James Bennett & Son
Active: 1861 - 1951
Function: Stone and marble masons, monumental sculptors
Policy: Listed in Kelly's Trades Directory (1886) as 'monumental sculptors in granite, marble and stone, and chimney piece manufacturers, etc.'.
Locations
Address Worcester Wharf (Commercial St.) Commercial Street and Ethel Street Birmingham | View on map
1852 (Presumed) - 1882
Business located at 3 Commercial Street Birmingham | View on map
1871 (Presumed)
Business located at Victoria Marble Works Commercial Street Birmingham | View on map
1880 - 1931
And Broad Street from 1896
Business located at Severn Street Birmingham | View on map
1941 (Presumed) - 1951 (Presumed)
Institutional and Business Connections
Collaborated with Edwards and Ferrari
1888 - 1900
Listed in 1890 of 'working in conjunction' with one another.
Associated People
Worked with Richard Lockwood Boulton
1862 (Circa)
Bennetts were the stone contractors on carving work at Worcester Cathedral and Boulton was the sculptor [see 'Building News' (4 April 1862) p. 242]
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Commercial Trades and Official, 1880 Kelly's Trade Directories
1880
Listed under sculptor Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1881 Hulley's Trade Directorires
1881
Listed under sculptor The Birmingham Post Office Trades Directory, 1882 Post Office Trade Directorires
1882
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades Section, 1886 Kelly's Trades Directories
1886
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Birmingham Trade Directory, 1888 Kelly's Trade Directorires
1888
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, with its Suburbs, 1890 Kelly's Trades Directories
1890
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1892 Kelly's Trade Directories
1892
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1896 Kelly's Trade Directorires
1896
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Directory of Birmingham with its Suburbs, 1899 Kelly's Trade Directorires
1899
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1900 Kelly's Trade Directories
1900
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1911 Kelly's Trades Directories
1911
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1921 Kelly's Trades Directories
1921
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Directory of Birmingham with its suburbs and Smethwick, 1931 Kelly's Trades Directories
1931
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Birmingham Trades and Professional Directory, 1941 Kelly's Trades Directorires
1941
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Directory of Birmingham (with its suburbs) and Smethwick (with street plan), 1951 Kelly's Trades Directories
1951
Listed under Stone Masons Slater's General and Classified Directory of Birmingham, and its vicinities for 1852-3. Containing Alphabetical lists of the Merchants, Manufacturuers, Trades and Inhabitants in General. Part 3, Trades A-S Slater's Trade Directories
1852 - 1853
Listed as 'Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Morris & Co. Commercial Directory and Gazetter of Warwickshire with Birmingham, 1866 Morris & Co. Directories
1866
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons The Post Office Directory of Birmingham with its Suburbs for 1871 Post Office Directory of Birmingham
1871
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Part 2, Alphabetical List to SAD-ZIN and Trades, 1876-77 Hulley's Birmingham Directory
1876 - 1877
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1881 Hulley's Trade Directorires
1881
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades Section, 1886 Kelly's Trades Directories
1886
Listed as 'Monumental Masons.'
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, with its Suburbs, 1890 Kelly's Trades Directories
1890
Listed as Monumental 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1896 Kelly's Trade Directorires
1896
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1911 Kelly's Trades Directories
1911
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons' and 'Monumental Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1921 Kelly's Trades Directories
1921
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons' and as 'Monumental Masons'
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Birmingham Trades and Professional Directory, 1941 Kelly's Trades Directorires
1941
Listed as 'Monumental Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham (with its suburbs) and Smethwick (with street plan), 1951 Kelly's Trades Directories
1951
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Masons' and as 'Monumental Masons'.
Listed under Wood Carvers Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades, Official and Adverts 1901 Kelly's Trades Directories
1901
Sources
Building news and architectural review
1862
p. 242
Corporation General and Trades Directory of Birmingham... and Wolverhampton, 1861
1861
p. 64
Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Part 2, Alphabetical List to SAD-ZIN and Trades, 1876-77 Hulley's Birmingham Directory
1876 (Probable)
p. 706.
Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1881 Hulley's Trade Directorires
1881
p. 702.
Hulley's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1881 Hulley's Trade Directorires
1881
p. 740.
Kelly's Birmingham Trades and Professional Directory, 1941 Kelly's Trades Directorires
1941
p. 1747, p. 1813 and p. 1858.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham with its Suburbs, 1899 Kelly's Trade Directorires
1899
p. 867.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1896 Kelly's Trade Directorires
1896
p. 743 and p. 770.
Kelly's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1921 Kelly's Trades Directories
1921
p. 1103, p. 1154 and p. 1190.
Kelly's Birmingham Trade Directory, 1888 Kelly's Trade Directorires
1888
p. 742.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham (with its suburbs) and Smethwick (with street plan), 1951 Kelly's Trades Directories
1951
p. 1950, p. 2132 and p. 2074.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham with its suburbs and Smethwick, 1931 Kelly's Trades Directories
1931
p. 1466.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1892 Kelly's Trade Directories
1892
p. 683.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1911 Kelly's Trades Directories
1911
p. 1020, p. 1064 and p. 1095.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Commercial Trades and Official, 1880 Kelly's Trade Directories
1880
p. 595.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades Section, 1886 Kelly's Trades Directories
1886
p. 700 and p. 726.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades, Official and Adverts 1901 Kelly's Trades Directories
1901
p. 899.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, with its Suburbs, 1890 Kelly's Trades Directories
1890
p. 674 and p. 699.
The Birmingham Post Office Trades Directory, 1882 Post Office Trade Directorires
1882
p. 746.
The Post Office Directory of Birmingham with its Suburbs for 1871 Post Office Directory of Birmingham
May 1871
p. 456.
Citing this record
'James Bennett & Son', 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=msib4_1209472314, accessed 03 Apr 2020]
