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 (perhaps better known as the Houses of Parliament) in his home city of London during the mid 19th century, but also responsible for numerous other buildings and gardens.

Other major projects

Barry also designed:

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• the Travellers Club, London (1832)
• the Royal College of Surgeons, London (1834-36)
• the Manchester Athenaeum (1836 ? now also part of the Manchester Art Gallery)
• the Reform Club, London (1837 ? next door to the Travellers)
• remodelling of Kingston Lacy, Dorset
• the Trafalgar Square precinct (1840)
• remodelling of Trentham Hall and creation of its Italianate gardens, north Staffordshire (1842)
• remodelling of Highclere Castle, Hampshire (1842)
• remodelling of Harewood House, Yorkshire (1844)
• HM Treasury building in Whitehall (1846-47)
• Bridgwater House, London (1846)
• Cliveden House in Buckinghamshire (1849)
• Gardens of Dunrobin Castle near Golspie, Scotland (1850)
• Shrubland Hall gardens, Suffolk (1850)
• restoration of Gawthorpe Hall, near Burnley, Lancashire
• Halifax Town Hall, West Yorkshire