Charles Barry Jr. (1823–1900) was an English

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of the mid-late 19th century, and eldest son of Sir

Charles Barry Sir Charles Barry (23 May 1795 – 12 May 1860) was an English architect best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament) in London during the mid-19th century, but also responsi ...

. Like his younger brother and fellow architect Edward Middleton Barry, Charles Jr. designed numerous buildings in

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. He is particularly associated with works in the south London suburb of

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. Charles Jr. worked extensively on projects in

and

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with fellow architect Robert Richardson Banks (1812–72), working from an office in Sackville Street, and then collaborated with his shorter-lived brother Edward on several schemes.

Projects

Charles Sr. had been architect and surveyor to

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, designing the Old Grammar School (an 1842 establishment for the education of poor boys from Dulwich and Camberwell), among other buildings. Charles Jr. then succeeded his father in the role. He designed the New College (1866–70) – a building of red brick and white stone, designed in a hybrid of Palladian and Gothic styles. His other projects include: * The Cliff Town Estate, Southend, Essex (with Banks) * Bylaugh Hall,

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(1849–1852, with Banks) * Lady Wimborne Estate Cottages, Canford Magna,

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, and

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, (1849, with Banks) * The Pump House in the Italian Gardens, Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens, (1860, with Banks) * St Saviour's Church, Harome (1861-1862) * The Crystal Palace (High Level) railway station (1863-1865, demolished 1961) and the surviving Crystal Palace Subway * The forecourt of Burlington House (home of the

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), in Piccadilly, including the apartments of the

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, Royal Astronomical Society,

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, and

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(1869–73, with Banks). RSC Staircase

St Stephen's Church, south

(1867–75) * Stevenstone House, Devon (1868–72) *Mausoleum of Wynn Ellis,

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(1872) * All Saints Church, Whitstable, rebuilding (1875–76) * Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, (1879) * Chancel and pulpit of St Peter's Church, Kensington Park Road, London (1879) * New chambers at

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, London (1879; with Edward) * Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street station, London (1884; the design was a collaboration with his brother Edward who died in 1880 before it was finished) * Dulwich Park (1884) Lady_Wimborne_Cottage_Cypher

Charles Jr. was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1876, and was a member of the Society's Council in 1878. He was President of the

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from 1876-79. He was also awarded the prestigious RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1877. His pupils included Sir Aston Webb (himself a later President of the

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and winner of the Royal Gold Medal).

Family

He lived in a large villa "Lapsewood" in Sydenham Hill. His son was Lt Col Arthur John Barry CBE, TD, MICE (b. 21 November 1859), civil engineer and architect. A. J. Barry collaborated on major international engineering projects with his uncle, Charles Jr.'s brother John Wolfe-Barry, and Bradford Leslie and was the author of "''Railway Expansion in China and the Influence of Foreign Powers in its Development''" ondon, 1910''Visitation of England and Wales Vol 14 ed Frederick Arthur Crisp (1906)''

References

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