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About Barlow Tyrie
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Victor Tyrie and Frederick Barlow,
together with a few others, start their
own business in London, initially in
Walthamstow, but then move to a
disused horse stable behind a terrace of
Victorian houses in nearby Leytonstone.
After the WWII, we resume production,
initially using home-grown timber to
produce rustic outdoor furniture, but
later revert back to our tradition of
using only the best teak, supplying
fashionable and exclusive London stores
of the time, such as Harrods, Maples,
and Heals.
After nearly 50 years, we move from
Leytonstone to the old market town of
Braintree in Essex. This move benefited
from a scheme run by The Greater
London Council in several designated
expanding towns. The scheme provided
housing for residents of London that
were prepared to move away from areas
being redeveloped and included some of
our employees.
The company opens an office and
warehouse in the USA to serve its
increasingly important market in North
America.
In response to a decision by the
Indonesian government to stop the
export of teak, which we had sourced
from there since the early 1980s, we
opened a factory on the island of Java.
The factory was redeveloped and
expanded to approximately 300,000
sq.ft.. Today, Barlow Tyrie proudly
employs over 250 local people.
Today, Victor Tyrie’s son, Peter and
grandsons, Mark and James manage the
company, making Barlow Tyrie a truly
family business with a continuing legacy
of designing and manufacturing some of
the finest outdoor furniture money can
buy.
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2020
In a century, since starting from humble beginnings in East London as a
specialist manufacturer of teakwood outdoor furniture, we have become
known and respected the world over for producing luxury outdoor furniture
that strikes the highest note in quality and style. This is our story...
