Roy Lovell-Smith Explained

Leonard Roy Lovell-Smith (born Leonard Roy Smith; 26 September 1884 – 25 April 1972) was a New Zealand architect.

Early life and family

Leonard Roy Smith was born in Christchurch on 26 September 1884, the son of the printer and stationer William Sidney Smith and his wife Mary Jane (Jennie) Smith (née Cumberworth).[1] [2] [3] [4] The family later changed their surname to Lovell-Smith. His siblings included feminist and community worker Kitty Lovell-Smith, artist and writer Edgar Lovell-Smith,[5] and artist Colin Lovell-Smith.

Career

Lovell-Smith served articles with A.H. Hart and qualified as an architect in 1905, establishing his own practice that year, as well as becoming the youngest associate member thus far of the newly formed New Zealand Institute of Architects.[6]

Lovell-Smith's parents were friends of Kate Shepard, and she provided the funds with which the family home "Midway", on Middleton Road in Riccarton, was built in 1920. Lovell-Smith designed it in the English Domestic Revival style, and lived there in the 1930s and again after his conversion of it into flats in 1949. Lovell-Smith joined the Valuation Department of the State Advances Corporation in 1933, becoming the district property supervisor before retiring in 1939. He still continued in private practice, and was particularly known for ecclesiastical and residential buildings.

Churches designed by Lovell-Smith include St Ninian's Presbyterian Church, Riccarton (1926), St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Timaru (1926), a carved chapel at Te Waipounamu School (1926), St John's Methodist Church, Bryndwr (1928), St Andrew's Church in Hokitika (1931), St Kentigern's Anglican Church in Ataahua (1933) and the Kaiapoi Methodist Co-operating Church (1934).[7] [8] Significant residential properties include the former Methodist Parsonage in Kaiapoi (1914), and the landmark Skellerup House in Christchurch.[9] [10]

Death

Lovell-Smith died on 25 April 1972,[1] and he was buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Death search: registration number 1972/34408 . Births, deaths & marriages online . Department of Internal Affairs . 22 September 2020 . 22 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180622060259/https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Ddeaths . live .
  2. Book: Heritage Assessment – Statement of Significance Heritage Item Number 383 Dwelling and Setting, MIDWAY – 7 Middleton Road, Christchurch. Christchurch City Council. 18 February 2015. 22 September 2020. 7 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210207234811/https://districtplan.ccc.govt.nz/Images/DistrictPlanImages/Statement%20of%20Significance/Christchurch/HID%20383.pdf. live.
  3. Web site: ATL: Unpublished Collections. 2020-09-22. tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. 8 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210508030508/https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ethesaurus.161876. live.
  4. Web site: Birth search: registration number 1884/17640 . Births, deaths & marriages online . Department of Internal Affairs . 22 September 2020 . 1 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190701045136/https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dbirths . live .
  5. Book: Scholefield . Guy H. . Guy Scholefield . Who's Who in New Zealand and the Western Pacific, 1938 . 1924 . National Magazines . Wellington . 298.
  6. Web site: Search the List St Andrew's United Church (Presbyterian/Methodist) Heritage New Zealand. 2020-09-22. www.heritage.org.nz. 21 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221073908/https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/5013. live.
  7. Web site: NZPlaces. 2020-09-22. nzplaces.nz. 18 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018013314/https://nzplaces.nz/place/st-kentigerns-anglican-church. live.
  8. Web site: Otautahi — Christchurch and its district NZETC. 2020-09-22. nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. 1 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201001193733/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TayLore-t1-body1-d5.html. live.
  9. Web site: 2009-02-17. $1m makeover for landmark home. 2020-09-22. Stuff. en. 18 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018013326/https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/our-communities/217033/1m-makeover-for-landmark-home. live.
  10. Web site: Wider Canterbury. 2020-09-22. Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Demolition. en. 15 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150915150912/http://canterburyearthquakedemolist.weebly.com/-wider-canterbury.html. live.
  11. Web site: Cemeteries database . Christchurch City Council . 22 September 2020 . 18 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211018013316/https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=42067 . live .

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