Restoration Man - George Clarke Channel 4’s George Clarke was up in Cumbria visiting a project on a 19 th century church in this week’s episode of ‘Restoration Man’ (Thursday Jan 19). Phil Evans and his partner had paid £128,000 for a dilapidated church in the picturesque village of Gamblesby in the North Pennines. Built in 1868 St John’s had stood empty for eight years when the young couple took on the challenge of converting it into a family home. The church was built in a mixture of architectural styles and loosely based on the Victorian Gothic Revival. George took time out from the build to visit the Chapel at Exeter College, Oxford designed by the doyen of Victorian Church architects Scott, but he could have just as easily popped into Swindon to see more examples of the great man’s work. George Gilbert Scott was born on July 13, 1811 at Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, the third son of Rev Thomas Scott and his wife Euphemia Lynch. Scott moved to London ...