Prominant Architects of Timaru

Walter Panton
Born 1848 - Died 1931

Did a building apprenticeship in England, Lived in United States, then Australia. Moved to Southalnd to be a builder and architect in v 1895 and worked in Dunedin.
By 1905 he was practisingin Timaru. His son Victor (c.1887-1946) joined him in practice in 1909.
Walter was a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1911.
Both father and son were registered as architects in New Zealand in 1914.
Worked on the additions to the Empire Hotel on Church Street (1906) and the Timaru Public Library and Borough Council offices.
They designed 1911-12 Tighnafeile for Agnes Matheson of Simon’s Pass Station near Lake Pukaki as their town house. 62 & 62A Wai-iti Road (over the road from The Aigantighe Art Gallery), Timaru in a Jacobean Revival villa.

Born 1882 - Died Dunedin 1946 (63)
Was a draughtsman and architect. Partnered with building surveyor Bart Moriarty. Lusk moved to Dunedin joined Mandeno and Frazer. his daughter was artist Doris Lusk.

Watercolour by Thomas Lusk (Mandeno & Fraser)

Mandeno And Fraser Architects What If Dunedin - Facade Drawing

Mandeno & Fraser

Herbert William Hall Born Christchurch 1880 - Died Temuka 1940 (57). Moved to Timaru 1908.

Partnered with civil engineer Frederick Marchant. Won Gold Medal, for his St David’s Memorial Church at Cave and won gold for his 1928 neo-Georgian Tongariro Chateau for the Mount Cook Tourist Co. His son Humphrey Hall (1912-88) was a prisoner of war, and leading modern architect and as Hall and MacKenzie designed the 1958 Mount Cook Hermitage Hotel who were awarded a gold medal from the Institute of Architects for the design

Was awarded the New Zealand Institute of Architect’s highest honour, its Gold Medal, for his design of the St David’s Memorial Church at Cave. Designed the Chateau Tongariro at Tongariro National Park.

attended Canterbury College School of Art (now Canterbury University), studying with Samuel Hurst Seager. He also won a gold medal prize for architecture while at Canterbury College.

Herbert Hall in partnership with Frederick Marchant.

Hall & Marchant designed the original core building at Timaru Boys' High School now demolished

Two houses on Sealy St have been lost – one to a suspected arson attack; the other to allow the expansion of the supermarket adjacent.

Both the Caroline Bay Hall and the 1912 Hydro Grand hotel have suffered from crude renovations and neglect, although their essential character survives.

St David's, the little stone church near Cave, one will find the gold medal of the New Zealand Institute of Architects awarded to Herbert Hall in 1935 for his outstanding contribution to New Zealand architecture.

Timaru architectural partnership Hall and Marchant was also responsible for the Hydro Grand Hotel in Timaru (1912, demolished) and the Carnegie Library in Fairlie (1912-14). Frederick Marchant (1852-1917) was a civil engineer by training and was in partnership with G Laing-Meason in the 1880s and 1890s; he registered as an architect in 1914. Herbert Hall (1884-1940) was born and educated in Christchurch and trained with Fred Barlow and the Luttrell Brothers before establishing himself in Timaru in c.1908 and registering as an architect in 1918. Hall also designed the South Canterbury War Memorial in Timaru (1925, heritage item # 17), St David’s Pioneer Memorial Church at Cave (1930) and the Chateau in Tongariro National Park (1928).

1925 - Te Weka Street Residence
1910-10 - ‘Sundrum’, former Spencer house, English Domestic Revival. 52 Rae Road, Woodbury

timaru.govt.nz/Historic-Heritage-Assessment-Report-HHI3-Historic-heritage-Sundrum

Poster, 'Chateau Tongariro', circa 1932, Wellington, by New Zealand Railways Publicity Branch, Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie, Ltd. Purchased 2001. Te Papa (GH014052) No Known Copyright Restrictions

The luxurious Chateau Tongariro opened in 1929 in Tongariro National Park and was owned by the New Zealand government's tourism department. The Chateau's civilised Regency-style portico is contrasted with the dangerously erupting snow-covered mountain. The figures populating the poster imagery are dressed for any occasion; be it sport out in the 'wild' or relaxing on the balcony.

The opening of the North Island main trunk railway in 1908 had provided a major boost to New Zealand's fledgling tourist industry, including opening up the central North Island’s Tongariro National Park, which became a popular holiday area in the 1920s.

Born Belgium 1843 - Died in Naples in 1920.

Maurice de Harven Duval, born in Belgian, Flemish architect who arrived in Timaru in 1876, with his fiancée soon to follow.
Practised in Timaru between c.1877 and 1895 and over those 18 years produced stunning buildings and immersed himself in local cultural groups and his church. After a period of economic depression, he took his family back to Europe in 1894. He died in Naples in 1920.

