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Wood, Cecil Walter, 1878-1947

 Person

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

 File
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S68/1/181
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1930

Colonial Motors Ltd Garage, 1930-1931

 File
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S68/1/194
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1930-1931

Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, 1922

 File
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S68/1/78
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1922

Corner of Colombo and Lichfield Street Shop Alterations, 1930

 Item
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S68/1/187
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1930

DIC Building Alterations, 1937-1969

 File
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S68/1/271
Scope and Contents Plans for alterations to the DIC building at 154 Cashel Street including 1937-1939 plans by Architect Cecil Wood including interior floor plans with some exterior elevations. Interior floor plans for alterations from 1961 by Holliss and Leonard Architects and 1969 plans by Hall and McKenzie Architects. Plans for alterations by Architect Robert Munroe c.1955-1960 includes interior floor plans, window details and other technical drawings. Includes two folders of...
Dates: 1937-1969

Eliza White Estate 100 Manchester Street, 1928

 File
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S68/1/134
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1928

Everybody's Theatre, c.1910-1933

 File
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S68/1/20
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c.1910-1933

Hays Limited Additions and Alterations, 1920-1968

 File
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S68/1/68
Scope and Contents Plans for Hays Limited at 761-771 Colombo Street on the corner with Gloucester Street, largely relating to extensions and alterations to the building.Includes original plans for the construction of the building known as 'Fletcher's Building' on Colombo Street in 1923. Includes exterior elevations and details for reinforced concrete. Created by Architect Cecil Wood. Also includes plans for the Gloucester Street frontage created by Architect A W Fielder c.1923.The...
Dates: 1920-1968

Kings Theatre Alterations and Additions, 1936

 File
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S68/1/257
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1936

MacGibbon Buildings Hereford Street Alterations, 1931-1934

 File
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S68/1/208
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1931-1934