Robert Lawson (architect) - Buildings By Lawson

Buildings By Lawson

An incomplete list of works authoritatively attributed to Lawson includes:

• Park's School, Dunedin (1864). Also known as South District School, now a family house in William Street, Dunedin.
• First Church, which has been described by the Institute of Architects as a “Magnificent example of Gothic Architecture” (1867–1873).
• Wesleyan Church, Dunedin (1869). Now the Fortune Theatre.
• Peter Engels' house, corner of Scotland and London Streets, Dunedin (1869).
• East Taieri Presbyterian church, East Taieri. Gothic, lighter quoins, spire, substantial buttresses. (1870).
• National Bank, Oamaru. Palladian (1871).
• Arthur Briscoe & Co. Warehouse, Dunedin (1872).
• Larnach Castle (1872–75).
• Trustees Executors Office, originally the National Mortgage and Agency building, Bond, Water and Crawford Streets, Dunedin, (1873).
• Wilson's Bond, north west corner of Bond and Jetty Streets, Dunedin, (1873).
• Craig & Gillies building, George Street, Dunedin (1874). Pulled down in late 1960s - site now occupied by part of Dunedin Civic Centre.
• Knox Church, Dunedin. (1874–1876).
• Union Bank of Australasia (later ANZ Bank), Princes Street, Dunedin (1874). Palladian, similar to the National Bank in Oamaru. Currently used as a nightclub.
• Dunedin Municipal Chambers. (1878–1880) Dunedin Town Hall
• Seacliff Asylum. Gothic. (1879–1884).
• Brown, Ewing Company building, Dunedin (1880s).
• Bing Harris Company building, High Street, Dunedin. (1868–1880).
• East Gore Presbyterian Church (1881).
• Martin & Watson's building, corner of the Octagon and lower Stuart Street, Dunedin (now the Bacchus building) (1882).
• Bank of New South Wales, Oamaru (now Forrester Gallery). Palladian. (1883).
• Otago Boys' High School. (1885).
• Malloch's Store, Cumberland Street, Dunedin, (1885).
• Tokomairiro Presbyterian Church, Milton. (1889).
• Earlsbrae Hall, Essendon, Victoria. (1890). Today known as Lowther Hall, it forms part of an Anglican Grammar School.
• "Threave" (private house), 367 High Street, Dunedin. (1900).
• "Wychwood" (private house), Dunedin (very likely Lawson's work, although certainty not completely established).
• Presbyterian church, Hampden.
• The Manse, Palmerston.
• The Larnach family crypt in the Northern Cemetery, Dunedin. (1881)
• The old Fire Station, Harrop Street, Dunedin (1878).
• Christchurch Opera House.
• The Star and Garter Hotel, Oamaru. See text.
• Post Office, Lawrence.
• St Andrew's Presbyterian Church (later Word of Life Church).