FAREWELL TO MR. DUVAL

Yesterday afternoon, about twenty-five professional and business men, including a large proportion of builders and others connected with the building trade, assembled at the courthouse to make a presentation to Mr. Duval and formally bid him farewell, as he is about to leave the colony for his native land. Mr. D. Stuart presided and asked Mr. Howley to begin the proceedings by reading the address that had been prepared.

The address, which was very nicely written and illuminated by Mr. G. W. Wade, was as follows:

"To Maurice de Harven Duval, architect, Timaru. On the eve of your departure from Timaru, we take this opportunity of wishing you, Mrs. Duval, and family, farewell and Godspeed, and in doing so, express our sincerest wishes for your and their future welfare. We cannot but regret this, after your having resided amongst us for eighteen years, and we trust that wherever your lot may be cast, prosperity and happiness may be yours. The many kindnesses of yourself and family will long be remembered in the district, and we feel sure that those amiable characteristics which have won for you and them so many friends in the past will be sufficient passport in the future. In conclusion, we subscribe ourselves your friends and well-wishers."

A number of signatures were appended, commencing with that of the Mayor, though the list was not completed. The ornamentation of the address included a photograph of Mr. Duval, and for a tailpiece, a photographic "bit of Winchester."

The chairman, along with Messrs. J. Scott (Waihao), E. Hall, Major Bamfield, Messrs. Grandi, Craigie, Hardcastle, and Lough, spoke on the occasion. Mr. Stuart referred to his long acquaintance with Mr. Duval and the pleasure and profit he had derived from Mr. Duval's company through his varied attainments. Mr. Scott spoke at some length on the value Mr. Duval had been as an intellectual unit of society in Timaru, from the comprehensiveness and depth of his reading, especially in subjects political and historical. He also referred to what Mr. Duval had done to improve the architectural taste of South Canterbury, mentioning some of the schools he had built and the Timaru theatre, the nicest of its size in the colony.

Mr. Hall spoke of Mr. Duval's straightforwardness as a professional man. Major Bamfield expanded on a few points mentioned by Mr. Scott. Mr. Grandi reminded the company of the fine memorial Mr. Duval was leaving behind him in the convent building, whose interior, he was lately surprised to learn, was even of greater excellence than its noble exterior promised. Mr. Craigie spoke from extensive experience of the taste Mr. Duval had displayed in making his buildings suit the character of their purposes. Mr. Hardcastle added a few words on the good work their guest had done in cultivating a love of music in Timaru, and Mr. Lough mentioned the reformation he had produced in the character of public functions through his skill in organisation.

Very general regret was expressed at Mr. Duval's departure, and most cordial wishes were extended for his future prosperity and the happiness of himself and his amiable family. Mr. Duval's reply was much interrupted by emotion. He was, he assured them, very much surprised at such expressions of goodwill as had fallen from the speakers, and at such an honour being done to him by so many of his fellow citizens. As for the praises that had been bestowed upon his professional skill, he felt that the results were but poor specimens, as he had always had to work under the colonial rule of providing £30 worth of work at £20 expense. He hoped, however, that this colonial experience would be of some value in the future.

Though he had spent nearly half his life in Timaru, he could not see that anything he had done deserved this public recognition, and he was so overcome by it that he could not express his thanks. However, he must thank them gratefully for their kindness, on behalf of himself, his wife, and his children. He would preserve the token of goodwill they had given him, and he would never forget the many kindnesses he had met with from his old friends in Timaru.

At a later stage in the proceedings, Mr. Duval said that it was a great wrench to him having to leave Timaru after twenty years' residence, but, as he explained in some detail, it was impossible for five architects (to say nothing of numerous amateurs) to make a living in a town and district where there is but a moderate amount of work for one. The banks are all built, financial and commercial companies are all housed, and it was simply impossible to expect an expenditure of £25,000 a year on dwellings. That sum must be spent to give even a modest livelihood to five architects.

He had ascertained that there were no less than 253 professional architects advertising in New Zealand, and he was safe in saying that not more than £800,000 had been spent on buildings requiring an architect in the last ten years. In contrast, in Glasgow, there were only 47 architects in 1893, and that year £929,000 was spent on building. He was very sorry indeed to leave Timaru, but it was perfectly clear that with a family to provide for, it was impossible for him to remain, the professional outlook being a blank.

Mr. Duval repeated and reiterated his acknowledgments for the kindness shown him by the meeting. The chairman led the singing of "Auld Lang Syne," and this closed the proceedings. As the gathering broke up, a further surprise was sprung upon Mr. Duval, with Mr. Howley handing him a purse of sovereigns, which had been subscribed by a large number of friends.

