Architect born in Hastings. Worked for Gummer and Ford before attending Bartlett Atelier of Architecture (London) and working with various London firms of architects. Set up practice in Hastings and became partner with H.G. Davies and Eric Phillips in 1947. Worked on several public buildings in Hawkes Bay area. In 1935 he won the competition for the design of the Hastings Clock Tower, and in 1938 designed the John Hill building, a remodelling of an older building. He retired in 1978. [See also: Art Deco Trust website www.artdeconapier.com
Chaplin, Sydney George, 1905-1990
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[Lodge, Nevile Sidney] 1918-1989 :S. C.[sic] Chaplin, A.N.Z.I.A. 1947.
Date: 1947
By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Moult, Eric Edwin, 1908-1995
Reference: A-279-047
Description: Three-quarter portrait of architect Sidney George Chaplin. Title from inscription below image. Previous group title used in Accessions Register Book: Twelve architects; caricatures by Nevile Sidney Lodge. 1947. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Nevile/Lodge/47; Verso - bottom centre - (Stamp): McGregor Wright's / Picture Framers and Art Dealers One of a set of 12 caricatures of New Zealand architects commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager, Briscoe E. W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom (See A-279-037/048). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Airbrush caricature on board, 305 x 254 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr E. E. Moult, Wellington, in 1991. Originally commissioned in 1947 by the General Manager of Briscoe E.W. Mills & Co. Ltd, to hang in company boardroom, in Victoria Strreet, Wellington; relocated in early 1950s to Hardware Manager's office; on relocation of company offices in 1954, salvaged by vendor Mr E.E. Moult, then employed at Briscoe's. Exhibited in Bank of New Zealand foyer 7-18 August 1989 in conjunction with NZIA Biennial Conference, 10-13 August 1989: "Identikit Cities - Wellington and the wider world".
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Correspondence relating to war
Date: 1918-1945
From: Riddiford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5714-067
Description: Comprises telegram from `The Times' re Germany accepting the armistice (1918); correspondence from Rev Father F H Walsh, 2NZEF; card from the NZ patriotic Fund Board re parcel received by Daniel Riddiford; parts of letters on 4th Tank Battalion, Grenadier Guards, letter head; letters from various people giving war news; and letter from Higginson to Dan Riddiford Quantity: 1 folder(s).