Frederick de Jersey Clere

Frederick de Jersey Clere ( born January 7, 1856 in Walsden, West Yorkshire, England; † August 13, 1952 in Wellington ) was an architect in New Zealand and preferably in the art of church architecture operates.

Life

Frederick de Jersey Clere, was born on January 7, 1856, the second son of Mr and Mrs Henry Clere and Ellen Vaughan in Walsden, Lancashire at that time belonging. His father, who later became vicar of St. Mary's Church in New Plymouth, New Zealand, was at that time pastor in the local Anglican church. Frederick attended St John 's School in the district of Lower Clapton, located in the northeast of London, and later began at the age of 16 years training as an architect under Edmund Evan Scott of Brighton. In 1875 he became chief assistant to Robert Jewell Withers ( 1824-1894 ), a church builder from London.

In 1877 he emigrated with his parents to New Zealand and married on 18 April 1883 in Feilding his first wife Mary Goodbehere. From their marriage produced three daughters and two sons were born. In 1886 he moved with his family to Wellington, where he designed his create rich life. After his first wife died in April, 1904, he married in October of the following year again. With Elizabeth Johnston Ingles, who died in 1920, he had two more daughters. Clere himself died on 13 August 1952 at the age of 96 in Wellington.

Work

Frederick de Jersey Clere worked initially from 1879 to 1883 in Feilding, and then from 1883 to 1886 in Wanganui. He built houses initially in simple design, but already use innovative techniques to minimize damage from earthquakes and fires. Later, around the turn of the century, he went over in Elizabethan style, which he used in buildings in the Rangitikei district.

In 1883 he was architect of the Diocese of the Anglican Church in Wellington. For them, he was responsible for the construction of over 100 churches, which he mainly built until 1904 in timber construction and mainly in rural districts, but later went over the construction of churches in cities of brick or reinforced concrete to use as it, inter alia, St Matthew's in Hastings, St Mary of the Angels in Wellington and St. Andrew's is located in New Plymouth.

About 85 of its churches still exist, as well as several buildings in Wellington, including the AMP Building on Custom House Quay and two harbor buildings of the Harbour Board on the Queen 's Wharf, Wellington Harbour Board Wharf Office Building and the Wellington Harbour Board Head Office and Bond Store. Almost all of its churches were characterized in an economical and unobtrusive way from contemporary neo-Gothic style, can be found in the pointed arches, the roof beams and structures in the shapes of towers and bell towers.

Clere was a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1882 and a Fellow in 1886, was its secretary for New Zealand and was eliminated in 1948 due to his advanced age of 92 years already out. He was a founding member of the New Zealand Institute of Architects and president of the Wellington branch of the Association of Architects in New Zealand. He has published a number of articles on art and architecture in various journals.

In 1935 he was awarded for his services to the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.