Architect. He was born in Cork and came to Liverpool in 1845, where he was in partnership with James Murray, 1850–53. He subsequently moved to Norwich, where he became City Surveyor and designed many public and private buildings. He returned to Liverpool in 1872 and formed a partnership with his two sons until his retirement in 1888. He was President of the Liverpool Architectural Society, 1873–74. He also worked in London, Coventry, Leamington Spa and, quite extensively, on the Isle of Man. He specialized in churches, including St Andrew’s, Southport, and St Peter’s, Birkdale, but also designed many utilitarian structures, especially bridges, river walls, cemeteries, sewers and piling projects. His Wirral Magistrates’ Court, Birkenhead (1883–87), has architectural sculpture by Richard Boulton and Sons.
Bibliography: Architects of Greater Manchester 1800–1940: (i) Thomas Denville Barry; (ii) Barry and Murray; (iii) Barry T D and Sons; The Builder 1 April 1905, p. 356; A. Felstead et al, Directory of British Architects, 1834–1900, London, 1993, p. 57; E. Morris and E. Roberts, Public Sculpture of Cheshire and Merseyside, Liverpool, 2012, pp. xviii, 18–20.
Emma Roberts, 2012; revised Terry Cavanagh, September 2025
