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Historic houses : a visitor's guide to 65 early New Zealand houses / Linda Burgess ; photography by Robert Burgess.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland, N.Z. : Random House, 2007Description: 319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1869419138
  • 9781869419134
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 728.0993 22
LOC classification:
  • NA7472 .B87 2007
Contents:
Introduction -- Northland: Subritzky House ; Butler House ; Kerikeri Mission House ; Pompallier ; Treaty House ; Te Waimate Mission House ; Clendon House -- Auckland: Mansion House ; Wenderholm ; Kinder House ; Ewelme Cottage ; Alberton ; Highwic ; Howick Historical Village -- Waikato, Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty: Ring's House and Callaway House ; The Elms ; Firth Tower ; Woodlands -- Gisborne, Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa: Te Raukahikatea ; Oruawharo ; Norsewood Pioneer Cottage ; Brancepeth Station ; Sayer's Slab-Whare -- Taranaki, Wanganui and Rangitikei: New Plymouth houses ; Bushy Park Homestead ; Strachan's Cave ; Westoe -- Wellington: Golder's House ; Gear Homestead ; Katherine Mansfield's birthplace ; Homewood ; Nairn Street Cottage -- Nelson and Marlborough: Boulder Banks Lighthouse ; Stafford Place ; Broadgreen ; Nelson and Marlborough cottages ; Langley Dale Farm Homestead ; Fyffe House -- Canterbury: Tiptree Cottage ; Deans Cottage, Riccarton House and Homebush ; Akaroa houses ; The Cuddy -- Otago: Burnside Cottage ; Mitchell's Cottage and Gay Tan's Cottage ; Olveston ; Larnach's Castle ; Corstorphine House.
Summary: A well-researched guide to 65 historic houses covering the country. The houses, generally from the nineteenth century, range from tiny cobs to country mansions. They have been chosen because of their significance - they are either 'a first', were built by an architect of significance, or have been lived in by notable New Zealanders.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Northland: Subritzky House ; Butler House ; Kerikeri Mission House ; Pompallier ; Treaty House ; Te Waimate Mission House ; Clendon House -- Auckland: Mansion House ; Wenderholm ; Kinder House ; Ewelme Cottage ; Alberton ; Highwic ; Howick Historical Village -- Waikato, Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty: Ring's House and Callaway House ; The Elms ; Firth Tower ; Woodlands -- Gisborne, Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa: Te Raukahikatea ; Oruawharo ; Norsewood Pioneer Cottage ; Brancepeth Station ; Sayer's Slab-Whare -- Taranaki, Wanganui and Rangitikei: New Plymouth houses ; Bushy Park Homestead ; Strachan's Cave ; Westoe -- Wellington: Golder's House ; Gear Homestead ; Katherine Mansfield's birthplace ; Homewood ; Nairn Street Cottage -- Nelson and Marlborough: Boulder Banks Lighthouse ; Stafford Place ; Broadgreen ; Nelson and Marlborough cottages ; Langley Dale Farm Homestead ; Fyffe House -- Canterbury: Tiptree Cottage ; Deans Cottage, Riccarton House and Homebush ; Akaroa houses ; The Cuddy -- Otago: Burnside Cottage ; Mitchell's Cottage and Gay Tan's Cottage ; Olveston ; Larnach's Castle ; Corstorphine House.

A well-researched guide to 65 historic houses covering the country. The houses, generally from the nineteenth century, range from tiny cobs to country mansions. They have been chosen because of their significance - they are either 'a first', were built by an architect of significance, or have been lived in by notable New Zealanders.

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