Curator's House Explained

Curator's House
Address:7 Rolleston Avenue
Location Town:Christchurch
Location Country:New Zealand
Architect:Collins and Harman
Owner:Christchurch City Council
Floor Count:two
Architectural Style:Tudor Revival architecture
Roof:slate

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.

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. 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Summer 2008. Curators of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. Friends of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens Newsletter. 75. 18 December 2017. 22 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051141/http://www.friendschchbotanicgardens.org.nz/pages/newsletters.html.
  2. Web site: Curator's House . Heritage New Zealand . en-nz. 18 December 2017.
  3. News: DOMAINS BOARD . 4 August 1919 . Sun . Christchurch . VI . 1707 . 3 . Papers Past . en. 19 December 2017.
  4. Spring 2008. The Curator's House. Friends of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens Newsletter. 74. 18 December 2017. 24 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180124043800/http://www.friendschchbotanicgardens.org.nz/newsletters/Newsletter74-friendsofthebotanicgardens.pdf.
  5. 22 January 2015. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE HERITAGE ITEM NUMBER 473. Listed Heritage Place Heritage Assessment.