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18950615.2.23

Some of his notable church and Stafford Street designs:

1869 - St John the Evangelist Parish, Leeston, rural Selwyn area 5 December 1869. The original wooden church was replaced by a larger brick church which opened 1 April 1894. This gothic church was designed by Maurice de Harven Duval, a Belgian architect based in Timaru. The earlier church became a school and hall and was demolished in 1980.

1877 - The Theatre Royal was reconverted into a theatre in 1877 by Maurice Duval. Opening night 16 July.
1878 - Belford Steam Flour Mill
1879 - Catholic School, Timaru
1880 - Auctioneer rooms, George St -South Rd.
1881 - The Mechanics Institute, Timaru - a new brick building. Foundation stone laid 24 March. TH 25 march 1881
1881 - New theatre, 3 stories high, brick and stone, seating 900, frontage will comprise of three shops, each 18ft by 13ft, to the left Green's butcher shop
1882 - Repairs at Quin's Buildings, corner of George St. TH 13 Feb.
1882 - "Zealandia Butchery" for Peacock and Geaney, corner of Church and Sophia Sts.
1882 - New theatre for Moss Jonas. TH 26 June
1882 - Alternations of Timaru Borough school. TH 24 June
1882 - Shop, dwelling and stables for Messrs Peacock and Geaney. TH 10 Aug.
1883 - Waimataitai School Buildings in stone or brick
1883 -Theatre Royal
1884 - Alternations to Belford Mill, Timaru. TH March 1st
1884 - Alterations to store fronts at Bowker's Buildings. TH 9 Dec.
1885 - Main South Road, Davies and Murphy's drapers and clothiers building, 58ft frontage
1886 - opposite the Club Hotel, three stories, frontage 48ft on George St and 67 ft on Cain's terrace, with the base or plinth being local bluestone, with the rest brink, finished in cement. Street to the parapet is 64ft. 8' celler. The building on the corner of George St. and Cain's Terrace, once Werry's Private Guest Hotel was probably designed by Maurice Duval. Timaru Herald, 19 March 1886
1886 - Catholic Church, Timaru
1886 - Erection of a residence for A. Burnett, Esq. TH 17 July 1886
1886 - Quinn's buildings at the BNZ corner, frontage 71ft Cain's Terrace, 50ft corner of George st. Whale bones discovered here. The shop facing George St. is occupied by Mr O'Dowd, baker and confectioner. The shafts are Timaru bluestone, and the bases and capitals of Oamaru stone. Timaru Herald 30 December 1886, Page 3
The first St Mary’s church was opened in August 1890 at a cost of £1540, designed by Timaru architect Maurice de Harven Duval. It was built in four months by Timaru builder Jas. Delaney.
1890 - Criterion Hotel remodeled (aka the Excelsior Hotel cr George St and Stafford St) TH July28
Timaru Herald 21 Oct. 18891890 - Tenders invited for the erection in brick at Kingsdown for Mr. E.G. Kerr. TH. 21 Oct. "Harlau", 253 Beaconfield Rd, for E.G. Kerr. Its walls are made of triple brick.

1890 - The first stone church St Mary’s church in Chirstchurch was opened in August 1890 at a cost of £1540. It was designed by Timaru architect Maurice de Harven Duval. The church was built in four months by Timaru builder Jas. Delaney. Archbishop Redwood laid the foundation stone on April 20, 1890 and returned to open it on August 17, 1890. In spite of being intended as temporary, it survived as a church until 1956 when it was demolished to allow the building of a new church.
1891 - Clarendon Hotel
1891 - Cemetery Cottage
1892 - Erection of three shops in Stafford St. section 94. TH 5 Feb.
1892 - Rhodes's Building, Stafford St, north. Frontage 66ft. Concrete foundation with brick walls. Adjoins the Empire Hotel.
1893 - The Grange 1 Pages Rd, Timaru formerly known as the Elloughton Gardens Homestead. A grand 17 room mansion which Maurice Duval designed for the property in 1893 for William Grant.

This shop, dwelling, and stables were built for Messrs Peacock and Geaney (Zealandia Butchery) on the corner of Church and Sophia Streets in Timaru. The architect was M. de H. Duval who designed many buildings in Timaru's CBD, and South Canterbury Catholic churches.

This is a billhead from 1893 from the Thomas and Hardy-Johnston families: Papers - ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed July 20, 2021, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/6107.

Rumour has it that when Cecil Wood whipped past in his motor car, it gave the butcher's horse a fright and meat spilled everywhere and the butcher came running out threatening to chop up Cecil's car! 

Duval. M. [ca. 1882]. Plans of St Mary’s Church, Nelson. Nelson Provincial Museum: NP6442.1.

