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Stanley Noble Rickard (4 January 1883 – 21 August 1976) was a
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-born Australian architect active in
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and Los Angeles in the first half of the 20th century. His work in the Federation Bungalow style is listed on the NSW State Heritage Register.


Family

Rickard was the first born child of Queensland-born Emma Augusta (née Noble 1860–1943) and New South Wales-born Richard Heath Rickard (1858–1938). His parents had married in Queensland in 1882 and his father was a Wesleyan missionary serving in the
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at the time of his birth in
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. Rickard's younger siblings were Norman Heath (1885–1949), Eda Malila (1887–1988), Albert Sydney (1890–1965) and Hazel Alice (1894–1980). His uncle, on his father's side, wa
Sir Arthur Rickard KBE
who was married to the daughter of the Sydney architect Thomas Rowe. His first cousin once removed was the architect
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Education

On the return to Australia of his family, Rickard was educated at state schools in Newcastle and Mudgee. In 1899, he commenced at Newington College under the presidency of the Rev James Egan Moulton where he passed the junior examination. After leaving Newington Rickard worked for four years with Noller and Gawne, builders of Newtown whilst studying architecture at
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Early architecture

Upon graduation Rickard was
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t
George Sydney Jones
ARIBA. In 1904, he went into private practise and soon started work on an estate of thirty first-class residences in Strathfield. From this estate a row of houses, some semi–detached, survive at 42–58 Albert Road Strathfield. Other work at that time included a large shop and dwelling at Bondi and a terrace of seven cottages in
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. As early as 1906 he had completed a mansion, known as ''Lynton'', at 4 Clarence Street, Burwood. The house is now listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register. Its design is an ornately idiosyncratic version of the architecture of the Federation period. The complexity of the multi-gabled roof line makes the house a landmark in the district. It contains a
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, and has separate stables and a
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on its original curtilage. In 1908 he started doing design work for
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. He built four brick cottages next to the factory at Homebush and extensive brick stabling and wagon-sheds.


Marriage

Rickard married Ruby Charlotte Chaseling (1887–1965) on 2 March 1912 at Wesley Church, Redfern. At the wedding reception Rickard presented his new wife with the deeds to a new home in Strathfield. In September 1923, Ruby Rickard petitioned for divorce on the ground of desertion due to non-compliance to an order for restitution of conjugal rights. He later married Ruth McCracken in the USA.


War service

Rickard enlisted in Sydney on 1 February 1916 in the Army Service Corps. He embarked from Sydney on 4 May the same year and served for four years in France with the First Australian Imperial Force. After the armistice he studied to become an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects and returned to Australia via America at his own expense. He disembarked in Sydney on 10 April 1920 and was discharged from the army on 11 June 1920.


Los Angeles

After his demobilization he practised architecture in Los Angeles. In California Rickard designed homes, flats, shops and theatres and remained for 14 years before returning to Australia in 1935. In 1930 he was the architect and builder of the Dreyer residence at 816 Via Somonte, Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes Estates, California.


Later architecture

On his return from America, Rickard resumed his architectural practise in Sydney. In 1938 he designed the Spanish Mission style house, Sirocco, in
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. The house, showing the influence of his time in California, is now heritage-listed. He also designed the English-style cottage next door. Santa Barbara, in
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, is attributed to Rickard and shows his Californian influence.


Notable citizen

Rickard was profiled in the publication Notable Citizens of Sydney 1940. The book has a photo and caricature of each person together with a profile, including their vocation, birth, education, hobbies, recreations, address and special features. It marks his hobbies as being
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and his recreations as tennis and fishing. Rickard is listed as being a member of the Millions Club and the Commercial Travellers Association.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rickard, Stanley Noble 1883 births 1976 deaths Architects from Sydney People educated at Newington College New South Wales architects Architects from Los Angeles Federation architects Associates of the Royal Institute of British Architects Australian military personnel of World War I People from German New Guinea