Chilwell and Trevithick

Chilwell and Trevithick was an architectural partnership formed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1914.

The two members of the partnership, Benjamin Charles Chilwell and Cecil Trevithick, designed numerous buildings around Auckland many of which have heritage registration. These include several commercial buildings in the Auckland CBD, as well as many private homes in Epsom, Remuera, and the Eastern Bays (Ōrākei, Mission Bay, Kohimarama, Saint Heliers, and Glendowie).[1] Their early buildings were done in Arts and Crafts style but later work is described as eclectic. Although most of their work was based around Auckland they did design buildings out of the area including as far as Thames.[2]

Benjamin Charles Chilwell

Benjamin Charles Chilwell (1879–1950) was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England on 28 August 1879. Chilwell trained in architecture in Birmingham, England. He studied at the Birmingham School of Art until 1904 and worked as an architect in Wednesbury.[3] Chilwell emigrated to New Zealand in 1907. He was a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[2] Chilwell initially worked as a draughtsman before working as an architect. Chilwell served as chairman to the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects as well as an institute Councillor for the organisation. He was a representative for architecture at the Auckland Rotary Club.[2] Chilwell was a member of the Masonic Order.[4] He died in 1950, aged 71.[1]

Cecil Trevithick

Cecil Trevithick (1880–1967)[5] was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 28 April 1880. He worked for J. S. Turner for 4 years from 1899, then working as an assistant to George Wilfred Allsop until moving to London in 1906. In London he apprenticed under Horace Gilbert until 1907 when he qualified as an architect. In 1908 he became an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects and returned to New Zealand.[6] He designed buildings in Tahiti and Ōpōtiki before parternering with Chilwell. In 1912 he came third in a competition to design a Freemasons Lodge on Queen Street. Tevithick retired in the 1940s and died in 1967.[2]

List of buildings

Name Date Image Note Ref
Elmstone 1910 Registered as a category 2 building. Only designed by Chilwell [7]
St Ann's 1914 Registered as a category 2 building. Only designed by Chilwell [8]
Endeans Building 1914 Registered as a category 2 building with Heritage New Zealand [1][9]
Myers Kindergarten 1916 Registered as a category 2 building with Heritage New Zealand [1][10]
Whitcombe and Tombs Building 1916 [1]
Royal Exchange Assurance Building 1920 Registered as a category B building with Auckland City Council [11][12]
St Andrew's Church, Epsom 1924 Designed an addition to the church. Chilwell also designed an addition in 1914 independently [1][13]
24 Hinemoa Street 1925 Registered as a category B building with Auckland Council [2][14][15]
Auckland Sun Building 1927 [16]
Nestle Factory 1927 Now the Axis Building [17]
Ye Jolly Farmer Inn, Drury 1928 [18]
Rutland Building 1929 [1]
Housing Corporation Building/Auckland Senior College c.1930 Registered as a category 2 building with Heritage New Zealand [12][19][20]
Thames Plunket Building 1933 Relocated to Pipiroa [2][21]
Myers Family home 1937 Originally considered East Tamaki the road where the house is located was renamed to West Tamaki [2][22]
Arthur Eady Building 1939 Registered as a category 2 building with Heritage New Zealand. Also known as the Prudential Building [1][23]
Papakura Centennial Restroom and Plunket Building 1940 Registered as a category B building with Auckland Council [2]
Maritime Building c.1946 [12]
Grigg Homestead 1937 Registered as a category 1 building with Heritage New Zealand. Attributed to Chilwell and Trevithick by one author but not others. [24][25]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Dave Pearson Architects (April 2022). St Ann's (PDF) (Report).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Francesco, Cara (May 2017). Papakura Centennial Restroom and Plunket Building (former) (PDF) (Report).
  3. ^ "Chilwell, Benjamin Charles 1879 - 1950". AHRnet.
  4. ^ "Obituary". House and Building. 12 (3): 13. December 1949 – January 1950.
  5. ^ "Grand Theatre, Auckland". Auckland Libraries.
  6. ^ "Trevithick, Cecil 1880 - 1967". AHRnet.
  7. ^ "Chilwell and Trevithick". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  8. ^ "Chilwell and Trevithick". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  9. ^ "Chilwell and Trevithick". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  10. ^ "Chilwell and Trevithick". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  11. ^ {{Detail as fragment: The incomplete, the possibility of connection and an excess of multiplicities by Dr Susan Hedges
  12. ^ a b c "Auckland City Heritage Walk" (PDF). Auckland City Council.
  13. ^ "Chilwell and Trevithick". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  14. ^ "24 Hinemoa Street".
  15. ^ Auckland Council District Plan (PDF) (Report). Auckland Council.
  16. ^ "Sun (Auckland)". Paperspast.
  17. ^ "Axis Building". New Zealand Institute of Architects. 2022.
  18. ^ "Manukau's Journey". Auckland Libraries.
  19. ^ "Chilwell and Trevithick". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  20. ^ Civic Trust Auckland submission (Report). 9 February 2018.
  21. ^ McEwan, Ann (11 January 2010). TCDC Heritage Review Project (Report).
  22. ^ "The Lovely Home of Mr. & Mrs. K. B. Myers, East Tamaki". Building Today. 1 (2). New Zealand Institute of Architects. January 1937.
  23. ^ "Chilwell and Trevithick". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  24. ^ Longbeach Homestead (PDF). Ashburton District Council (Report).
  25. ^ McCarthy, Christine (5 December 2008). "From over-sweet cake to wholemeal bread": the Home & Building years: New Zealand Architecture in the 1940s". AHA: Architectural History Aotearoa. 5:1-12.