Civic Trust Auckland newsletter no. 2 September 2017

At short notice, Civic Trust held a third Winter Lecture at Huntly House in Grafton last Sunday, 27 August, 2017. Huntly House, Category B listed with Auckland Council,  was built in 1875  for Captain James Stone, and is a magnificent example of the era of early concrete houses. Simon Dowd,...

At short notice, Civic Trust held a third Winter Lecture at Huntly House in Grafton last Sunday, 27 August. Huntly House, Category B listed with Auckland Council,  was built in 1875  for Captain James Stone, and is a magnificent example of the era of early concrete houses. Simon Dowd, son...

Building 5 at Greenlane Hospital is still empty, neglected and surrounded by a mesh fence 10 years after it was mothballed in 2007. Civic Trust has been regularly contacting the Auckland District Health Board over the years to find out the intentions for the building. Its in a neglected condition,...

On Thursday 24 August Auckland Council Hearing Commissioners heard the application to demolish the Category B St James Sunday School Hall at 31 Esplanade Rd Mt Eden. The applicants View West want consent to demolish the 1885 Gothic early concrete building to facilitate the conversion of the adjacent St James...

Civic Trust’s second Winter Lecture was held in brilliant winter sunshine at the modernist Donner House in Titirangi, on Sunday 30 July 2017. Owner Paul Jenkins, an architect, has spent the best part of the last 20 years restoring and maintaining the 1940’s house that noted City Architect Tibor Donner...

Civic Trust’s second Winter Lecture was held in brilliant winter sunshine at the modernist Donner House in Titirangi, on Sunday 30 July. Owner Paul Jenkins, an architect, has spent the best part of the last 20 years restoring and maintaining the 1940’s house that noted City Architect Tibor Donner built...

Waitematā Local Board member Vernon Tava has created an interactive map of heritage sites in the local board area. Vernon Tava says, “Auckland Council holds a wealth of information about historic and cultural heritage but it isn’t always in a form that is readily accessible. I am very proud of...

Work upgrading Auckland’s historic St James Theatre is continuing, despite the cancellation of a $250 million associated apartment tower, says Steve Bielby, the developer leading the restoration. Read the latest Herald article here:

The magnificent dark wooden interior of the Selwyn Library,  built in 1861, with its great diagonal bracing running from ceiling to floor makes a powerful impression. The group of around 30 was treated to a lecture  by Dr  Warren  Limbrick on Bishop Selwyn and Frederick Thatcher, and how Bishopscourt came...