A devastating fire in 1868 destroyed three-quarters of the wooden buildings in Timaru’s CBD.
The town was rebuilt in brick and stone, with help from architect, builder, and politician Francis Wilson. 30 year career.

Architect, builder and politician, Francis Wilson was in the right place at the right time, ready to help. For 30 years he will made a significant contribution to the built heritage in Timaru, and gained the reputation as the architect who “practically rebuilt Timaru after the big fire” - Death of Mr F. J. Wilson, Architect. Poverty Bay Herald, 21 April 1911, P5

Francis John (Frank) Wilson (c.1836-1911) was born in Cape Town, South Africa. At 19 he moved to Melbourne and then reportedly arrived in Timaru around 1855 to earn his crust as a contractor, architect and publican. He married Kate (nee Foley) in 1862 in St Mary’s which was just a small wooden church at the time.

He was working as a carpenter and built the first wooden customs house in 1863. He held licenses for hotels in Timaru and Washdyke in the mid-1860s, including the Club Hotel in 1865. He put himself forward for election to the first Timaru Borough Council but missed out. However, on his second attempt, in September 1869 he was elected as councilman and remained in the seat until 1877. Three months after his election, the devastating December fire roared through town.

The Criterion is leased, designed, built by Francis

Francis obtained the lease for “part lot 47 and 49”. He designed, built, and a two-story bluestone building on and named it the Criterion Hotel. He opened to guests in 1873, with four public sitting rooms, a large dining room, 12 bedrooms, and both public and private bars and put I on the market a year later. It was not until October 1877 that Francis transferred the lease of the hotel to John Stansell, who soon after passed the lease to Joseph Murphy. The earliest known photograph of the building dates from 1888.
In 1873, same year he opened the Criterion, Francis tendered for quarrying of blue stone. He was hired as both architect and builder for the 1873 Timaru Main School, was the builder and contractor for 1873 Freemasons Masonic Hall (which was opposite St Mary’s church) and worked on a number of shops, homes, alterations, churches and grain stores.

And in Incomplete list of projects which F.J. Wilson was the architect (77) (21 were dwellings) can be found here: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nzlscant/wilson.htm

While making major contributions to the town's rebuild, Frances was also in Timaru’s political conversations too.
Frances helped Richard Turnbull (merchant, importer, storekeeper, and councilor) rebuild several shops and cottages from the corner of George and Stafford Street up to Woollcombe Street. In the middle of the block, Richard constructed a large “Stone Store” warehouse, to store his grain and offer storage to others.

There are records of Frances constructing a “Stone Warehouse” for Richard in 1869, where Frances was the contractor for the entire work. It would be interesting to learn more if he built this building. Because the stone store was converted into an entertainment venue, “Turnbull’s Hall” in 1877 and is the site of today’s Timaru Theatre Royal. Imagine if the two buildings are going to be incorporated into the Timaru District Council's heritage and theatre facility were designed and built by the same man.

A year before Frances resigned as councilor, 500-600 people met in Richards “Turnbull’s Hall” to discuss how importing and exporting cargo could be improved in 1876. This meeting was pivotal in Timaru’s history, as a committee of twelve was appointed to investigate the building of a breakwater. Later, a vote was carried to provide £100,000 for the works, and construction began in 1878 on the 700-meter southern breakwater. The harbor was one of only two independently owned ports in the country. And, because it was owned by effectively the ratepayers, there were huge opportunities for the town and wider area.

The Theatre Royal and the Criterion Hotel are two buildings, linked by the rebuild, relationships, and politics. Soon these buildings will be combined into a heritage and theatre facility by the Timaru District Council.

So why did Francis and his family leave?

A wave of depression passed over South Canterbury in the late 1870s. Some said, with the down-turn in the economy and “five architects” to compete with, there wasn’t enough work to go around. So, during the land boom in Australia, Francis, his wife and ten kids, left Timaru for Melbourne in 1887.

Frances formed the practice Wilson and Charlesworth with architect Joshua Charlesworth (1861–1925). Joshua had worked in Yorkshire, and moved to Nelson as an intern for architect Stead Ellis, mostly designing schools. He moved to Timaru and he married Ellen in 1882 at

St Mary Church (now a much bigger blue stone church) and worked as a draughtsman for five years.
While in Melbourne, Francis and Joshua entered competitions, gained experience and chased work for four years.
Joshua moved on to Auckland and became one of New Zealand’s leading classical architects, designing the Wellington Town Hall and seventeen branch buildings for the Bank of New Zealand.

Francis also leaves his legacy in Wellington, and Gisborne.

Frances briefly resided in Sydney, Perth, and then Wellington in 1898. Six of his children settled in Australia. He designed the Wellington Meat Works, Skerrett and Wyllie’s Offices, Kirkcaldie and Stain’s Drapery Warehouse, the Oriental Hotel, The Opera House at Palmerston North.

