Edward Rumsey (architect)
Edward Rumsey (* 1824 ; † 1909 ) was a British architect whose work is mainly significant in New Zealand . He was a student of the neo-Gothic English architect George Gilbert Scott .
In 1847 he won a gold medal with the design of a cathedral. Rumsey emigrated from England to Melbourne , Australia , and later moved to Dunedin, New Zealand, during the Otago gold rush .
In Sydney he worked under the then Chief Architect of the Australian Colony, Edmund Blacket .
Rumsey may have come to Dunedin aboard the Aldinga in June 1862 . The first advertisements in local newspapers did not appear until August 1864. He worked in Dunedin and Auckland.
He won the competition for a new Government House in Auckland , but it was never built. The Supreme Court building and the main post office in Auckland were built according to his plans.
Works
- Bathurst Courthouse, Sydney (?)
- Goulburn Courthouse, Sydney (?)
- Melbourne Main Post Office; Winner in the competition for the interior decoration (1857)
- St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Epsom (1867) (collaboration on the building designed by Reverent John Kinder)
- St. Peter in the Forest, Bombay (1869)
- St. Luke's Church, Oamaru (1865)
- High Court, Auckland (1865–1868)
- Oriental Hotel, Dunedin (1863) (Design attributed to Rumsey for stylistic reasons; WH Clayton may also be the architect.)
Web links
- University of Wellington: Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook : Rumsey, Edward 1824–1909, accessed December 29, 2014
- sydneyarchitecture.com Edmund Blacket, accessed December 29, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c sydneyarchitecture.com Edmund Blacket retrieved December 29, 2014
- ↑ a b builtindunedin.com, accessed December 29, 2014
- ↑ Emelbourne.net.au .: General Post office. Retrieved December 29, 2014
- ^ NZHPT, Church of St. Peter in the Forest, Bombay, accessed December 29, 2014
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rumsey, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1824 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1909 |