Daresbury (house)
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Daresbury, formerly known as Daresbury Rookery is a mansion in the style of the Arts and Crafts Movement between Fendalton Road and Daresbury Lane in Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand. It is considered one of the best works of the architect Samuel Hurst Seager.
History
Daresbury was designed by Samuel Hurst Seager for the wine and brandy merchant George Humphreys. The house was built in 1897-1901. It is considered one of the best big houses Seager. Originally the house was on a ten -acre plot, which was separated from the land of the Deans family of Riccarton. It has been extended to 1910, when it comprised 50 rooms and five servants lived in it.
Jane Deans planted in 1862 on the property 100 Blue Gums. Rooks, English rook nests in these trees, from which the name Daresbury Rookery results. But in the 1930s the trees were infested with chalcid, which is why the birds disappeared. A blizzard added the trees to 1945 further damage. The last rubber tree was like in 1952.
Between 1940 and 1950 Daresbury was the official residence of the Governor-General. Over time, the land was divided, and 1954 were 20 parcels sold as building plots. Today, the house belonging to the land has an area of approximately 0.91 hectares (9100 square meters).
The building was registered as historical monuments on 2 April 1985 by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust under number 3659 as a class A. After changing the classification system, the building later became a Historic Place in the Category I.
The property was owned by the family until 1985. Later it belonged to Libby and Denver Glass, who had to sell it later, finally bought back in a foreclosure sale of the contractors Dennis Thompson and Sharon Bartlett, 2008.
The couple left the Glass building reinforce the effects of earthquakes, but the Darfield Earthquake of 2010 fell one of the six large chimneys and smashed through the roof. The remaining chimneys were taken down with a crane.
Architecture and Awards
Daresbury is an example of the style of the English Domestic Revival, which is also known as the Arts and Crafts Movement. It is built of brick, and the upper floors have wood truss on.
1932 won the gardens of the house a competition of Christchurch Horticultural Society. 2010, the property for the restoration and renovation was awarded the Supreme Award from the Christchurch Civic Trust. The award ceremony took place on 30 November, so a few weeks after Daresbury was significantly damaged by the Canterbury earthquake on September 4, 2010.