Four generations followed his footsteps

He paved the way for, four generations of architects who followed in his footsteps. His grandson, Francis Gordon Wilson, became New Zealand’s Chief Government Architect who oversaw the design of New Zealand’s state housing program from the 1930s onwards.
In 1905 Francis moved to Gisborne as a designer of the “Herald” buildings. Francis and Emily called Gisborne their home until 1911, Francis passed away. He was buried at the Karori Cemetery in Wellington. Two years later, Emily was buried with him.

So next time you walk around the buildings in CBD of Timaru, picture what it was like to be involved in creating them. How the architects and contractors helped Timaru rebuild from the aftermath of a devastating fire. Imagine, being in the right place at the right time.

Building and politics after the 1868 fire

In the months and years to come Frances was busy contributing to the rebuild and the town's politics. 1869 was a productive year working on projects for Richard Turnbull, such as:

• 1869 Clarkson’s building where Francis was the architect and contractor.
• 1869 Government building, Francis contracted for plaster and wood work.
• 1869 A stone warehouse was constructed for Richard Turnbull to store “40 bushels of grain” Francis was the contractor for the entire work.
• 1869 A two story blue stone building up George street, designed by Mr Upton. Mr Sibley was the mason and Francis was the wood work contractor.
• 1869 Wilson was the plastering contractor on the St Mary’s Church extension.
• 1871 Butchers shop on Woollcombe Street corner of white stone with blue stone pilaster supports, Mr Sibley did the stone work, Francis did the carpentry. The plastering was done by Francis’s brother in-law John Foley.

Wilson helped to rebuild the William Williamson designed blue stone Timaru Herald offices that burnt down. The contractors for the stone and wood work were “Messrs Kirkland and F. Wilson.” The building is still there, next door to the Criterion Hotel site.

Many of the buildings Francis helped to create still stand today, some almost unchanged, others look quite different.

Some of the many buildings Wilson worked on:
1870 McRae's Stone Store 2 George St.(Wilson 1876 addition)
1872-73 Excelsior Hotel (Criterion), 132 Stafford St
1874-75 (Wesleyan) Methodist Church, 38-40 Bank St
1881-82 National Bank of NZ (The Treasury), 129 Stafford St
1877-79 Pyne Gould Guinness, 27-29 Strathallan St
1878 Perry & Perry Building, 161 Stafford St
1883 Porters, 240 Stafford St
1878 Chisholms, 9 Church St.
1883 Sutter Building, 234-238 Stafford St
1878 Warehouse Clearance Lockshop, 157-159 Stafford St
1883 Commercial Building, 234-236 Stafford St
1883 Commercial Building, 240 Stafford St
1878 Commercial building, 170-174 Stafford St

The buildings, along with many others in the CBD, were constructed from local Bluestone, a basalt rock formed from lava and quarried in Timaru. 

Wilson became a Timaru Borough Councillor shortly before the 1868 fire and later served as a MP for Pareora 1881-1884 to advocate for infrastructure and regional progress.
He worked closely with local merchant and politician Richard Turnbull, collaborating on several building projects.

Bluestone gives Timaru's CBD unique character. While some of these buildings have been lost, others, like the 1870 Timaru Landing Services Building, one of the town's oldest, have been restored by the Timaru Civic Trust.

Wilson also contributed to significant buildings in Wellington, Palmerston North, and Gisborne.

(1864-1947)

James  S Turnbull, born in Timaru in 1884, gained early architectural experience through training with Christchurch architects before moving to Melbourne. Upon his return to Timaru, he established a successful architectural practice that flourished well into the 20th century.

When the New Zealand Institute of Architects was formed in 1905, Turnbull was immediately elected a Fellow, a prestigious membership status. His work included the design of both residential and commercial buildings during a period of growth in business and agriculture. Many of his buildings remain, including a number of elegant Edwardian houses with distinct Arts and Crafts influences.

Turnbull was drawn to the Arts and Crafts movement, which gained prominence in England through its reinterpretation of traditional British forms, inspired by Anglo-Saxon architecture. His houses often featured the Timaru vernacular of red brick, though he also designed timber buildings, combining timber boarding, roughcast plaster, and masonry in a style influenced by architect C.F.A. Voysey.

Over generations, many families have enjoyed living in homes designed by Turnbull or his later partnership with Percy Rule. In 1919, Turnbull formed a partnership with Percy Rule, and together, they designed many of the buildings that contribute to Timaru's distinctive architectural character. Turnbull retired in 1938, and future articles will explore these buildings in greater detail.

