Former Post and Telegraph Building, Wellington explained

Former Post & Telegraph Building
Architectural Style:	Art Deco
Location:	Herd and Chaffers Streets, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates:	-41.2908°N 174.7848°W
Completion Date:	1939
Architect:	Edmund Anscombe

The former Post and Telegraph Building, now known as Chaffers Dock Apartments, is a building located in Wellington, New Zealand.

The building, located on Herd Street, was designed by Edmund Anscombe and built in 1939. The building is situated on reclaimed land, and sits on about 400 concrete piles up to 18m long.^{[1] [2]} It originally had two full-size tennis courts on the roof, but these were demolished during World War II to make way for a sixth storey.^[3] The building ceased to be used by New Zealand Post in the late 1980s.

The building was refurbished in the mid-2000s, and currently houses a mix of apartments, restaurants and shops. It has a Category II listing with Heritage New Zealand.^[4]

External links

• Anscombe's building and the royal yacht HMY Britannia 1963
• Wellington City Council - Heritage on the Waterfront

Notes and References

1. Book: Kernohan, David. Wellington's Old Buildings. Victoria University Press. 1994. 0 86473 267 8. Wellington, New Zealand. 170.
2. News: 22 Apr 1938. P. and T. Building. Evening Post. 6 Sep 2021. Paperspast.
3. Web site: Wellington City Council - Heritage on the Waterfront . 6 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081014064037/http://www.wellingtonwaterfront.co.nz/history/heritage_on_the_waterfront/ . 14 October 2008 . dead .
4. Web site: Post and Telegraph Building . 27 March 2021 . Heritage New Zealand.