Henry Bloomfield Bare


Henry Bloomfield Bare was an architect based in Liverpool, England.

Family

He was born on 21 January 1848 in Hungerford, Berkshire, the son of Thomas Bare and Harriet Meggs. He married Clari Sharples on 20 December 1876 in Holy Trinity Church, Southport and they had the following children:
  • Elsie Bare
  • Cecilia Ruth Bare
  • Geoffrey Bare
His wife Clari died on 18 August 1907 and he married Ada Rosalind Nelson in 1908 in Birkenhead. He died on 8 January 1912 in Liverpool.

Career

He studied architecture with Charles Edmund Giles from 1861 to 1863 and then became assistant to Thomas John Willson and Samuel Joseph Nicholl until 1868. He was District Resident Assistant on the London & North Western Railway working for William Baker from 1 September 1866 to 30 June 1876.
In 1876 he established himself in independent practice and about 10 years later formed a partnership with Henry Langton Beckwith. He became a council member of the Liverpool Architectural Society.
In 1886 he was secretary of the Liverpool International Exhibition.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1888.

Works

  • St Peter's Church, Newton-le-Willows 1874–75
  • St John's Church, Bootle 1878
  • Liverpool Town Hall 1879
  • York Magistrates' Court 1890–92
  • Philharmonic Dining Rooms, 36 Hope Street, Liverpool 1898