Harry Rendell Bond
Born 1881
Died 1960 (Probable)
Active: 1901 - 1951
Country of birth and death: England
Architectural sculptor, modeller
Born in Warrington, Lancashire. He was the son of Henry Bond (born c.1854 in Warrington), a newspaper manager. In 1891 Harry Rendell was either living with or visiting his aunt and uncle Mary and Henry Bramwell (both born c.1856) who was a public school teacher. Mary Bramwell was born in Warrington c.1856 and is presumed to be his father or mother's sister.
Locations
Address Cross School Bilsborough | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Visiting or boarding here
Address 212 Wilderspool Causeway Warrington | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 7 West Avenue Garden Village Manchester | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Arthur Philip Hall and his wife were staying with the Bond family
Institutional and Business Connections
Traded as Bond & Hall
Worked for Earp, Hobbs & Miller (by 1900)
Possibly by about 1911 and according to G. Wheeler, 'Parliament Buildings, Stormont: the building, its setting, uses and restoration, 1922-1998', Belfast, 1999 Rendell Bond worked with Harry Malcolm Miller on the Parliament Buildings, Stormont on behalf of the contractor, Earp, Hobbs and Miller. In 1927, Harry Rendell designed a sculptural group symbolic of the sea for the Ship Canal House, head quarters of the Manchester Ship Canal Co. (architect, Harry S. Fairhurst) on behalf of Earp, Hobbs and Miller. The group was carved by Bond and Arthur Philip Hall. (See Wyke, 2004, p. 88).
Personal and Professional Connections
Collaborated with Harry Malcolm Miller
On the carvings at the Parliament Buildings, Stormont (see relationship to Earp, Hobbs and Miller).
Partner of Arthur Philip Hall
They worked for Earp, Hobbs and Miller before setting up in partnership as Bond and Hall in Levenshulme, Manchester.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Architectural Sculptor' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Modeller, Architectural Sculptor' worker and Arthur Philip Hall (1886-1973), 'Stone Carver, Architectural Sculptor' worker
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 3585; Folio: 85; Page: 18
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN23695 RG78PN1377 RD464 SD1 ED38 SN271
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Harry R Bond
Birth Date: abt 1881
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1960
Age at Death: 79
Registration district: Basford
Inferred County: Nottinghamshire
Volume: 3c
Page: 27
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Harry Rendell Bond
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1881
Registration district: Warrington
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 184
Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester Public Sculpture of Britain
2004
p. 88
Citing this record
'Harry Rendell Bond', 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_1338631155, accessed 22 Mar 2023]
