William Brassington (1837 or 1841 – 3 March 1905) was a stonemason, sculptor and builder practising in Christchurch, New Zealand in the late 19th century.
His sculptured carving on many of the city's unique Gothic revival public buildings is regarded as some of the finest in the Southern Hemisphere.
His work is celebrated around New Zealand and he died when he was around 65 Brassington was born in Nottingham, England, and trained, like his father, to be a stonemason.
Brassington's partnership with John Kennington won the duo the prestigious commission of building the castle-like Lyttelton Timeball Station, built of volcanic red stone, and which was completed in 1876.
In 1889 Brassington emigrated again, this time to Melbourne, Australia, where he seems to have abandoned his masonry career in favour of the Warrandyte goldfield.