List Entry Information
Status
Listed
List Entry Status
Historic Place Category 1
Access
Private/No Public Access
List Number
2506
Date Entered
28th June 1990
Date of Effect
28th June 1990
City/District Council
Invercargill City
Region
Southland Region
Legal description
Lot 2 DP 3130 Pt Lot 1 DP 4200 Pt Secs 10 & 11 Town of Inver.
Status
Listed
List Entry Status
Historic Place Category 1
Access
Private/No Public Access
List Number
2506
Date Entered
28th June 1990
Date of Effect
28th June 1990
City/District Council
Invercargill City
Region
Southland Region
Legal description
Lot 2 DP 3130 Pt Lot 1 DP 4200 Pt Secs 10 & 11 Town of Inver.
Why is this place significant?
Historic Significance
Historical Significance or Value This historic place was registered under the Historic Places Act 1980. This report includes the text from the original Building Classification Committee report considered by the NZHPT Board at the time of registration. There has been hotel business on this site for 113 years and in the present building for 93 years.
Physical Significance
This historic place was registered under the Historic Places Act 1980. This report includes the text from the original Building Classification Committee report considered by the NZHPT Board at the time of registration. ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY: The building is a competent, well-mannered essay in Edwardian Free style commercial architecture, the qualities of which can be summarised in the free asymmetrical planning of the building and in the external composition of the facades impressing fitness of purpose. TOWNSCAPE/LANDMARK VALUE: This hotel has long been a prominent landmark in Invercargill and remains so today.
Why is this place significant?
Historic Significance
Historical Significance or Value This historic place was registered under the Historic Places Act 1980. This report includes the text from the original Building Classification Committee report considered by the NZHPT Board at the time of registration. There has been hotel business on this site for 113 years and in the present building for 93 years.
Physical Significance
This historic place was registered under the Historic Places Act 1980. This report includes the text from the original Building Classification Committee report considered by the NZHPT Board at the time of registration. ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY: The building is a competent, well-mannered essay in Edwardian Free style commercial architecture, the qualities of which can be summarised in the free asymmetrical planning of the building and in the external composition of the facades impressing fitness of purpose. TOWNSCAPE/LANDMARK VALUE: This hotel has long been a prominent landmark in Invercargill and remains so today.
Construction Professional
Name
Gilbertson, Charles
Type
Architect
Biography
Charles Gilbertson's biographical details are not known but he is thought to have come to New Zealand from England. He was in partnership with one McKenzie until the latter went to Dunedin, leaving Gilbertson retaining the name of the firm, McKenzie and Gilbertson, in Invercargill. Gilbertson was responsible for many designs in Southland including the Invercargill Club and Christ Church, Clifton.
Name
Brodrick, Cuthbert John
Type
Architect
Biography
Cuthbert John Brodrick (1867-1946) was born in Invercargill, the fifth son of Thomas Brodrick. He was named for his uncle, the well-known Victorian architect Cuthbert Brodrick (1822-1905). Brodrick was educated at Southland Boys High School. In 1884 Brodrick was articled to F.W. Burwell and trained in the classical tradition, travelling to Melbourne with Burwell to complete his training. Brodrick returned to New Zealand in 1891 after architectural draughting in Queensland for the Government. In 1906 he married Jemima ('Nonnie') Thomson, stepdaughter of surveyor John Turnbull Thomson. After practising in Hawera for six years he returned to Invercargill. Brodrick entered into a partnership with his pupil Thomas Royds during World War One. Royds died in 1936. Brodrick retired from practice about 1943. During his career, he served as President of the Institute of Architects in 1911, as Vice-President in 1917, and as a member of the council in 1935. The first building he designed in Invercargill was the Alexandra building. Others (with partner Thomas Royds) included the Italian Renaissance Bank of New South Wales (1912), the Kaiapoi building, the Grand Hotel (1914), the Edwardian Baroque Southland Daily News (1913), the stripped Classical Invercargill Savings Bank (1926), the classical temple Masonic Lodge of St John (1926), the Georgian Waimahaka Homestead, and grandstands for the Southland Racing Club. Brodrick was also a member of the Borough Council for three terms and became Deputy Mayor.
Construction Details
Start Year
1896
Type
Original Construction
Start Year
1907
Type
Addition
Description
Three story addition to the north along Leven Street
Construction Materials
Brick with stone facings, window surrounds and parapet decoration. Internal joinery is wooden including the stair balustrade, doors and double hung windows.
Notable Features
Virtually unmodified Queen Anne decoration.
Construction Professional
Name
Gilbertson, Charles
Type
Architect
Biography
Charles Gilbertson's biographical details are not known but he is thought to have come to New Zealand from England. He was in partnership with one McKenzie until the latter went to Dunedin, leaving Gilbertson retaining the name of the firm, McKenzie and Gilbertson, in Invercargill. Gilbertson was responsible for many designs in Southland including the Invercargill Club and Christ Church, Clifton.
