Hedley Norman Carr

(21 March 1904 – 9 June 1966) was an Australian architect active in the mid 20th century as a partner of Hedley Carr Allen & Watts.

[2] He graduated from the Department of Architecture at Sydney Technical College (STC) in 1928 having served his articles under Old Newingtonian architect Arthur Anderson.

[5] In 1938, Carr was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects for the best building erected in London that year.

The building is faced with soft-toned red brick with stone dressings and the entrance halls and all doors in the principal rooms are of Australian walnut.

[6] In 1939, after returning to Australia from six years working aboard Carr designed a family home Finedon in Ryrie Street, Mosman and much of its furniture.

[7] When the home was sold by the Carr family in 1983 it was photographed and some of the furniture was acquired by the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales as representative of 1930s Sydney design.

[11] In 1939, Carr designed a memorial church for the Berry family in Trundle, New South Wales to celebrate their arrival in that district in 1888.