| Peterborough Centre | |
| Former Names: | Teachers' College Building |
| Map Type: | New Zealand Christchurch street |
| Map Alt: | Map of Christchurch Central City |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Building Type: | Education building |
| Architectural Style: | Gothic Revival |
| Client: | Canterbury Education Board |
| Location: | corner Peterborough and Montreal Streets |
| Address: | 25 Peterborough Street |
| Location Town: | Christchurch |
| Location Country: | New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | -43.525°N 172.6297°W |
| Completion Date: | 1930 |
| Architect: | George Penlington |
| Ren Architect: | Stewart Ross |
The Peterborough Centre, the former Teachers' College Building, is located on the corner of Peterborough and Montreal Streets in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is a Category II heritage building. As a result of the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, it suffered NZ$12 million in damage.
Completed in 1930, the Christchurch Teachers’ Training College was designed in Gothic Revival style by George Penlington, the Canterbury Education Board Architect. The unstable ground, with a high peat content, caused the building to settle and crack within a year of construction.[1] The training college had a close connection to the nearby Christchurch Normal School, later known as Cranmer Court. The Normal School provided a 'normal' school environment where since 1877, trainee teachers could observe their experienced peers in a teaching environment. The trainee teachers were based at the Normal School until the Teachers' College Building was built for them.[2]
Stewart Ross was the architect responsible for converting the school into the current Peterborough apartments,[1] while Robert Douglas Brown was the developer.[3] An underground car park was created in the courtyard as part of the conversion to apartments. The survey plans for the subdivision into individual titles are from 1998.[4]
On 26 November 1981, the building was registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category II historic place, with the registration number 1914. The apartment conversion received a 'Heritage and Conservation Award' from the New Zealand Institute of Architects.