'''Charles Barry Jr.''' (1823–1900) was an [[England|English]] [[architect]] of the mid-late 19th century, and eldest son of Sir [[Charles Barry]]. Like his younger brother and fellow architect [[Edward Middleton Barry]], Charles Jr. designed numerous buildings in [[London]]. He is particularly associated with works in the south London suburb of [[Dulwich]].
'''Charles Barry Jr.''' (1823–1900) was an [[England|English]] [[architect]] of the mid-late 19th century, and eldest son of Sir [[Charles Barry]]. Like his younger brother and fellow architect [[Edward Middleton Barry]], Charles Jr. designed numerous buildings in [[London]]. He is particularly associated with works in the south London suburb of [[Dulwich]].
Charles Jr. worked extensively on projects in [[London]] and [[East Anglia]] with fellow architect [[Robert Richardson Banks]] (1812–72), working from an office in Sackville Street,<ref>From: 'Sackville Street', Survey of London: volumes 31 and 32: St James Westminster, Part 2 (1963), pp. 342-66. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=41480. Date accessed: 24 May 2007.</ref> and then collaborated with his shorter-lived brother Edward on several schemes.
Charles Jr. worked extensively on projects in [[London]] and [[East Anglia]] with fellow architect [[Robert Richardson Banks]] (1812–72), working from an office in Sackville Street,<ref>From: 'Sackville Street', Survey of London: volumes 31 and 32: St James Westminster, Part 2 (1963), pp. 342–66. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=41480. Date accessed: 24 May 2007.</ref> and then collaborated with his shorter-lived brother Edward on several schemes.
==Projects==
==Projects==
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* [[Lady Wimborne Cottages|Lady Wimborne Estate Cottages]], [[Canford Magna]], [[Ashington, Dorset|Ashington]], and [[Poole]], [[Dorset]], (1849, with Banks)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Clark |first=Pat |title=Lady Wimborne Cottages The Story of the Canford Estate Cottages |publisher=The Dovecote Press |year=2000 |isbn=1874336695}}</ref>
* [[Lady Wimborne Cottages|Lady Wimborne Estate Cottages]], [[Canford Magna]], [[Ashington, Dorset|Ashington]], and [[Poole]], [[Dorset]], (1849, with Banks)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Clark |first=Pat |title=Lady Wimborne Cottages The Story of the Canford Estate Cottages |publisher=The Dovecote Press |year=2000 |isbn=1874336695}}</ref>
* The Pump House in the Italian Gardens, Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens, (1860, with Banks)
* The Pump House in the Italian Gardens, Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens, (1860, with Banks)
* [[St Saviour's Church, Harome]] (1861-1862)
* [[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 [[Crystal Palace (High Level) railway station]] (1863–1865, demolished 1961) and the surviving Crystal Palace Subway
* The forecourt of [[Burlington House]] (home of the [[Royal Academy]]), in Piccadilly, including the apartments of the [[Geological Society of London]], [[Linnean Society of London]], Royal Astronomical Society, [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], and [[Society of Antiquaries of London]] (1869–73, with Banks).[[File:RSC Staircase.jpg|thumb|308x308px|The staircase at the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], [[Burlington House]], designed in a [[John Soane|Soansian]] style by the partnership of Robert Richardson Banks and Charles Barry Jr.]]St Stephen's Church, south [[Dulwich]] (1867–75)
* The forecourt of [[Burlington House]] (home of the [[Royal Academy]]), in Piccadilly, including the apartments of the [[Geological Society of London]], [[Linnean Society of London]], Royal Astronomical Society, [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], and [[Society of Antiquaries of London]] (1869–73, with Banks).[[File:RSC Staircase.jpg|thumb|308x308px|The staircase at the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], [[Burlington House]], designed in a [[John Soane|Soansian]] style by the partnership of Robert Richardson Banks and Charles Barry Jr.]]St Stephen's Church, south [[Dulwich]] (1867–75)
*[[Stevenstone|Stevenstone House]], Devon (1868–72)<ref>Pevsner, Nikolaus. & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 1991, p.760</ref>
*[[Stevenstone|Stevenstone House]], Devon (1868–72)<ref>Pevsner, Nikolaus. & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 1991, p.760</ref>
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* [[Dulwich Park]] (1884)[[File:Lady_Wimborne_Cottage_Cypher.png|thumb|307x307px|Cypher drawing by Charles Barry Jr. for the [[Lady Wimborne Cottages]]]]
* [[Dulwich Park]] (1884)[[File:Lady_Wimborne_Cottage_Cypher.png|thumb|307x307px|Cypher drawing by Charles Barry Jr. for the [[Lady Wimborne Cottages]]]]
Charles Jr. was elected a [[Society of Antiquaries of London|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 [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] from 1876-79. He was also awarded the prestigious RIBA [[Royal Gold Medal]] in 1877. His pupils included [[Aston Webb|Sir Aston Webb]] (himself a later President of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] and winner of the Royal Gold Medal).
Charles Jr. was elected a [[Society of Antiquaries of London|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 [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] from 1876–79. He was also awarded the prestigious RIBA [[Royal Gold Medal]] in 1877. His pupils included [[Aston Webb|Sir Aston Webb]] (himself a later President of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] and winner of the Royal Gold Medal).
Charles Barry Jr. (1823–1900) was an Englisharchitect of the mid-late 19th century, and eldest son of Sir Charles Barry. Like his younger brother and fellow architect Edward Middleton Barry, Charles Jr. designed numerous buildings in London. He is particularly associated with works in the south London suburb of Dulwich.
Charles Jr. worked extensively on projects in London and East Anglia with fellow architect Robert Richardson Banks (1812–72), working from an office in Sackville Street,[1] and then collaborated with his shorter-lived brother Edward on several schemes.
Projects
Charles Sr. had been architect and surveyor to Dulwich College, designing the Old Grammar School[2] (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)
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" [London, 1910].[7]
