Shop / Dwelling

• 1901 - unknown
• Original construction
• 2007 - unknown
• 288 Cuba Street, repile (00078:2082:156601)
• 2007 - unknown
• 288 Cuba Street, renovation and restoration of heritage listed building with addition (00078:3160:166999)

• 1905 - unknown
• Mrs Phoebe Neil, ladies nurse, and Mrs Frances Lowcay (Stones 1905)
• 1910 - 1940
• Christian Imandt, dyer (Stones 1910-11, 1915-16, 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1940)
• 1945 - 1955
• Harvey Imandt, presser (Stones 1945, Wises 1950-51, 1955)
• 1961 - 1975
• Mrs Mary Imandt (Wises 1961-62, 1967-68, 1975)
• 1955 - unknown
• Modern Electronic Services (Wises 1955)
• 1980 - unknown
• Mr Smiles (Wises 1980)
• unknown - unknown
• Not listed after this time.

Not assessed

This shop/dwelling is an attractive representative of the NZ timber Italianate tradition. It is of timber framed construction, clad in shiplap weatherboards, with a corrugated iron roof. It retains a significant amount of original details that are typical of the Carpenter architecture of the period. The verandah-balcony has a fretwork valance below with decorative railing, posts, and fretwork above. The detail on the building has been sensitively handled, and the attenuated dimensions of the shop window mullions, posts, and balcony railings, form a pleasant composition. The upper storey has overhanging bracketed eaves, a hood over the French doors, and an arched sash window – all of which contribute to a sense of visual interest and intrigue to the street facing façade.

In 2007 the building underwent extensive restoration and renovation. Work from this time includes the new corrugated coloursteel roof, the bull-nosed roof to the first floor terrace, and an addition to the rear of the property.

Timber shiplap weatherboards

Timber joinery and detailing

Corrugated coloursteel roofing

This building is found in Block 7 of the WCC Cuba Street Conservation Area.

The block is comprised of mostly two storied buildings with the exception of a three storied property on the Webb Street corner. The new motorway extension cuts through Cuba Street at Karo Drive. Block 7 comprises a mix of buildings in residential and commercial use that include.

280 Cuba Street
Masonry buildings with elaborate decorative elements
Thistle Hall (1907)
1935 ‘Moderne’ Lampard Flats
Several two-storied timber buildings with original or early shop fronts

• Architectural

  Does the item have architectural or artistic value for characteristics that may include its design, style, era, form, scale, materials, colour, texture, patina of age, quality of space, craftsmanship, smells, and sounds?

  288 Cuba Street is a good representative example of an Edwardian shop/dwelling that was designed in the NZ timber Italianate tradition. The building is notable for its pleasant, and well-articulated, street façade that features a two-storey verandah that is enriched with timber ornamentation. The shopfront, fenestration and chimneys are also notable early/original features.

• Group

  Is the item part of a group of buildings, structures, or sites that taken together have coherence because of their age, history, style, scale, materials, or use?

  This building is part of a group of two-storey timber shop/dwellings at the southern end of the Cuba Street Heritage Area.

• Townscape

  Does the item have townscape value for the part it plays in defining a space or street; providing visual interest; its role as a landmark; or the contribution it makes to the character and sense of place of Wellington?

  This shop/dwelling adds significant visual interest, character, and sense of place to the southern end of Cuba Street.

• Association

  Is the item associated with an important person, group, or organisation?

  This shop/dwelling has a typical and uneventful history for a residential and commercial building in Wellington.

• Archaeological

  Does the item have archaeological value for its ability to provide scientific information about past human activity?

  This building is included in the NZAA Central City Archaeological Area R27/270, and is in an area known to be associated with pre 1900 human activity (European and Maori).

• Technological

  Does the item have technological value for its innovative or important construction methods or use of materials?

  There is technical value in the construction materials of the original house, and in the craftsmanship of the timberwork.

• Identity Sense Of Place Continuity

  Is the item a focus of community, regional, or national identity? Does the item contribute to sense of place or continuity?

  This building is an important part of the local community and makes a contribution to the wider setting of Cuba Street. It contributes significantly to the sense of place and continuity in the central city.

• Authentic

  Does the item have authenticity or integrity because it retains significant fabric from the time of its construction or from later periods when important additions or modifications were carried out?

  This house has had few listed modifications made other than the renovation and restoration carried out in 2007. This work repaired the building where possible, replacing some materials such as rotten timbers, and replacing the roof with a new corrugated coloursteel roof. The building retains significant amounts of original materials and has authenticity of materials, craftsmanship, design, and setting. It also retains economic and functional use values.

• Local Regional National International

  Is the item important for any of the above characteristics at a local, regional, national, or international level?

  This house is locally significant for its architectural, townscape, and group values, its historic associations, its archaeological, and technical values, and its authenticity. 

  
  

• Representative

  Is the item a good example of the class it represents?

  This shop/dwelling is a good representative of an Italianate shop/dwelling built in materials and using techniques common to the period. It has had a typical and representative history for a residential/commercial building.

• Cooper, Theresa. ‘288 Cuba Street.’ Wellington City Council. Unpublished heritage assessment prepared for SR 156892, 2007.
• Kelly, Michael, and Russell Murray. Cuba Street Heritage Area Report. Wellington City Council: Unpublished report, prepared for Plan Change 48, 2006.
• Wellington City Council. Cuba Street Heritage Area spreadsheet (blocks 1-3). Wellington City Council: Unpublished report, prepared for Plan Change 48, 2006.
• Wellington City Council. Wellington Heritage Building Inventory 1995. Wellington City Council, 1995.
• 2007 288 Cuba Street, repile (00078:2082:156601)
• 2007 288 Cuba Street, renovation and restoration of heritage listed building with addition (00078:3160:166999)

• Inventory Report

Not available