Barnabas Barrett
Active: 1851 - 1881
Function: Stonemason, ecclesiastical sculptor
History or description: The business was started by Barnabas Thomas Barrett who was working as a modeller in London between 1841-55. He moved to Norwich in 1855 to work on the new Public Library. (Details of his later commissions and works are given on personal entry for Barrett). He had a son Thomas J. Barrett, who was born c.1853 in Wareham, Dorset and who seems to have continued the family business.
Locations
Located at 476 Oxford Street London | View on map
1851
Showroom located at 5 Redwell Street Norwich | View on map
1865 (Circa)
Works located at Bank Plain Norwich | View on map
1865 (Circa)
Works located at Opie Street Norwich | View on map
1875 (Circa)
This is the works associated with his works as a stone and marble mason
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p.1364
Listed as 'Sculptor'
Listed under sculptor Post Office Directory of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1875
There were three other sculptors also listed in 1875. Barret is also listed under 'Stone and marble mason architectural'
Listed under sculptor Post Office Directory of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1865
1865 (Circa)
'Ecclesiastical sculptor' (Barrett was the only sculptor listed in this trade directory). He was also listed under stonemason.
Sources
Post Office Directory of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1865
1865
pp. 579 and 592
Post Office Directory of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1875
1875
pp. 680 and 693
Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p.1364
Citing this record
'Barnabas Barrett', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=ann_1283953599, accessed 04 Oct 2023]
