Career
He is particularly associated with works in the south London suburb of Dulwich. Charles Jr. worked extensively on projects in London and East Anglia with fellow architect Robert Richardson Banks (1812–72), working from an office in Sackville Street, and then collaborated with his shorter-lived brother Edward on several schemes. Charles Sr. had been architect and surveyor to Dulwich College, designing the Grammar School, among other buildings.
Charles Jr. then succeeded his father in the role. He designed the New College (1866–70) – a building of red brick and white stone, designed in a hybrid of Palladian and Gothic styles. His other projects include:The Cliff Town Estate, Southend, Essex (with Banks)Bylaugh Hall, Norfolk (1849–1852, with Banks)The Pump House in the Italian Gardens, Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens, (1860, with Banks)The forecourt of Burlington House (home of the Royal Academy), in Piccadilly, including the apartments of the Geological Society of London, Linnean Society of London, Royal Astronomical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, and Society of Antiquaries of London (1869–73, with Banks).
St Stephen’s Church, south Dulwich (1867–75)Stevenstone House, Devon (1868–72)Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, (1879)Chancel and pulpit of St Peter’s Church, Kensington Park Road, London (1879)New chambers at Inner Temple, London (1879. With Edward)Dulwich Park (1884)He was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1876-79.
