Curator's House
43°31′58″S 172°37′38″E / 43.532677°S 172.627156°E / -43.532677; 172.627156
The Curator's House is a historic building in the Christchurch Botanic Garden, in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was built for the Curator of the Botanic Gardens in 1920 and it is now home to a restaurant, called The Curator's House.
History
On the same site as the present Curator's House, a single-storey timber building was constructed in 1872 for the Christchurch Domain Curator, John Armstrong.[1] By 1919, the original wooden building was in poor condition and the current Curator's House was built in its place in 1920.[2] The Architectural firm Collins and Harman were employed in 1919 to design a two storied brick house with a slate roof.[3] It was finished in 1920 and the house was the residence for the curators of the Botanic Gardens up until 1984.[4] In 2000 it was renovated into a restaurant.[4]
Heritage registration
The building was registered as a heritage building by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust on 26 November 1981 with registration number 1863 classified as Category II listing.[2] The Christchurch City Council also lists the Curator's House as a Heritage Place for its "high historical and social significance for its association with the development and history of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens".[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Curators of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens". Friends of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens Newsletter. No. 75. Summer 2008.
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has extra text (help) - ^ a b "Curator's House | Heritage New Zealand". www.heritage.org.nz. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ "DOMAINS BOARD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 4 August 1919. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ a b "The Curator's House" (PDF). Friends of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens Newsletter. No.74. Spring 2008.
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has extra text (help) - ^ "STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE HERITAGE ITEM NUMBER 473". Listed Heritage Place Heritage Assessment. 22 January 2015.
External links
- Official website
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