The United Kingdom Temperance and General Provident Institution Drinking Fountain 1884
August von Kreling (1819–1876) and Charles Barry Junior (1823–1900) and Ferdinand von Miller (1813–1887)
Charles Barry, Jnr. was born in Holborn, London on 21 September 1823 and was articled to his father, Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860) from 1840 to 1846, during which time he assisted him on the new Palace at Westminster. From 1847 to 1872 he was in partnership with Robert Richardson Banks (1812?-1872) as Banks & Barry in London. He subsequently collaborated on projects with his brother, Edward Middleton Barry (1830-1880). Barry was Surveyor to Durwich College Estate from 1858 and designed the New College (1866–70). He also designed Bylaugh Hdall, Norfolk (1848-51); St Stephen's Church in south Dulwich (1867–75); Façade of Burlington House, Piccadilly, London (1869-73); Stevenstone House, Devon (1869-74); the mausoleum of Wynn Ellis in Whitstable (1872).
Barry acted as a Commissioner at two of the International Exhibitions at South Kensington and was appointed British Commissioner for Architecture in the Fine Arts section of the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1878. In recognition of his services on that occasion the French Government, at the recommendation of the Prince of Wales, created him an officer of the Légion d'honneur.
He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1846 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1854. He was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (PRIBA) from 1876 to 1879. He was awarded the Royal Gold Medal in 1877. He died in Worthing, Sussex, 2 June 1900.
Text source: Art History Research net (AHR net)
Text source: Art History Research net (AHR net)
