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Benjamin Charles Chilwell and Cecil Trevithick were a pair of architects based in Auckland during the early 20th century. The pair designed numerous buildings around Auckland many of which have heritage registration.

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. Chilwell emigrated to New Zealand in 1907. He was a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. 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. Chilwell was a member of the Masonic Order. He died in 1950, aged 71.

Cecil Trevithick

Cecil Trevithick (1880–1967) 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. He designed buildings in Tahiti and Opotiki 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.

Chilwell and Trevithick

In 1914 Chilwell and Trevithick formed a partnership in 1914. They designed several commercial buildings in the Auckland CBD, as well as many private homes in Epsom, Remuera, and Eastern Bays (Orakei, Mission Bay, Kohimarama, Saint Heliers, and Glendowie). 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.

List of buildings

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

References

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  2. ^ Francesco, Cara (May 2017). Papakura Centennial Restroom and Plunket Building (former) (PDF) (Report).
  3. "Obituary". House and Building. 12 (3): 13. Dec-Jan 1949-1950. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Dave Pearson Architects (April 2022). St Ann's (PDF) (Report).
  5. "Grand Theatre, Auckland". Auckland Libraries.
  6. "Trevithick, Cecil 1880 - 1967". AHRnet.
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  11. {{Detail as fragment: The incomplete, the possibility of connection and an excess of multiplicities by Dr Susan Hedges
  12. ^ "Auckland City Heritage Walk" (PDF). Auckland City Council.
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  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.
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  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". 1 (2). New Zealand Institute of Architects. January 1937. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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.
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