Joseph Norman Berry was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England on 30 October 1887 and was the son of the architect Joseph Berry (1860-1940) with whom he may have received his training as an architect. He is listed as a practising architect in the 1911 Census of England Wales. By 1916 he was in partnership with his father and his brother, Thomas Wilfred Berry (1891-1925) in the architectural firm Joseph Berry & Sons in Huddersfield.
His address was given as 62 Fenton Road, Lockwood, Yorkshire in 1901; 2 Vernon Avenue, Huddersfield in 1911; 3 Market Place, Huddersfield in 1923 and 1926; and Briarcourt, Lindley, Huddersfield in 1941. He died on 26 December 1940
With Joseph Berry & Sons:
Kirkburton Church Schools, 1924; Huddersfield Guardians' Children's Schools, 1924; Head Office and works for Jennens Welch and Co., Ltd., 1923; Union Bank of Manchester, Huddersfield, 1923; Lloyds Banks: Mirfield, 1923; Holmfirth, 1922; Marsden, 1921. Lepton U.D.C. Housing Scheme 1921; Colne Valley Tweed Co., Mill, Slaithwaite, 1922; Colne Vale Dye and Chemical Co., offices and warehouse, 1921; Abraham Roberts, brass foundry, 1921; Seth Senior and Sons, Ltd., Horse Shoe Hotel, 1923; Bentley and Shaw, Ltd., Swan with Two Necks Hotel, 1921; Bentloy's Yorkshire Breweries, Ltd., Wellington Hotel, 1922; residence, Edgerton, 1922; Huddersfield Industrial Society, Ltd., garage for 40 lorries, 1920; and various branch stores, 1920. Rippon Bros, motor showrooms and works; Huddersfield Industrial Society central premises; Colne and Holme Joint Isolation Hospital; Kirkburton Isolation Hospital; Holy Trinity Church Parish Hall; Longwood Wesleyan Church; J. E. Crowther, Bank Bottom Mills, Marsden; Crowther, Bruce and Co., Ltd., Mew Mills, Morsden; residence, Skelmanthorpe; Colder Farm Reformatory School; David Brown and Sons (Hd.). Ltd., Gear Cutting Works; Queen Hotel, Huddersfield.
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001