Evelyn Hellicar (1862–1929) was an English architect.

Biography

He was educated at Cranbrook School, Kent. He was articled to Thomas Graham Jackson in 1883; that same year Jackson had added a new chancel to Bromley Parish Church. Hellicar studied at University College London. He received the Donaldson Silver Medal in 1886-87 and the Roger Smith Prize for Construction.^[1]

He married Sophie Hildegarde Tate (1866–1957) at Trent, Dorset on 30 August 1894.^[2]

Hellicar died at Corner Cottage, Hambledon, Surrey on 22 July 1929.^[3]

Career

Hellicar was a member of Royal Institute of British Architects from 1888 to 1928. Around 1889 he entered into a short lived partnership with Sydney Vacher at 35 Wellington Street, Strand, London. Together they exhibited a design for a post office in Hertford at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1890.^[4]

Works

• 1887-88 17 and 19 Sundridge Avenue, Bromley^[5]
• 1889 Valley Primary School, Shortlands^[6]
• 1890 Bromley Parish Church, Church Road, Bromley (repairs)^[7]
• 1890s Cottages and lodges at Nether and Over Compton^[8]
• 1891 Duchess Memorial Cross for Louisa, Duchess of Northumberland, Albury, Surrey (photos at Albury History Society)
• 1892 Ralston, Bromley, Kent^[9]
• 1893-94 Bingham's Melcombe, Dorset (restorations)^[10]
• 1897 47-49 Rodway Road, Bromley^[11]
• 1904 Dalton Hill, Albury (dining room)^[12] (photo at Albury History Society)
• 1908 Backwell Down, Backwell Hill Road, Backwell, near Bristol^[13]
• 1908 Carnegie Library, High Street, Bromley, Kent^[14]
• 1912 Carnegie Library, High Street, Bromley, Kent (extension)^[15]
• 1913 St Mary's Church, Plaistow, Bromley, Kent (unexecuted scheme for tower)^[16][17]
• 1919 Cottages and Club House, Raheen, Co Clare, Ireland^[18]
• 1925 Music Room at Ripley, 24 Sundridge Avenue, Cantebury, Kent^[19]
• 1925 St John's Church, Roseacre Road, Welling, Kent^[20]

Other works

• Four sketch books of buildings and construction detailing^[21]