Gibson was an assistant to
Sir Charles Barry and assisted him in the drawings of the
Houses of Parliament. Gibson was a prominent bank architect at a time when joint-stock banking was an innovation. His 1847
National Bank of Scotland branch in
Glasgow led to perhaps his best-known work, the former
National Provincial Bank in
Bishopsgate, London, designed in 1862. It was
listed Grade I in 1950 and is now known as
Gibson Hall. Gibson also designed
Todmorden Town Hall which opened in 1875, and St. Mary's church in
Bersham which opened in January 1876. He also designed
Dobroyd Castle in Todmorden and
Todmorden Unitarian Church. Gibson is responsible for several churches in and around North Wales, but perhaps his most notable church is St Margaret's in
Bodelwyddan,
Denbighshire, more popularly known as the
Marble Church, Bodelwyddan, consecrated in 1860. The church is a prominent landmark in the lower
Vale of Clwyd and is visible for many miles. It lies just off the
A55 trunk road. In 1890 Gibson was awarded the
Royal Gold Medal for services to architecture. Gibson died of pneumonia on 23 December 1892, at his residence, 13 Great Queen Street,
Westminster, and was buried in
Kensal Green cemetery on 28 December. == Gallery ==