William Clayton (architect)
- William Clayton (architect)
William Henry Clayton (17 November, 1823 - 23 August, 1877) was a New Zealand colonial architect.
Born in Norfolk Plains, Australia, Clayton trained as an architect in England, and designed more than three hundred buildings in Tasmania before emigrating to New Zealand in 1863. He established the practice of Mason and Clayton with William Mason (later first mayor of Dunedin), and over six years designed many prominent buildings in the area, such as Dunedin's All Saints' Church and Edinburgh House.
In 1869 Clayton moved to Wellington to take up a post as 'colonial architect', in which position he became central to the public works projects of prime minister Julius Vogel (Clayton's daughter Mary had married Vogel in 1867). He designed many public buildings in Wellington, including the old Government House and Parliament buildings, but he is best known for designing the Government Buildings (Wellington, NZ), part of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings and the second-largest wooden building in the world (behind Tōdai-ji in Nara, Japan).
Clayton's self-designed residence, finished in 1874, was the first concrete house in New Zealand and the first house to have hot and cold running water (it is now a part of Queen Margaret College).
Clayton died of an infected ankle on 23 August, 1877, and was buried in Dunedin.
References
*cite book | last = Crighton | first = Anna | editor = Bill Oliver & Claudia Orange (eds.) | title = Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Vol. 2 | url = http://www.dnzb.govt.nz | accessdate = 2006-05-24 | year = 1993 | publisher = Ministry for Culture and Heritage | location = Wellington | chapter = Clayton, William Henry 1823-1877
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