AUCKLAND CATHEDRAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 December 1940, Page 4

AUCKLAND CATHEDRAL

ARCHITECTS’ COMPETITION.

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

AUCKLAND, December 29. ' The General Trust Board of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland has received advice from London of the award of the judge, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, in the competition for plans for the proposed Auckland Cathedral. The competition was held under the 'provisions of the will of Miss M. T. Horton, who bequeathed the residue of her estate, estimated at £65,000, towards the cost of the cathedral. It was open to members of the New Zealand Institute of Architects resident in the Dominion or elsewhere, and it 'is understood that between 40 and 50 designs were submitted. The awards are:— ,

First: Charles Towle, of Sydney, a of £ 1000. ’ Second: Amyas D. Connell, of Long Sutton, Hampshire, £4OO. Third: Fergus G. F. Sheppard and J. R. P. Blake-Kelly, of Auckland, £2OO.

Fourth: T. K. Donner and H. G. ißartlett, of Auckland, £ 100. 1 The winner, Mr. Towle, was ’formerly in practice in Auckland, but left early last year for Sydney where he is now engaged in designing aerodrome buildings for the Commonwealth Government. The most notable example of his work in Auckland is the Christian Science Church, Symonds Street.