Richard Strachan De Renzy Harman

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| birth_name = Richard Strachan De Renzy Harman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|11|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|09|14|1896|11|18|df=y}}

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| spouse = {{marriage|Jocelyn Mary Wilson|1933}}

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| significant_buildings = All Saints' Church, Hokitika
Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo

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| relatives = Thomas Harman (father)
Richard Harman (uncle)
Annesley Harman (uncle)
Richard Harman (grandfather)
Cecil Wilson (father-in-law)

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Richard Strachan De Renzy Harman (18 November 1896 – 14 September 1953) was a New Zealand architect based in Christchurch during the first half of the 20th century, and was particularly known as an ecclesiastical and residential architect. His notable works include the Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo.

Biography

Born in Christchurch in 1896, Harman was the eldest son of lawyer Thomas De Renzy Harman and Jenny Harman (née Cook).{{sfn|Lovell-Smith|2002a}}{{sfn|The Press|1933}}{{sfn|Lyttelton Times|1895}} His uncles included Richard Dacre Harman, also an architect,{{sfn|Lovell-Smith|2002a}} and Annesley Harman, and his grandfather was Richard James Strachan Harman, one of the Canterbury Pilgrims.

Harman was educated in Christchurch. Between 1914 and 1916, he served his articles with the Christchurch firm of Seager and Macleod, and took classes at the Canterbury College School of Art. He saw military service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in France during the latter part of World War I, and then undertook further study at the Royal College of Art, London, before returning to New Zealand. He rejoined Seager's practice, but spent another period in London between 1923 and 1926, when he worked for the ancient monuments branch of the Office of Works, as well as doing further study.{{sfn|Lovell-Smith|2002a}}

After Harman returned to New Zealand, he worked in partnership with Cecil Wood from December 1926{{cite news |title=Public notices |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19261227.2.7.7 |access-date=30 January 2022 |work=The Press |volume =LXII |issue=18884 |date=27 December 1926 |page=1}} until setting up his own practice in 1928. Harman gained a reputation as a residential and ecclesiastical architect, and was particularly associated with the Anglican Church. He was appointed as consulting architect for ChristChurch Cathedral in the 1940s, and designed the Chapel of St Michael and St George for the south transept in 1949.{{sfn|Lovell-Smith|2002a}}

Harman was elected president of the New Zealand Institute of Architects in 1949.{{sfn|Lovell-Smith|2002a}}

On 22 February 1933, at St Augustine's Church, Cashmere, Harman married Jocelyn Mary Wilson, the daughter of Cecil Wilson, the bishop of Bunbury in Western Australia; the wedding ceremony was conducted by Jocelyn's grandfather, Archbishop Churchill Julius.{{sfn|The Press|1933}} Richard Harman died on 14 September 1953, and he was buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch.{{sfn|Department of Internal Affairs}}{{sfn|Christchurch City Council|2020a}} His wife, Jocelyn, died in 1991.{{sfn|Christchurch City Council|2020b}}

Notable works

Notable buildings designed by Harman include:

class="wikitable"
a ! Building !! Image !! Date !! Location !! Notes
Church of the Good Shepherd	100px	align=center \| 1935	Pioneer Drive, Lake Tekapo	Granted Heritage New Zealand historic place category 1 status in 1985{{sfn\|Lovell-Smith\|2002b}}
St James' Church	100px	align=center \| 1935	750 Harewood Road, Christchurch	Second vestry added to north elevation in 1991{{sfn\|Christchurch City Council\|2017}}
All Saints' Church	100px	align=center \| 1936	57 Bealey Street, Hokitika	Granted Heritage New Zealand historic place category 1 status in 1990{{sfn\|Lovell-Smith\|2002a}}
St Ninian's Church		align=center \| 1936	Kane Road, Hāwea Flat	Vestry added in 1953, to plans drawn by Harman{{sfn\|Queenstown Lakes District Council\|2005}}
St Matthew's Church	100px	align=center \| 1937	1075 Halkett Road, Kirwee	Concrete construction, with stained-glass windows from earlier church{{sfn\|The Press\|1937}}
Cathedral of St John the Evangelist	100px	align=center \| 1965	28 Browning Street, Napier	Preliminary design by Harman; design completed by Malcolm and Sweet, Napier, after Harman's death{{sfn\|Lovell-Smith\|2002a}}{{sfn\|Waiapu Anglican Cathedral}}

Notes

References

{{cite web |publisher=Christchurch City Council |url=https://districtplan.ccc.govt.nz/Images/DistrictPlanImages/Statement%20of%20Significance/Christchurch/HID%20238.pdf |year=2017 |title=St James' Church and setting – 750 Harewood Road, Christchurch |accessdate=4 October 2020 |ref={{harvid|Christchurch City Council|2017}} }}
{{cite web |publisher=Christchurch City Council |url=https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=48933 |year=2020 |title=Cemeteries database |accessdate=4 October 2020 |ref={{harvid|Christchurch City Council|2020a}} }}
{{cite web |publisher=Christchurch City Council |url=https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=30634 |year=2020 |title=Cemeteries database |accessdate=4 October 2020 |ref={{harvid|Christchurch City Council|2020b}} }}
{{cite web |publisher=Department of Internal Affairs |website=Births, deaths & marriages online |title=Death search: registration number 1953/28368 |url=https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Ddeaths |accessdate=4 October 2020 | ref={{harvid|Department of Internal Affairs}} }}
{{cite web |last=Lovell-Smith |first=Melanie |url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/5012 |title=All Saints' Church (Anglican) |date=4 September 2002 |publisher=Heritage New Zealand |accessdate=4 October 2020 |ref={{harvid|Lovell-Smith|2002a}} }}
{{cite web |last=Lovell-Smith |first=Melanie |url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/311 |title=Church of the Good Shepherd |date=4 October 2002 |publisher=Heritage New Zealand |accessdate=4 October 2020 |ref={{harvid|Lovell-Smith|2002b}} }}
{{cite news |work=Lyttelton Times |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18951022.2.2.2 |title=Marriage |date=22 October 1895 |page=1 |accessdate=2 October 2020 |ref={{harvid|Lyttelton Times|1895}} }}
{{cite news |work=The Press |date=23 February 1933 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19330223.2.6 |title=Weddings: Harman—Wilson |page=2 |accessdate=4 October 2020 |ref={{harvid|The Press|1933}} }}
{{cite news |work=The Press |date=14 September 1937 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19370914.2.115 |title=New church at Courtenay |page=13 |accessdate=4 October 2020 |ref={{harvid|The Press|1937}} }}
{{cite web |publisher=Queenstown Lakes District Council |url=https://www.qldc.govt.nz/media/ra1kugpt/pc3-s32-draft-heritage-assessment-wanaka.pdf |year=2005 |title=Draft Queenstown Lakes District heritage register |accessdate=4 October 2020 |ref={{harvid|Queenstown Lakes District Council|2005}} }}
{{cite web |website=Waiapu Anglican Cathedral |url=https://www.napiercathedral.org.nz/history.php |title=History of the cathedral |accessdate=4 October 2020 |ref={{harvid|Waiapu Anglican Cathedral}} }}

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Category:New Zealand architects

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Category:Burials at Waimairi Cemetery

Richard Harman De Renzy

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