Wilson, Edmund Richardson Fitz, 1871-1941

Invercargill architect. Designed Church of St Michael and All Angels, Kelburn, Wellington, 1918. Married Elizabeth Alice Mary Dickinson in 1902. (See `Southern people; a dictionary of Otago Southland biography', 1998)

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[Various architects] :St Michael and All Angels' Church, Kelburn [Original plans for ch...

Date: 1921 - 1950 - 1926 - 1960

By: Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937; Girdlestone, Bruce N, active 1957; Wilson, Edmund Richardson Fitz, 1871-1941; Gray Young, Morton & Young (Firm); Gabites and Beard (Firm); King & Dawson (Firm)

Reference: Plans-89-0293/0309

Description: Plans-89-0293 = Street plan of electrical cables, 1960s?; -0294 = Street plan for lots 46 to 55, Kelburn Parade, 1960s?; -0295 = Church site plan, by G N Sturtevant, 1926, outlining a proposed (and discarded) plan to place a tennis court behind the church, adjoining Upland Crescent; -0296 = Proposed hall between St Michael's Crescent & Upland Road, drawn by Bruce N Girdlestone, 1957; -0297 = Another version of a proposed hall, drawn by B. N. Girdlestone, 1957; Kelburn District Plan drawn by G N Sturtevant; -0298 = District Plan of church site, 1925 & 1929; -0299 = Site plan, undated; -0300 = Church cross-sections, longitudinal sections and south side elevation, drawn by Edmund P Wilson, 1921; -0301 = Church building, east, west and north elevations, ground floor & roof plans, drawn by Edmund P. Wilson, 1921; -0302 = Proposed new organ chamber by Gray Young Morton & Young, 1950; -0303 = Church elevation, drawn by Gabites & Beard, undated but probably 1970s; -0304 = Additions to hall, probably by Gray Young Morton and Young, 1953; -0305 to -0309 = Plans, elevations and details of new church hall, 1960-1963 drawn by King & Dawson. Plans-89-0300 and -0301 by Edmund P. Wilson are not as the church was built. See also Plans-89-0076 & 0077 for the church as built Quantity: 25 plan(s) including 17 different plans, 8 duplicates of dyeline prints. Physical Description: pencil, pencil & ink, pencil ink and watercolour, dyeline prints 260 x 205 mm to 660 x 850 mm Finding Aids: Detailed list of plans attached to Accessioning sheet.. Provenance: Donation: St Michael's Anglican Church, Kelburn, 1988 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS 88-22, August 1989.

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Wilson, Edmund Richardson 1871?-1941 :Church of St Michael and All Angels, Kelburn, Wel...

Date: 1917 - 1919

By: Wilson, Edmund Richardson Fitz, 1871-1941

Reference: Plans-89-0077

Description: Shows south side elevation, longitudinal section,foundation plan, part section of nave and elevation, section of principal, face of end buttress of chancel, side of cross, section of chancel, part of east end, communion rail, prayer desk, and details of pulpit and chancel screen. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - CHURCH OF S MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS KELBURN WELLINGTON N.Z.; Recto - top right - 2 (in circle); Verso - top left - 6A (in circle). / Plan elevations and details of / Portion of Church erected 1919-1922.; Unsigned and undated. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink and watercolour, 511 x 730 mm. Provenance: Donated by St Michael and All Angels Church, Kelburn, in 1984.

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Wilson, Edmund Richardson 1871?-1941 :Church of St Michael and All Angels, Kelburn, Wel...

Date: 1918

By: Wilson, Edmund Richardson Fitz, 1871-1941

Reference: Plans-89-0076-001/002

Description: First plan shows Part of elevation to south, west end elevation, north side elevation, east end elevation, lonitudinal section, cross section facing east. Second sheet shows ground plan and surrounding landscape and buildings. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - (On Plans-89-0076-001): CHURCH OF S MICHAEL / AND ALL ANGELS / KELBURN/ WELLINGTON N.Z. / Scale of / 8 Feet to / 1 Inch. / E. Wilson/ Architect / Invercargill / 1918; Verso - top right - (On Plans-89-0076-001): 5. (in circle) Mr Wilson's preliminary designs / 1918.; Recto - top centre - (On Plans-89-0076-002): CHURCH OF S MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS / KELBURN WELLINGTON NZ. / Scale of 8 Feet to 1 Inch / Edmund R Wilson / Architect / Invercargill / 1918; Verso - top centre - (On Plans-89-0076-002): 5A (in circle). Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil on tracing paper, 485 x 600 mm; and pencil and ink on tracing paper, 485 x 645 mm. Provenance: Donated by St Michael and All Angels Church, Kelburn, in 1984.