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.
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.