George Herbert West [also known as Rev. George Herbert West] was born in London, England on 21 May 1845. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford and was articled to Edward Midlleton Barry (1830-1880). He also spent four years in Paris studying under Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879) and Anatole de Baudot (1834-1915), and trained at the ateliers of Honoré Dumet (1826-1911) and Charles Auguste Questel (1807-1888) at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Following his return to England, West established his own independent architectural practice in London in 1871 and that year was elected an Honorary Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (Hon. ARIBA). He was also a Doctor of Divinity (DD) and an ordained priest. He was the author of Gothic Architecture in England and France (1911).
West's address was given as 61 Wimpole Street, London in 1870; and Selsey Vicarage, near Stroud, Gloucestershire in 1914; and, from 1914, 48, Park Road, Gloucester where he died on 8 July 1927.
Stanley Park, near Stress, alterations and additions; schoolmaster's house, King's Stanle
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001