The son of Richard Turnbull, a prominent Timaru businessman and politician, James Turnbull also designed significant buildings outside Timaru, such as Job Brown’s Beehive Stores in Temuka (heritage item #117, 1901-2), Chalmers Church (heritage item #38, 1903-4), and numerous homes in Timaru. After forming the partnership with Percy Rule around 1920, Rule became the principal designer in the firm. The firm’s projects included the Temuka Library (heritage item #118, 1926-27), St Mary’s Hall in Timaru (1928-29), St James’ Anglican Church at Franz Josef (1928-31), and the 1930 additions to the Bank Street Methodist Church (heritage item #51).

Notible Buildings in Timaru CBD

1901. D.C. Turnbull & Co Offices. 1-7 Strathallan St
James Turnbull. Edwardian Commercial Classicism

1902. Coronation Buildings. 256-260 Stafford St
James S Turnbull. Edwardian Commercial Classicism

1903-4. Chalmers Presbyterian Church. 2 Elizabeth Place
James Turnbull. Gothic Revival

1915 Grosvenor Hotel. 26 Cains Terrace.
James Turnbull. Edwardian Baroque

1924-25. Oxford Buildings. 148-154 Stafford St
Turnbull & Rule. Inter-war Classical

1928-29. St Mary's Hall. 24 Church St
Turnbull & Rule. Collegiate Gothic

1941-42. Timaru Milling Co Office. 1 Stafford St.
Turnbull & Rule. Art Deco Modern

Turnbull Rule Residence Te Weka Street.

Turnbull Rule Residence Te Weka Street. Property File.

TEMUKA

1912. King George V Coronation Memorial. Temuka Domain, Domain Avenue, Temuka
James Turnbull. Classical

1903 (gates); 1911-12 (ticket box & fence).Fallen Troopers’ Memorial gates, ticket box & Coronation fence. Temuka Domain, Domain Avenue, Temuka
James Turnbull, designer, HB Hall & Son, stonemason & Messrs Anderson & Co., metalwork (gates); Messrs Palliser & Sons (ticket box & Coronation fence)
Classical

Turnbull went into partnership with his former assistant Percy Watts Rule in c.1920, after which time Rule was the principal designer in the firm. The firm designed the Temuka Library (heritage item #118, 1926-27), St Mary’s Hall in Timaru (1928-29), St James’ Anglican Church at Franz Josef (1928-31) and the 1930 additions to the Bank Street Methodist Church (heritage item #51). 

Turnbull also designed Job Brown’s Beehive Stores (1901-2) in Temuka, Chalmers Church (1903-4, heritage item # 38), and a large number of Timaru houses. Turnbull was in partnership with Thomas Lusk (c.1882-1946) until June 1911; he later went into partnership with Percy Watts Rule (c.1920), after which time Percy Rule was the principal designer in the firm. The firm designed St James’ Anglican Church at Franz Josef (1928-31) and Rule was awarded a Gold Medal from the NZ Institute of Architects for his design of the Surgical Wing at Timaru Hospital (1936-40) in 1939. The former manse retains a high level of exterior authenticity and was credited to Turnbull alone at the time of its construction.

King Street, Temuka, New Zealand, 1912, Temuka, by Muir & Moodie. Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (PS.001496) No Known Copyright Restrictions

Born Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand 1878- Died November 16, 1957 (79) Auckland, New Zealand

The Hay brothers hired architect Thomas Coulthard Mullions, known for using reinforced concrete to create larger, more durable buildings with bold features like expansive windows and decorative facades. Mullions also designed his own home at 8 Park Lane, and oversaw the construction of ‘The Croft’ (former Orbell house, 1908).
Mullions moved to Auckland, helping to design notible buildings Aotea Buildings (1910), The Stanley Street Police Station (1920s) and Mercantile Chambers (1927).
Notable examples of Mullions' work in Timaru:
Hay's Building (CML Building) – Located at 229-243 Stafford Street, this three-storey commercial building features a curved façade with Edwardian Baroque and classical influences. It was commissioned by William Hay in 1907 and constructed in 1908.
Stafford Chambers – Located on the corner of Stafford and Strathallan Streets, this building is another example of Mullions' work, contributing to the development of Timaru’s commercial architecture.

 Mullions arrived in Timaru in 1904 and rapidly developed a strong practice.  He was well supported by prominent families in the district, for both residential work and commercial buildings.  Many buildings remain.

Mullions moved away, finally to Auckland, where he entered in to partnership with Sholto Smith.  Smith was born in France then lived in Canada before migrating to New Zealand as a young architect in 1920.  The two architects flourished in partnership.  They produced many notable buildings particularly houses in the Arts and Crafts style and many larger buildings including the Shortland Street flats – now well protected.  Their houses in Epsom, Parnell and Remuera are also gaining in status now that Aucklanders are keen to retain heritage fabric.  Of note is a picturesque house in Parnell, La Morna which is very similar in style to a house in Chalmers Street Timaru designed by Mullions some years earlier.  This is the Arts and Crafts style two-storeyed house located alongside the carpark of the Highfield Village Mall.

