Carrigafoyle

• 1903
• (00053:99:5614); Wellington Terrace [195 The Terrace], dwelling
• 1921
• (00432:528:446600); 195 The Terrace
• 1924
• (00055:30:A2850); 195 The Terrace, erect garage
• 1937
• (00056:195:B17051); 193-195 The Terrace [193 The Terrace], erect four storey block of flats to the north of the original villa. The flats are also known as Carrigafoyle.
• 1982
• (00058:0:C59419); 195 The Terrace, repile; 00058:0:C60058; 195 The Terrace, convert dwelling to two flats
• 1985
• (00058:0:C67041); 195 The Terrace, garage SR 9079553 , Bldg Cons<500K, Garage(s), Site Address is 195 The Terrace
• 1988
• (00059:636:D11351); 195 The Terrace, carport; 00277:1325:8; Subdivision, 193-195 The Terrace, Carrigafoyle Flats Ltd and Carrigafoyle 1940-; SR 8016401, Bldg Cons<500K, Adds and Alts, Site Address is 195 The Terrace
• 2000
• (00078:1012:69054); 195 The Terrace, conversion of attic into two apartments
• 2003
• SR 69054, Bldg Cons<500K, Convert attic into two new apartments., Completed

Not assessed

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Carrigafoyle is a very large early Edwardian residence, built over four floors, with a floor area of over 830m2. It features unique stained glass windows, carved woodwork, and elaborate plaster (or possibly paper-maché) ceilings. The glass was designed by Charles Carter, a former apprentice of Charles Groves of London, and is considered by the NZHPT to be one of the three best examples of domestic stained glass work in New Zealand. The house once housed New Zealand’s largest private native bird collection and this is now held in the Canterbury Museum.

The main (western) elevation faces The Terrace and features bracketed eaves, decorative gables with carved fretwork and finials, ‘stick-style’ applied decoration over rusticated weatherboards and timber sash windows.

The modern loft conversion including south window and roof-top addition are poorly conceived and detract from the heritage value of the house.

Rusticated timber weatherboards

Timber framing, floor joists and rafters

Corrugated mild steel roof (this may be a modern replacement for an earlier Marseille tile roof)

Carrigafoyle house is set at the southern (residential) end of The Terrace. To the north are the Carrigafoyle Flats, erected in 1937-38 for the owners of Carrigafoyle house, and further north is the tall Jellicoe Towers apartment block. The fine Edwardian villa, Somerled House (1902) (Category II, WCC ref 17/294), is situated to the north-west and other lesser Edwardian villas line The Terrace on both sides of the road to the south. The Terrace descends to the north of Jellicoe Towers and this reduces the impact and scale of the high-rise office buildings that are visible in the near-distance.

• 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?

  Carrigafoyle is a grand Edwardian villa with a particularly fine interior.

• 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?

  Carrigafoyle is one of a group of large Edwardian villas situated at the south of The Terrace, a street that was once one of the premier residential districts in Wellington.

• Association

  Is the item associated with an important historic event, theme, pattern, phase, or activity?

  The house has had a typical representative history as a fine, grand, residence that was later subdivided into use as apartments.

• Archaeological

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

  Central City NZAA R27/270

• Technological

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

  The building has technological value for its fine stained glass windows.

• 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?

  The house has had few intrusive modern alterations or additions (with the exception of the roof extension and the additional southern windows) in the past 110 years, and contributes to the sense of place and continuity of The Terrace.

• 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?

  The building has retained much of its original built fabric

• Rare

  Is the item rare, unique, unusual, seminal, influential, or outstanding?

  The building houses a rare collection of stained glass windows

• Representative

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

  The building is a good representative example of a large Edwardian villa

Not assessed

• ‘Carrigafoyle’, NZHPT website accessed August 2013
• Evening Post, 6 September 1919, Page 8
• PERSONAL MATTERS Evening Post, 13 August 1919, Page 8
• TRADE AND FINANCE Evening Post, 12 October 1937, Page 12
• WCC archives 00056_195_B17051
• WCC Archives 00053_99_5614
• WCC Heritage Inventory 2001 Appendix III

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