Charles Baily

Baily was born on 10 April 1815, the third son of William Baily, of 71 Gracechurch Street, London, East Dulwich and Standon, near Dorking, Surrey. He was a pupil of William Adams Nicholson and Henry Goddard (architect) in Lincoln from October 1843 to October 1846 and then continued with Henry Goddard, setting up his own architectural practice in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, in late 1850.

Baily worked on restoring Averham Church near Newark in 1857 and was also the architect for Orston Rectory (now Orston Hall). He later moved to London, where his independent architectural work included the building of St John's Church, East Dulwich, and the restoration of Barnard's Inn Hall and of St Mary's Church at Leigh, Kent, with a new tower. Baily spent some years as principal assistant to the City Architect, London. In that capacity he took a leading part in constructing the new roofing of the Guildhall and building the Corporation Library. His son, Basil Baily also became an architect, mainly working from Newark-on-Trent.

Charles Baily died at Reigate, Surrey, on 2 October 1878 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.