Cherry was born on 12 March 1867 in Kingston, Ireland, to Frederic and Anna Cherry (nee Stokes). He served articles with McCurdy and Mitchell of Dublin. Nothing is yet known of his training. He came to South Africa in 1890 and entered briefly into partnership in Cape Town with F QUY (cf CHERRY & QUY) in 1890. After the dissolution of the partnership in the same year, both Cherry and Quy joined the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT in Cape Town in 1890. In about 1892 Cherry left the department to set up in independent practice.
An undated drawing (1890s?) by Cherry for shops in Bean St, Kimberley, exists in the GOLDBLATT, YUILL & PARTNERS Collection, Kimberley. Cherry came second in the competition for the Cape Town Museum (the South African Museum) in 1893, and won the competition for the new pavilion at Somerset Strand (now Strand) in 1924. According to Johnson (1987:365), he submitted thirty eight domestic plans to the Sea Point municipality between 1898 and 1912. Walker (2011:20-22) discusses Cherry's buildings in St James, Muizenberg and Kalk Bay. When he registered as a member of the Institute of South African Architects in 1928, he was living at 6 Harfield Villas in Sea Point, Cape Town.
Cherry died on 28 March 1932 at Albany Flats, Main Road, Seapoint, Cape Town, aged sixty-five. He was survived by his wife Emma Maud (nee Dayler) whom he married in Cape Town, and daughters Eileen and Norah.
MRIAI; CIA; ISAA 1928; CPIA. (AB&E Mar 1933:9 death notice; ISAA mem list; Picton-Seymour 1977; Radford 1979; SAA&B May 1905:156; SAAE&S Jnl Sep 1907:212; SAAR Apr 1933:84; SAB Apr 1932:33 death notice; Yuill 1984:53; Walker, 2011:20-22) All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. List of projects With photographs
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Bangaloo: 1922. St James, Western Cape - Architect
| Board of Executors and Trust Co Building: n.d.. Malmesbury, Western Cape - Architect
| De Waal & Co bldg: n.d.. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect
| EK Green Shop: 1901. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect
| Flats for J Thornton: 1924. Kalk Bay, Western Cape - Architect
| Garage for F Malyon: 1930. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect
| House Deenik: 1914. Muizenberg, Western Cape - Architect
| House Hammond: 1917. St James, Western Cape - Architect
| House Jenkinson: 1915. Muizenberg, Western Cape - Architect
| House Rose-Innes: 1924. Muizenberg, Western Cape - Architect
| House, Daisy St/Derry Rd: 1931. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect
| Morrison, McGivern & Henry Bldg: n.d.. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect
| Mosterts bldg: n.d.. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect
| National Hotel: c1902. Caledon, Western Cape - Architect
| Pagoda Tearoom: 1917. Muizenberg, Western Cape - Architect
| Pavilion, Somerset Strand: 1925. Strand, Western Cape - Architect
| School, Tamboerskloof: 1905. Tamboerskloof, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect
| Sea Point Bathing Pavilion - First: 1913-1914. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect
| Shop for Goldin & Berman: 1903. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect
| Shops and offices: n.d.. Beaufort West, Western Cape - Architect
| Store for Herman & Canard: 1904. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect
| Town Hall (Proposal): 1920. Durbanville, Western Cape - Architect
| Two Houses for Mrs Harrison: 1914. Muizenberg, Western Cape - Architect
| Two Houses for Mrs Harrison: 1916. Muizenberg, Western Cape - Architect
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Books citing CHERRY Johnson, Brian Andrew. 1987. Domestic architecture at the Cape, 1892-1912 : Herbert Baker, his associates and his contemporaries. Cape Town: Unpublished Thesis UNISA. pp 365
| Martin, Desmond. 2007. Walking Long Street. Cape Town: Struik. pp 98
| Walker, Michael. 2010. A Statement In Stone. Cape Town: Privately published by Michael Walker. pp 20-22
| Walker, Michael. 2012. Early architects of Cape Town and their buildings (1820 - 1926) with postcard illustrations, The. St James: Michael Walker. pp 59-61
| Walker, Michael. 2015. Old hotels of Cape Town (1890-1911), The : A history long forgotten, seldom told. St James: Published Privately. pp 33-38, 52, 69
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