Name
Brodrick, Cuthbert John
Type
Architect
Biography
Cuthbert John Brodrick (1867-1946) was born in Invercargill, the fifth son of Thomas Brodrick. He was named for his uncle, the well-known Victorian architect Cuthbert Brodrick (1822-1905). Brodrick was educated at Southland Boys High School. In 1884 Brodrick was articled to F.W. Burwell and trained in the classical tradition, travelling to Melbourne with Burwell to complete his training. Brodrick returned to New Zealand in 1891 after architectural draughting in Queensland for the Government. In 1906 he married Jemima ('Nonnie') Thomson, stepdaughter of surveyor John Turnbull Thomson. After practising in Hawera for six years he returned to Invercargill. Brodrick entered into a partnership with his pupil Thomas Royds during World War One. Royds died in 1936. Brodrick retired from practice about 1943. During his career, he served as President of the Institute of Architects in 1911, as Vice-President in 1917, and as a member of the council in 1935. The first building he designed in Invercargill was the Alexandra building. Others (with partner Thomas Royds) included the Italian Renaissance Bank of New South Wales (1912), the Kaiapoi building, the Grand Hotel (1914), the Edwardian Baroque Southland Daily News (1913), the stripped Classical Invercargill Savings Bank (1926), the classical temple Masonic Lodge of St John (1926), the Georgian Waimahaka Homestead, and grandstands for the Southland Racing Club. Brodrick was also a member of the Borough Council for three terms and became Deputy Mayor.
Construction Details
Start Year
1896
Type
Original Construction
Start Year
1907
Type
Addition
Description
Three story addition to the north along Leven Street
Construction Materials
Brick with stone facings, window surrounds and parapet decoration. Internal joinery is wooden including the stair balustrade, doors and double hung windows.
Notable Features
Virtually unmodified Queen Anne decoration.
This historic place was registered under the Historic Places Act 1980. This report includes the text from the original Building Classification Committee report considered by the NZHPT Board at the time of registration. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: The main part of the building is symmetrical; the entrance is flanked on either side by four partially arched windows with ornamental square-headed windows with hood mould and ornamental keystones. The first floor central window is made up of three semi-circular arched windows with imposts and mouldings. These open on to a balcony with stone balustrading above the main entrance. There are further arched windows on either side resembling the main windows, except in having keystones; the same style of windows is continued on the 1907 addition. An elaborate parapet is made up of triangular pediments, stone balustrading, urns and an octagonal tower above the central window, the tower also having arched windows. Its octagonal ogee-shaped cupola has a cast-iron finial. The hotel is a colonial variation of the Edwardian Free style with borrowings from the Italianate, Queen Anne and Baroque Revival architecture popular in New Zealand at the time it was built. Queen Anne elements include the variety and placement of the windows, but more particularly the free use of a picturesque parapet with pediments, balustrades and a tower. More in the Italianate mode are the wide squareheaded window heads with hood moulds, the string courses, brackets, cornice and parapet. Baroque Revival elements may be seen in the style of the roof pediments which show a Dutch influenced Wren style. MODIFICATIONS: In 1907 a three-storey addition to the north along Leven Street was completed in a style resembling that of the original section. Later the 1896 structure was further amended by the removal of a portion of the building facing Esk Street. The hotel has been extensively renovated and updated. A fire escape now extends around the building at the level of the first floor windows.
This historic place was registered under the Historic Places Act 1980. This report includes the text from the original Building Classification Committee report considered by the NZHPT Board at the time of registration. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: The main part of the building is symmetrical; the entrance is flanked on either side by four partially arched windows with ornamental square-headed windows with hood mould and ornamental keystones. The first floor central window is made up of three semi-circular arched windows with imposts and mouldings. These open on to a balcony with stone balustrading above the main entrance. There are further arched windows on either side resembling the main windows, except in having keystones; the same style of windows is continued on the 1907 addition. An elaborate parapet is made up of triangular pediments, stone balustrading, urns and an octagonal tower above the central window, the tower also having arched windows. Its octagonal ogee-shaped cupola has a cast-iron finial. The hotel is a colonial variation of the Edwardian Free style with borrowings from the Italianate, Queen Anne and Baroque Revival architecture popular in New Zealand at the time it was built. Queen Anne elements include the variety and placement of the windows, but more particularly the free use of a picturesque parapet with pediments, balustrades and a tower. More in the Italianate mode are the wide squareheaded window heads with hood moulds, the string courses, brackets, cornice and parapet. Baroque Revival elements may be seen in the style of the roof pediments which show a Dutch influenced Wren style. MODIFICATIONS: In 1907 a three-storey addition to the north along Leven Street was completed in a style resembling that of the original section. Later the 1896 structure was further amended by the removal of a portion of the building facing Esk Street. The hotel has been extensively renovated and updated. A fire escape now extends around the building at the level of the first floor windows.
Historical and Associated Iwi / Hapū / Whānau
Completion Date
2nd February 1990
Information Sources
Porter, 1983
Frances Porter (ed), Historic Buildings of Dunedin, South Island, Methuen, Auckland, 1983.
Other Information
A copy of this report is available from the NZHPT Southern Region office Please note that entry on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rarangi Korero identifies only the heritage values of the property concerned, and should not be construed as advice on the state of the property, or as a comment of its soundness or safety, including in regard to earthquake risk, safety in the event of fire, or insanitary conditions. This historic place was registered under the Historic Places Act 1980. This report includes the text from the original Building Classification Committee report considered by the NZHPT Board at the time of registration.
Historical and Associated Iwi / Hapū / Whānau
Completion Date
2nd February 1990
Information Sources
Porter, 1983
Frances Porter (ed), Historic Buildings of Dunedin, South Island, Methuen, Auckland, 1983.
Other Information
A copy of this report is available from the NZHPT Southern Region office Please note that entry on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rarangi Korero identifies only the heritage values of the property concerned, and should not be construed as advice on the state of the property, or as a comment of its soundness or safety, including in regard to earthquake risk, safety in the event of fire, or insanitary conditions. This historic place was registered under the Historic Places Act 1980. This report includes the text from the original Building Classification Committee report considered by the NZHPT Board at the time of registration.
Former Usages
General Usage: Accommodation
Specific Usage: Hotel
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General Usage: Accommodation
Specific Usage: Hotel
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