The Pirate House
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
A poem by Leslie McKay titled, "The Pirate House".
A poem by Leslie McKay titled, "The Pirate House".
A PDF of the design brief for the Whole House Reuse Project.
A PDF of the entire Whole House Reuse Catalogue of Resources.
In 1874 this modest two-storey farm house was built on the outskirts of Christchurch. It’s not the sort of house we normally see in Christchurch, in part because of its age, but also because it was built as a farm house, … Continue reading →
Register Record for Weston House, 62 Park Terrace, Christchurch.
So, that message in a bottle? Well, it turns out it wasn’t the only interesting thing about the site it came from. A fellmongery, German Danes, shoes… read on! First up, the bottle came from under a house built in … Continue reading →
Drunkeness was a serious problem in Christchurch by the late 1870s. It didn’t help that for a city of its size, there were 47 hotels and breweries as opposed to just 10 dentists and chemist …
Building Record Form for Weston House,62 Park Terrace, Christchurch.
Register Record for Linwood House, 30 Linwood Avenue, Linwood, Christchurch
Register Record for Hagley House, 6 Wood Lane, Fendalton, Christchurch
Building Record Form for Hagley House, 6 Wood Lane, Christchurch
Building Record Form for Godley House, Waipapa Avenue, Diamond Harbour
Building Record Form for Wave House, 194 Gloucester Street, Christchurch.
Building Record Form for Elizabeth House, 6 Circuit Street, Christchurch
Registration Report for Linwood House, 30 Linwood Avenue, Linwood, Christchurch
Building Record Form for Rosary House, 128 Park Terrace.
Registration Report for Cracroft House, 151 Cashmere Road, Christchurch.
Register Record for Cracroft House, 151 Cashmere Road, Christchurch.
Beside Christchurch’s Town Hall, stood Solomon Nashelski’s hardware and ironmonger’s shop. Called ‘Melbourne House’, this small shop was later replaced with a permane…
Register Record for the former Librarian's House, 109 Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch
Building Record Form for Linwood House, 30 Linwood Avenue, Linwood, Christchurch
Building Record Form for Haskell House, 250 Williams Street, Kaiapoi.
Building Record Form for the former Librarian's House, 109 Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch
Building Record Form for Nazareth House Chapel, 216 Brougham Street, Christchurch.
Building Record Form for the former Warwick House, 52 Armagh Street, Christchurch.
A PDF copy of pages 144-145 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'WikiHouse Prototype'. Photos with permission: Wikihouse through Creative Commons
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 14 November 2012 entitled, "Garden, may I be your house?".
Christchurch’s newest and grandest hotel in the first decade of the 1900s was the Clarendon Hotel situated on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street. It replaced the former two-sto…
Building Record Form for Fleming House, 138-148 Park Terrace, Christchurch.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 18 October 2011 entitled, "Bye Bye Big House".