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Ernest (born Arthur Ernest Barnsley (1863 –1926) but known as Ernest Barnsley)[1] and Sidney Howard Barnsley (25 February 1865 – 25 September 1926)[2] were Arts and Crafts movement master builders, furniture designers and makers associated with Ernest Gimson. In the early 20th century they had workshops at Sapperton, Gloucestershire.

Sidney's son Edward continued the family tradition, making fine furniture according to his father's philosophy, and became a figurehead in his own right.

They were also associated with the designers and makers

Gordon Russell, the Dutch furniture designer-craftsman Peter Waals, or van der Waals, the architect-designer Norman Jewson (who was Ernest Barnsley's son-in-law) and the architect Robert Weir Schultz. Sidney became involved as a founder of the short lived Kenton & Co. furniture business along with Sir Mervyn MacCartney, Reginald Blomfield, William Lethaby, Ernest Gimson, Stephen Webb and Colonel Harold Esdaile Malet..[3]

Church at Lower Kingswood

Lower Kingswood
Church of Jesus Christ and the Wisdom of God
Interior showing chancel section of above church

Sidney Barnsley rebuilt the Church of Jesus Christ and the Wisdom of God at

mother of pearl inlay; priests' chairs with domed canopies; and Byzantine capitals from Constantinople and Ephesus decorating the aisles and west wall.[4]

It has the highest listed building classification, of Grade I.[4]

Rodmarton Manor

Starting in 1909, the brothers collaborated in the design, construction and furnishing of Rodmarton Manor, a work completed by Ernest's son-in-law, Norman Jewson.

House at Hagley Road, Birmingham

In January 2011, controversy arose over the granting by

Secretary of State call in for his own determination the application to build a retirement village of 240 flats on the site, in Edgbaston.[5]
However, the project went ahead and the house was demolished with several others in late 2011.

Barnsley Road is named after Ernest.[8]

Other

Both Ernest and Sidney attended classes at Birmingham School of Art before going to London to finish training.[2] Sidney attended the Royal Academy's School of Architecture for two years and during this time he met Robert Weir Schultz, with whom he travelled to the Near East, Italy and Greece.[9] They became affiliated to the British School at Athens and produced hundreds of drawings and photographs of ancient monuments that they had systematically investigated. Their work served as the foundation for "a collection of roughly 1500 drawings and 1000 photographs of the most important Byzantine monuments of the Mediterranean basin, Italy, Turkey, Greece, as well as Asia Minor and the Near East, dating between 1888 and 1949." The collection, which is today housed at the British School at Athens, is known as the Byzantine Research Fund Archive…”.[10]

The

The Courtauld Institute of Art, London.[12]

Drawings by Sidney are also held in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Barnsley, Ernest (1863–1926) | BIFMO". bifmo.history.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Barnsley, Sidney Howard (1865–1926) | BIFMO". bifmo.history.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Kenton & Co. (1891-1892)". British and Furniture Makers Online - The Furniture History Society. 30 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Historic England. "Church of Jesus Christ and the Wisdom of God (Grade I) (1029052)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  5. ^
    Victorian Society. Archived from the original
    on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Barnsley Road Conservation Area Map" (pdf). Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
  7. ^ "Barnsley Road Conservation Area Designation Report" (pdf). Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
  8. ^ "Heritage campaigners are idiots, says Tory". Building Design. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Sidney Howard Barnsley". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  10. ISBN 9789004292208
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  11. ^ "Annual Report 2004–2005 School of Advanced Study, University of London" (PDF). School of Advanced Study, University of London.
  12. ^ "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Search Results | V&A Explore the Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

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