The 1868 school and school house have regional importance as two of only a few school buildings surviving from the Provincial Government period in Canterbury. The two buildings have a rare association of both surviving together on the original site. The buildings are associated with prominent Canterbury and Chatham Island pioneers: naturalist Thomas Potts gifted the land upon which the buildings stand; Rev. Henry Torlesse, who was the first chairman of the school committee; and Mable Chudleigh, wife of Edward Chudleigh, early European settler on the Chathams, and daughter of Thomas Potts. She donated to the school the bell from the wreck of the "Ocean Mail", wrecked on the Chathams in March 1877.
List Entry Information
Status
Listed
List Entry Status
Historic Place Category 2
Access
Private/No Public Access
List Number
5434
Date Entered
20th February 1992
Date of Effect
20th February 1992
City/District Council
Christchurch City
Region
Canterbury Region
Extent of List Entry
Extent includes part of the land described as Res 5222 (RT 46368, NZ Gazette 1993, p. 924), Canterbury Land District and the building known as Governors Bay School (Former) thereon. See extent map tabled at the Rārangi Kōrero Committee meeting on 30 May 2019.
Legal description
Res 5222 (RT 46368, NZ Gazette 1993, p. 924), Canterbury Land District
Status
Listed
List Entry Status
Historic Place Category 2
Access
Private/No Public Access
List Number
5434
Date Entered
20th February 1992
Date of Effect
20th February 1992
City/District Council
Christchurch City
Region
Canterbury Region
Extent of List Entry
Extent includes part of the land described as Res 5222 (RT 46368, NZ Gazette 1993, p. 924), Canterbury Land District and the building known as Governors Bay School (Former) thereon. See extent map tabled at the Rārangi Kōrero Committee meeting on 30 May 2019.
Legal description
Res 5222 (RT 46368, NZ Gazette 1993, p. 924), Canterbury Land District
Construction Details
Start Year
1868
Type
Original Construction
Construction Details
Start Year
1868
Type
Original Construction
Historical and Associated Iwi / Hapū / Whānau
Completion Date
5th February 1992
Report Written By
Mary O'Keeffe
Other Information
This place was identified as significant under previous legislation with different information requirements. It remains significant under the current legislation. There is opportunity under our legislation and policies to add to this information. Further information about this place may be available from the Southern Regional Office of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. A copy of the original 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.
Historical and Associated Iwi / Hapū / Whānau
Completion Date
5th February 1992
Report Written By
Mary O'Keeffe
Other Information
This place was identified as significant under previous legislation with different information requirements. It remains significant under the current legislation. There is opportunity under our legislation and policies to add to this information. Further information about this place may be available from the Southern Regional Office of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. A copy of the original 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.
Former Usages
General Usage: Education
Specific Usage: School
Former Usages
General Usage: Education
Specific Usage: School
