1958: Sir Lawrie Barratt establishes the company. Sir Lawrie Barratt builds Britain's very first Barratt home on the outskirts of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The four-bedroom detached house cost £1,750 and led to the formation of the first Barratt Company.
1968: The Company is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
1972 onwards: A programme of rapid expansion is launched through a series of acquisitions and the creation of new companies. The first moves were into Yorkshire, the North West and Scotland, followed by expansion into the Midlands and South.
1978: Barratt is the first housebuilder to use TV advertising.
1980: Subsidiary Barratt American Inc. is established.
1981: Barratt launches the Studio Solo – Britain's first fully-furnished, fully-fitted and fully-decorated mortgage able one-person home.
1982: Sales surpass £300 million and the company builds over 1,000 units more than its closest competitor. Barratt becomes the only consistently active developer in the redevelopment of London Docklands.
1983: Barratt's project to regenerate the Toxteth estate in Liverpool becomes the first project of its kind in the UK.
1991: The Company reports losses during an industry downturn; Sir Lawrie Barratt comes out of retirement to take over as chairman.
1997: Barratt retires and Frank Eaton is named his successor.
2002: Chairman and CEO Frank Eaton dies in a traffic accident; David Pretty is named CEO and Charles Toner becomes chairman.
2007: Barratt Homes acquires Wilson Bowden PLC, including Ward Homes and Wilson Bowden Developments.
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