Charles Barry Jr.

Charles Barry Jr. was an English architect known for designing public and private buildings in London and East Anglia. He was the eldest son of Sir Charles Barry, the architect of the Houses of Parliament, and the older brother of fellow architect Edward Middleton Barry. Barry Jr. is best remembered for his work in the south London suburb of Dulwich, and for his collaborations with Robert Richardson Banks and his brother Edward on several significant projects.

Projects

Charles Sr. had been architect and surveyor to Dulwich College, designing the Old Grammar School, among other buildings. Charles Jr. then succeeded his father in the role. He designed the New College – 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
Bylaugh Hall, Norfolk
Lady Wimborne Estate Cottages, Canford Magna, Ashington, and Poole, Dorset,
The Pump House in the Italian Gardens, Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens,
St Saviour's Church, Harome
The Crystal Palace railway station and the surviving Crystal Palace Subway
The forecourt of Burlington House, 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.File:RSC Staircase.jpg|thumb|308x308px|The staircase at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, designed in a Soansian style by the partnership of Robert Richardson Banks and Charles Barry Jr.St Stephen's Church, south Dulwich
Stevenstone House, Devon
Mausoleum of Wynn Ellis, Whitstable
All Saints Church, Whitstable, rebuilding
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire,
Chancel and pulpit of St Peter's Church, Kensington Park Road, London
New chambers at Inner Temple, London
Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street station, London
Dulwich Park

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 Royal Institute of British Architects from 1876–79. He was also awarded the prestigious RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1877. His pupils included Sir Aston Webb.

Family

He lived in a large villa "Lapsewood" in Sydenham Hill. His son was Lt Col Arthur John Barry CBE, TD, MICE, 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" .