Wife Martha Ellen Mullions

1906-1908. Commercial Building. 251 Stafford Street
T Coulthard Mullions

1907-1908. Former Hay's Buildings. 229-237 Stafford Street, Timaru
Architect: Thomas Coulthard Mullions;
Builders: Messrs Hunt & Werry
Edwardian commercial classicism
Significant elements include palasters, capitals, open bed pediments, varied arch window details, oriel windows and catouche detail.
Was erected for R Hay of Christchurch

1908 Stafford Chambers. 199-209 Stafford Street / 18-22 Beswick Street, Timaru
Thomas Coulthard Mullions; Builder: HN Hollow
Commercial classicism

1911 The Lyceum Auditorium / The Magestic Theatre 
Thomas Coulthard Mullions
Could be NZ oldest purpose built picture theatre. Seats 1200. Opened March15, 1911operated by Haywards Picture Co. The front was demolished and rebuilt, the rear was retained.

1911-12 former St John’s Presbyterian Church
10 Manse Road, Pleasant Point, Gothic Revival

Mr Duval not only designed churches, schools, furniture, homesteads and other public building but he was active in the community volunteering his time, skills and energy. He arranged concerts, a had great skill of organising, was choir master for twelve years, a labour of love, cultivating a love of music in Timaru, sang at events, conducted, sketched for the newspapers, acted in plays, wrote letters to editors of various newspapers, lectured on points of local concern, a committee member for many different societies, architect to the Board of Education for Timaru and raised a family and left a legacy, the churches, a fine memorial. By the time he left he had designed most of South Canterbury's Catholic churches.

Some of his notible church and Stafford Street designs:

1877 - The Theatre Royal was reconverted into a theatre in 1877 by Maurice Duval. Opening night 16 July.
1878 - Belford Steam Flour Mill
1879 - Catholic School, Timaru
1880 - Auctioneer rooms, George St -South Rd.
1881 - The Mechanics Institute, Timaru - a new brick building. Foundation stone laid 24 March. TH 25 march 1881
1881 - New theatre, 3 stories high, brick and stone, seating 900, frontage will comprise of three shops, each 18ft by 13ft, to the left Green's butcher shop
1882 - Repairs at Quin's Buildings, corner of George St. TH 13 Feb.
1882 - "Zealandia Butchery" for Peacock and Geaney, corner of Church and Sophia Sts.
1882 - New theatre for Moss Jonas. TH 26 June
1882 - Alternations of Timaru Borough school. TH 24 June
1882 - Shop, dwelling and stables for Messrs Peacock and Geaney. TH 10 Aug.
1883 - Waimataitai School Buildings in stone or brick
1883 -Theatre Royal
1884 - Alternations to Belford Mill, Timaru. TH March 1st
1884 - Alterations to store fronts at Bowker's Buildings. TH 9 Dec.
1885 - Main South Road, Davies and Murphy's drapers and clothiers building, 58ft frontage
1886 - opposite the Club Hotel, three stories, frontage 48ft on George St and 67 ft on Cain's terrace, with the base or plinth being local bluestone, with the rest brink, finished in cement. Street to the parapet is 64ft. 8' celler. The building on the corner of George St. and Cain's Terrace, once Werry's Private Guest Hotel was probably designed by Maurice Duval. Timaru Herald, 19 March 1886
1886 - Catholic Church, Timaru
1886 - Erection of a residence for A. Burnett, Esq. TH 17 July 1886
1886 - Quinn's buildings at the BNZ corner, frontage 71ft Cain's Terrace, 50ft corner of George st. Whale bones discovered here. The shop facing George St. is occupied by Mr O'Dowd, baker and confectioner. The shafts are Timaru bluestone, and the bases and capitals of Oamaru stone. Timaru Herald 30 December 1886, Page 3
The first St Mary’s church was opened in August 1890 at a cost of £1540, designed by Timaru architect Maurice de Harven Duval. It was built in four months by Timaru builder Jas. Delaney.
1890 - Criterion Hotel remodeled (aka the Excelsior Hotel cr George St and Stafford St) TH July28
Timaru Herald 21 Oct. 18891890 - Tenders invited for the erection in brick at Kingsdown for Mr. E.G. Kerr. TH. 21 Oct. "Harlau", 253 Beaconfield Rd, for E.G. Kerr. Its walls are made of triple brick.
1891 - Clarendon Hotel
1891 - Cemetery Cottage
1892 - Erection of three shops in Stafford St. section 94. TH 5 Feb.
1892 - Rhodes's Building, Stafford St, north. Frontage 66ft. Concrete foundation with brick walls. Adjoins the Empire Hotel.
1893 - The Grange 1 Pages Rd, Timaru formerly known as the Elloughton Gardens Homestead. A grand 17 room mansion which Maurice Duval designed for the property in 1893 for William Grant.

