Wood, Cecil Walter, 1878-1947
Dates
- Existence: 1878 - 1947
Biography
Cecil Walter Wood was born in 1878 in Christchurch and trained under leading architects including Samuel Hurst Seager. In 1906, after a period overseas, he entered into a junior partnership with Seager and by 1909 Wood had established his own practice. He designed well known buindings in Christchurch including the Public Trust Office, State Fire and Accident Insurance Office Building and Hereford Street Post Office. He also designed a range of churches in the wider Christchurch area. Key architects who worked in this office over the years included Robert and Margaret Munro, Paul Pascoe and Miles Warren. Wood died in 1947.
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Christ's College New Boarding House, 1930
Blueprints for a new boarding house at Christ's College on Rolleston Avenue. Includes exterior elevations and interior floor plans as well as a block plan for the proposed boarding house on the existing Christ's College grounds.
Created by Architect Cecil Wood.
Colonial Motors Ltd Garage, 1930-1931
Blueprints for new garage premises for Colonial Motors Ltd at 186 Tuam Street. Includes exterior elevations, inteiror floor plans and technical drawings relating to different construction areas of the building. One of the drawings includes Ford sign on the entranceway.
Created by Architect Cecil Wood.
Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, 1922
Plans for the Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd at 141 Hereford Street. Includes exerior elevations, interior floor plans and technical plans relating to the building construction.
Created by Architect Cecil Wood.
Corner of Colombo and Lichfield Street Shop Alterations, 1930
Plan for proposed alterations to a shop front on the corner of Colombo Street and Lichfield Street. Includes exterior elevations and interior floor plans.
Created by Architect Cecil Wood.
DIC Building Alterations, 1937-1969
Eliza White Estate 100 Manchester Street, 1928
Plans for a premisies on the Eliza White Estate at 100 Manchester Street on the corner with Tuam Street. Includes a locality plan, exterior elevations and interior floor plans.
Created by Architect Cecil Wood.
Everybody's Theatre, c.1910-1933
Plans for Everybody's Theatre in Cathedral Square which later became Tivoli and then Westend Theatre.
Includes blueprint exterior elevations and interior floor plans from 1933 by Architect Cecil Wood.
Also includes c.1910 interior and exterior plans by Architect W Grey Young and Fred J Barlow.
Hays Limited Additions and Alterations, 1920-1968
Kings Theatre Alterations and Additions, 1936
Plans for alterations and additions to Kings Theatre during the transition to becoming the Rialto Theatre, including some signage details. Includes exterior elevations, interior floor plans and technical drawings.
Created by Architect Cecil Wood.
MacGibbon Buildings Hereford Street Alterations, 1931-1934
Plans for alterations to the MacGibbon Buildings for MacGibbon Buildings Limited at 184-187 Hereford Street. Includes exterior elevations and interior floor plans.
Created by Associate Architects W H Trengrove and Cecil Wood.