William Fielding (architect)
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Born | 1875 Lower Darwen, Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||
Died | (aged 70) Wellington, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Architect | |||||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Lily Midgley (m. 1900) | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Hataitai | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Fielding (1875 – 26 July 1946) was a New Zealand architect who practised in Wellington. He was also a bowls player, winning two medals at the 1930 British Empire Games.
Early life and family
[edit]Born in 1875 at Lower Darwen, Lancashire, England, Fielding was the son of Mary (née Turnbull) and Robert Fielding, and was educated at Kilgrimol School in Lancashire.[1][2] In 1900, Fielding married Lily Midgley, and the couple went on to have two children.[2]
Architectural practice
[edit]Fielding trained as an architect under John Whitaker, and later became a junior partner with Manchester architect, John Dent Harker.[3] Fielding is known to have worked on the St Annes-on-the-Sea Carnegie Library designed by Harker.[4] Moving to New Zealand around 1908, Fielding established his own practice in Wellington in 1909, and designed nearly 300 buildings in the city and elsewhere.[2][3] SIgnificant examples of his work include:
- Assembly Hall for the Vogeltown and Mornington Public Hall Society, Vennell Street, Brooklyn.[5]
- Capitol Theatre, Miramar.[6]
- Congregational Church, 45 Cambridge Terrace, Te Aro.[3]
- Evening Post Building, 82 Willis Street, Te Aro.[3]
- Flats for Mrs Turner-Cottier, 83 Kent Terrace, Te Aro.[7]
- Kilbirnie Wesleyan Church, Waitoa Road, Hataitai.[8]
- Lampard Flats, 284–286 Cuba Street, Te Aro.[3]
- Plumbers Building, 122–124 Wakefield Street, Te Aro.[3]
- Rosco Tearooms, 2–6 Coleman Place, Palmerston North.[9]
- St Christopher's Church, 27 Ventnor Street, Seatoun.[3]
- Ward Memorial Methodist Church and Hall, 69 Northland Road, Northland.[3]
- Wellington Trades' Hall Building, 124–128 Vivian Street, Te Aro.[3]
He also supervised the restoration of Antrim House in Wellington following a fire in 1940.[10]
Fielding was admitted LRIBA in 1913, and elected a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects in 1915.[2] He served as chairman of the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects.[11]
Lawn bowls
[edit]A member of the Hataitai Bowling Club,[2] Fielding represented New Zealand at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, and competed in the singles, pairs, and fours.[12] He won the silver medal with his partner Peter McWhannell in the pairs event, and In the singles competition he won the bronze medal.[12] The foursome of Fielding, McWhannell, Edward Leach, and Harold Frost finished fifth.[13]
Death
[edit]Fielding died on 26 July 1946, and his funeral was held at the Congregational Church in Cambridge Terrace, Wellington, which he had designed.[11] He was buried at Karori Cemetery, Wellington.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "U.S., Border crossings from Canada to U.S., 1825–1960". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d e International Press Who's Who N.Z. Wellington: National Magazines. 1938. p. 148.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "William Fielding 1875–1946". Wellington Heritage. Wellington City Council. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Proposed library, St.Annes-on-the-Sea, 1904". amounderness.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Harris, Euan (June 2014). "Coordinator's corner" (PDF). Brooklyn Tattler. p. 2. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ Rowden, Carmel (20 May 2013). "Good as gold". Urbis. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Bowman, Ian (September 2011). "Heritage assessment: buildings on the corner of Kent Terrace and Ellice Street, Wellington" (PDF). New Zealand Transport Agency. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ McKirdy, P. (October 2014). "Hataitai Methodist Church (originally Kilbirnie Wesleyan Church)". Heritage Help. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "2–6 Coleman Place & 31 George Street — former Rosco Tearooms". Palmerston North City Council. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Antrim House". Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ a b McKirdy, P. (February 2012). "Local people". Heritage Help. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ a b "William Fielding". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Empire Games: keen bowling contest". Auckland Star. 9 October 1930. p. 18. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Cemeteries search". Wellington City Council. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- 1875 births
- 1946 deaths
- People from Darwen
- English emigrants to New Zealand
- New Zealand architects
- New Zealand male bowls players
- Bowls players at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Burials at Karori Cemetery
- Fellows of the New Zealand Institute of Architects
- Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games