James Manning (architect)

James Manning (1814–1893) was an English born architect and builder, active in Perth Western Australia. He trained as a civil engineer, and worked in London, sailing to Perth in 1850 to assume the position of the Clerk of Works in the Comptroller-General's office in Western Australia.^[1] In this role he played an active part in the construction of a number of key colonial buildings.

Manning was known to have signed the plans for the following projects:^[1]

• Convict Depot (1856, 1859) at Mount Eliza
• Commissariat Stores (1856)
• Geraldton Courthouse (1866)
• Toodyay gaol (1868)
• Northampton Police Station (1867)
• Williams Police Station (1867)
• Kojonup Police Station (1868)
• Lower Blackwood Police Station (1868)
• Government House (Stage 2), Rottnest
• Wooden jetty, Albany
• Wooden jetty, Vasse
• Wooden jetty, Bunbury
• Wooden jetty, Fremantle
• Wooden jetty, Champion Bay
• Fremantle Traffic Bridge (1864–66)
• Old Bunbury Post Office and Bonded Store (fmr)