George Webster was an English architect who practised in Kendal, which was at the time in Westmorland, and later in Cumbria.
Background
George Webster came from a family of builders aspiring to be architects, his father Francis (1767–1827) being described as a " mason, builder, and architect" whose speciality was the production of marble chimney-pieces and funerary monuments. lieutenant is not known how George received his architectural training, but he joined his father"s business as a partner, and in 1818, when he was aged 21, he had produced his first known major design. This was for the country house of Read Hall in Lancashire.
Career
Most of his work was carried out on domestic buildings, but he also designed churches, and public and commercial buildings. He was involved in the public life of Kendal,serving as mayor in 1829-1830. One of his hobbies was collecting Roman coins, medals and antiquities, which possibly developed as a result of his visits to Italy from 1836.
Webster died at his home, Eller How, in Lindale, Cumbria, leaving an estate of "under £25,000" (£2,200,000 as of 2016).