Henry Dare Bryan [also known as H. Dare Bryan]was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England in 1869 [or 1868 - sources differ]. He was articled in 1883 and set up his own independent practice in Bristol, Gloucestershire in 1890.
A photograph of a library at Bristol designed by Bryan is illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1907 (p.50), and a photograph and a ground-floor plan of cottages at Leigh Woods designed by Bryan are featured in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1908 (illustration B42).
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1902.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1899, 1900, 1903, 1905, 1907,
His address was given as 38 College Green, Bristol in 1899 and 1905; and 4 Unity Street, College Green, Bristol in 1907. He died in Bristol in 25 May 1909. His address at the time of his death was Croome Cottage, Stoke Bishop, Bristol.
Sneyd Park House, Sneyd Park, Bristol (1890); several houses at Downleaze, Sneyd Park, Bristol (c.1891-1898); Engine House and Boiler House, Tickenham Road, Clevedon, North Somerset (1901); 1 Cotham Road, Bristol (1905-06); Western College, Cotham Road, Bristol (1905-06); Theological Training College for the Congregational Church (now Western College) in Bristol (1906); and Southville Primary School, Merrywood Road, Bedminster, Bristol (1907).
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
Gray, A. Stuart. Edwardian architecture: a biographical dictionary. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., 1985
‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 96, 19 June 1909 pp. 736-737
‘Obituary’. RIBA Journal 12 June 1909 p. 562