Frederick Thatcher
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Rev. Frederick Thatcher was an English and New Zealand architect and clergyman.
He was born at Hastings to a long-established Sussex family. He was one of the earliest associates of the Institute of British Architects, being admitted in 1836.
He emigrated to New Zealand in 1843, working in New Plymouth then Auckland. He entered St John’s College, Auckland to train for the ministry in 1848, and was ordained deacon the same year and priest in 1853.
He returned to England for health reasons in 1856. In the late 1850s, he designed Kinder House on Ayr Street. In 1861 he was appointed as vicar of St Paul’s Parish, Wellington. He designed the new St Paul’s Church (1866), now Old Saint Paul's
.
He returned to England in 1868, and retired in 1882. He was associated with Bishop Selwyn
and the founding of Selwyn College, Cambridge
. He died at Bakewell, Derbyshire, where his son Ernest Thatcher was curate, in 1890.
He designed many New Zealand churches, which were constructed of wood in the Gothic Revival style, as well as hospitals and schools. He was associated with Bishop Selwyn
in planning several Selwyn churches in New Zealand.
He was born at Hastings to a long-established Sussex family. He was one of the earliest associates of the Institute of British Architects, being admitted in 1836.
He emigrated to New Zealand in 1843, working in New Plymouth then Auckland. He entered St John’s College, Auckland to train for the ministry in 1848, and was ordained deacon the same year and priest in 1853.
He returned to England for health reasons in 1856. In the late 1850s, he designed Kinder House on Ayr Street. In 1861 he was appointed as vicar of St Paul’s Parish, Wellington. He designed the new St Paul’s Church (1866), now Old Saint Paul's
Old Saint Paul's
Old St. Paul's is a former cathedral in the Diocese of Wellington of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. It is an example of 19th-century Gothic Revival architecture adapted to colonial conditions and materials. It is at 34 Mulgrave Street, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand,...
.
He returned to England in 1868, and retired in 1882. He was associated with Bishop Selwyn
George Augustus Selwyn
George Augustus Selwyn was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand. He was Bishop of New Zealand from 1841 to 1858. His diocese was then subdivided and Selwyn was Primate of New Zealand from 1858 to 1868. He was Bishop of Lichfield from 1868 to 1878...
and the founding of Selwyn College, Cambridge
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Selwyn College is a constituent college in the University of Cambridge in England, United Kingdom.The college was founded by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of the Rt Reverend George Selwyn , who rowed on the Cambridge crew in the first Varsity Boat Race in 1829, and went on to become the...
. He died at Bakewell, Derbyshire, where his son Ernest Thatcher was curate, in 1890.
He designed many New Zealand churches, which were constructed of wood in the Gothic Revival style, as well as hospitals and schools. He was associated with Bishop Selwyn
George Augustus Selwyn
George Augustus Selwyn was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand. He was Bishop of New Zealand from 1841 to 1858. His diocese was then subdivided and Selwyn was Primate of New Zealand from 1858 to 1868. He was Bishop of Lichfield from 1868 to 1878...
in planning several Selwyn churches in New Zealand.