Sir Charles Barry FRS RA (23 May 1795 – 12 May 1860) was a British architect, best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament) in London during the mid-19th century, but also responsible for …

Sir Charles Barry (born May 23, 1795, London, Eng.—died May 12, 1860, London) was one of the architects of the Gothic Revival in England and chief architect of the British Houses of Parliament.

Sir Charles Barry was a renowned British architect whose most significant contribution to British heritage was his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament, in London during the mid-19th century.

Charles Barry [also known as Sir Charles Barry] was born in Westminster, London, England on 23 May 1795 and was articled to Middleton & Bailey, a firm of surveyors in Lambeth, London from 1810 to 1816. In 1817 he embarked on a three year study tour of Continental Europe.

2022年1月27日 · Undeniably the greatest contribution Charles Barry made to London, a new Parliament building became necessary after the old Palace of Westminster burned down in 1834. Barry won the bid to design the new structure, which was done in the Gothic Revival style that he had perfected on so many churches within the city.

Sir Charles Barry, Victorian English architect and designer - his life and work. Part of British Biography at Britain Express.

Frontispiece to Barry. The ninth child of a stationer and bookbinder who supplied the government, the future Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860) "started with no advantages of birth, and an imperfect education" (Barry 1).

At 6:20pm on the evening of October 16, 1834, a fire began in the old Palace of Westminster in London – the foremost seat of parliamentary governance for both the United Kingdom and the British...

BARRY, CHARLES (1795–1860), British architect. Charles Barry is best known for his design of the Houses of Parliament in London and the introduction of the Renaissance Revival style in the design of commercial buildings.

Barry, Sir Charles (1795–1860). London-born English architect and fine draughtsman. In Rome and Florence he studied Renaissance architecture, and these investigations were to be of great importance in the development of his work.