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Barlow Tyrie
The Collections 2025
1949
After WWII we resumed production,
initially using home-grown timber to
produce rustic outdoor furniture but later
reverting to our traditional use of
premium teak, supplying the fashionable
and exclusive London stores of the time,
including Harrods, Maples, and Heals.
1970
After nearly 50 years, we moved 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.
1920
Victor Tyrie and Frederick Barlow,
together with a few others, started
their business in London, initially in
Walthamstow but then moving to a
stable that was no longer in use behind
a terrace of Victorian houses in
nearby Leytonstone.
1986
We opened an office and warehouse
in the USA to serve our increasingly
important market in North America.
2020
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 highest quality outdoor furniture
money can buy.
1992
In response to a policy of the
Indonesian government to stop the
export of teak that we had sourced
there since the early 1980s; we acquired
a factory on the island of Java, which
we expanded to approximately
300,000 sq.ft. and today employ
around 300 local people.
A century of excellence
Since starting from humble beginnings as a specialist manufacturer
of teakwood outdoor furniture in East London over 100 years ago,
we have progressed and are now known and respected worldwide as
producing luxury outdoor furniture that strikes the highest note in
quality and style. This is our story...
