Charles Henry Mabey Junior
Born 1867
Died 1 June 1965
Active: 1901 - 1935
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, architectural sculptor, monumental sculptor, architectural modeller
Born between April and June 1867 in Paddington, London. Attended Silesia College, Chipping Barnet as a boarder c.1881. Died at the Berkeley Lodge Nursing Home, Tennyson Road, Worthing, Sussex having previously been living at the Suncourt Hotel, Rye Close, Worthing.
Amongst Charles Henry Mabey Junior's more important commissions was the architectural sculpture on the exterior of County Hall, Westminster, London including the northern front. He made the architectural model for the building and later completed the architectural carving (the figure sculpture was by Ernest Cole and Alfred Hardiman). (See 'County Hall', London; Atlantic Highlands, NJ, Published for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, Athlone Press, 1990 and 'The County Hall', Survey of London: volume 23: Lambeth: South Bank and Vauxhall (1951), pp. 62-65. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47045&strquery=county hall Date accessed: 22 June 2010)
Wealth at death: £24,995 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 7 September 1965
Locations
Worked at County Hall Westminster Bridge Road London England | View on map
1910 (Circa) - 1929 (Circa)
Mabey worked extensively on County Hall and carried out the bulk of the architect, Ralph Knott's designs for the sculpture on the exterior of the building. Among Mabey's works are the heraldic shields on the Crescent frieze; the caskets, torches and other details round the various ceremonial entrances to the building; a full-scale model of the main cornice; and models for the treatment of various elements in the Council Chamber. His finest carvings are situated above the Members' Entrance, Westminster Bridge Road, in the Members' Courtyard, over the doorway to the Members' Terrace and the heraldic panels on the Crescent frieze.
Institutional and Business Connections
Traded as C.H. and J. Mabey
May have taken over the business c.1900 under the name of C. H. Mabey
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of Charles Henry Mabey
Granddaughter/grandson/grandchild of James Mabey
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
Also listed as an 'Architectural Modeller'. Amongst the products offered were: 'Figure and ornamental; plaster, fibrous plaster and cement enrichments for ceilings, cornices etc. supplied from models in stock; sundials, fonts, pulpits, reredoses, tombs, monuments etc. in granite, marble, stone or bronze; architectural models to scale' (This is probably Charles Henry Mabey Jnr as Charles Snr listed as 'Sculptor retired' in Census Returns of 1901.)
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor' employer
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' employer
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 680 folio 5 page 7
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 1369 folio 101 page 41
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 479 folio 51 page 4
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN2322 RG78PN78A RD26 SD5 ED37 SN99
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Charles H Mabey
Death Registration Month/Year: 1965
Age at death (estimated): 98
Registration district: Worthing
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 5h
Page: 787
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Charles Henry Mabey
Year of Registration: 1867
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Marylebone (1837-1901)
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 536
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Charles Henry Mabey
Probate Date: 7 Sep 1965
Death Date: 1 Jun 1965
Death Place: Worthing
Registry: London, England
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p. 2233 and p. 2371
Survey of London Monograph 17: County Hall
1991
'Architectural sculpture and decorative treatment', Survey of London Monograph 17: County Hall (1991), pp. 57-69. URL: http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=118182 Date accessed: 02 May 2011
Citing this record
'Charles Henry Mabey Junior', 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/person.php?id=ann_1277210485, accessed 25 Sep 2023]
