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Frederick de Jersey Clere - Architect
Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:57:17+00:00Date of birth | 07/01/1856 |
Date of death | 13/08/1952 |
Mothers name | Ellen Vaughan |
Spouses name | m1: Mary Goodbehere m2: Elizabeth (Bessie) Johnston Ingles |
Mothers date of birth | 1821 |
Mothers place of birth | Manchester, England |
Mothers date of death | 23/10/1885 |
Spouses date of death | m1: 07/04/1904 m2: 1920 |
Fathers date of birth | c1824 |
Mothers place of death | New Plymouth |
Spouses place of death | m1: Lower Hutt m2: |
Fathers name | Henry Clere |
Marriage date | m1: 18/04/1883 m2: 17/10/1905 |
Parents date of marriage | 1849 |
Place of marriage | m1: Feilding m2: Wellington |
Parents place of marriage | Stockport, Cheshire, England |
Fathers date of death | 29/06/1887 |
Fathers place of death | Hawera |
Cause of death | Old age |
Place of birth | Walsden, Lancashire, England |
Occupation | Architect |
Place of death | Wellington |
Frederick de Jersey Clere (1856-1952) - Clere was born in Lancashire and emigrated with his family in 1877. Already well trained as an architect, he practised in the provinces before returning to Wellington. He stayed in practice for another 58 years. Clere was Diocesan Architect of the Anglican Church for much of his professional life. He was also an enthusiastic advocate of the building properties of concrete. He was pre-eminent in church design; his best known design is the reinforced-concrete St Mary of the Angels (1922). Apart from churches, Clere designed a huge variety of buildings including many for the Wellington Harbour Board.
Clere practised on his own and in association with many other architects, including his son.
From the Museum, walk to the entrance of Queens Wharf.
de Clere Churches in the Horowhenua:
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St John the Baptist, Ohau - 1901 | All Saints, Otaki - 1930 |
Other de Clere Buildings in the Horowhenua:
![]() Annandale Manor, Arapaepae Road, Levin - 1917 |