# 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). 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.

## 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 Ōpōtiki before partnering with Chilwell. In 1912 he came third in a competition to design a Freemasons Lodge on Queen Street. Trevithick retired in the 1940s and died in 1967.

## List of buildings

| Name | Date | Note |
| 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. |