883); cottages, 3-12 The Causeway, Halstead, Essex (1883); Newlands Hall, Hall Lane, Brentwood, Essex (c.1884); Tilehurst, Hall Lane, Mountnessing, Brentwood, Essex (1884); Cannon Street Buildings, London (1885); buildings, Spitalfields Market, Tower Hamlets, London (1885-93); Thomas Moore Chambers, 51-52 Carey Street, Camden, London (1888); building attached to the Roman Catholic Church of St Edward The Confessor, 5, Park End Road, Havering, London (1890-91); Moorgate Underground Station, Moorgate, City of London (1893-94); 2 Chelsea Embankment (Dawliffe Hall), London, altered by Sherrin (1894); South Kensington, Kensington High Street, Gloucester Road and Monument Underground Railway Stations, London (c1895-99); Town Hall, Alexandra Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (1897); Orphanage, Holly Place, Hampstead, London (1897-98); Gardner Mansions, 2-4 Church Row, Hampstead, London (1897-98); The Kursaal amusement park building, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (1898-1902); St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Eldon Street, City of London (1899-1902); Moorgate Chambers (offices), over Moorgate Underground Station, City of London (1900-03); Alexandra Hotel, Marine Parade, Dovercourt, Essex (1903-04); Wynnstow, near Limpsfield, Hampshire (1903); Seaside Cottage, Cowes, Isle of Wight (1904); 15 View Road, Haringey, London (1905); Eldon House (offices), next to church on Eldon Street, City of London (1907); and Spencer House (offices), South Place, City of London (1907-08).
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