Daniel West
Born UK 1828 - Died Timaru 1910 Aged 82
West, Daniel82 Years 22 Feb 1910 - Timaru Cemetery
Buried with West, Elizabeth 42 Years 7 Jan 1891 - Timaru Cemetery

Architect for the Canterbury Education Board

1859 + 1862 + 1872 + 1890. Royal Hotel. 20 Cains Tce /1-5 Beswick Street
Daniel West. Victorian Commercial Classicism

1876. Old Bank Hotel. 232 Stafford St
Daniel West. Commercial Classicism

1880-81. James Shepherd’s Store. 36 Stafford St & 11 North St
Daniel West. Victorian Commercial Classicism

1900. Tourist Cycle Works. 183 Stafford St
Daniel West. Victorian Commercial Classical

1901-2. Custom House. 2 Strathallan St
Daniel West. Neoclassical

1907. The Arcade Chambers/Bowker Building. Royal Arcade 158 Stafford St
West & Hall. English Renaissance

After being a respected resident of Timaru for close on forty years, Mr Daniel West died at his residence in Rose street yesterday morning. Born in the Old Country he emigrated to Australia when a youth, and there spent several years, full of varied incidents, in mining pursuits. New Zealand next attracted his attention, and a few years later saw him employed as a carpenter in Timaru. His first employer was Mr G. Cliff, who owned a sawmill in this town. Mr West proved to be very industrious, and soon developed into an architect of no small ability. After some perseverance he built up a business on his own account, and was, for a number of years, architect to the South Canterbury Education Board. With advancing years Mr West retired from business, and was able to live happily on the proceeds of his industry. His long residence here was only broken by a spell of two years when he visited Auckland, and so it is only natural that he made many firm friends here, who feel the deepest regret at his not unexpected end. He was an enthusiastic member of the Timaru Bowling Club, and took a strong interest in matters pertaining to its welfare. His wife, a sister of Mr Moses White, left him a widower some years ago, and his family, four sons and one daughter, together with a wide circle of friends are left to mourn their loss. At the time of his death he was 82 years of age, and but for a gradually increasing weakness which made itself felt three weeks ago, his health had always been good, and his general disposition a happy one.

- Timaru Herald. 23 February 1910 (Papers Past) [07/01/2017

Thier son: Harry Leslie Daniel West was born on 27 March 1887 at Timaru and baptised at St Mary's Anglican Church on 15 March 1893. He was the youngest son of Daniel and Eliza (née White) West. Harry was educated at Timaru Main School until 1896 when he moved north with his widowed father and went to Paeroa School, then on to Auckland. Harry followed his father into architecture. On 3 January 1911 he married Isabel May Matheson MacKay née Blick). She was divorced and broght two children - Ulrich Sinclair MacKay and Stewart Sinclair MacKay. Harry and Isabel had one daughter - Moira Doris West born on 23 April 1913 at Timaru and baptised on 23 July at St Mary's. The family moved north to Opotiki. Harry and Isabel had separated when he enlisted and were to divorce in 1918. Both remarried, Isabel to Thomas William Le Cocq in 1923 and Harry to Julia Vallance Murray Bowie in 1934. Both Ulrich and Stewart MacKay went to England and died there, Stewart in a flying accident in 1931.Ulrich was also a flying officer. Moira, who married magistrate John Charles Kennedy Fabian, died in 1977. H. L. D. West was the Tauranga Borough architect and many of his buildings still stand even though he resided there for only three years before his sudden death. Harry's older brother, Charles Edward West, served in both the South African War and World War I. - https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/whats-on/ww100/scroll/profile?id=4698

Christchurch architects S & A Luttrell, were the Luttrell Brothers.They specialised in the design of racing grandstands and the use of modern construction technology, established their New Zealand practice in 1902. Both Alfred and Sidney Luttrell had been born, educated, trained and initially practised in Tasmania, Australia. The Luttrells introduced the Chicago skyscraper style to New Zealand and designed the Theatre Royal (1906-7) in Christchurch, one of a small number of their major commissions that survived the Canterbury 2010-11 earthquakes. The brothers were also architects to the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch in the early 20th century. The South Canterbury Club building is distinctive for the architectural treatment given to both the seaward and street frontages and the lantern roof form is typical of the design of billiard rooms in such clubs.