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During 2015
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Albert Hotel, Hastings
201 Heretaunga Street East and 100 Karamu Road South, Hastings
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#1079)
Lost to: Redevelopment
The 1882 Albert Hotel was a significant element of the Hastings CBD. Prior to demolition, it was Hastings’ oldest inner city building and had operated continuously as a hotel for nearly 130 years. It was a rare survivor of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake, its 19th-century timber façade was prominent within the townscape of Art Deco and Spanish Mission commercial buildings.
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Cottage, Whangarei
26 Kensington Avenue, Whangarei
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#3914)
Lost to: Redevelopment - demolished September 2015
Reportedly built in the 1880s in the colonial cottage style, this rusticated weatherboard-clad, corrugated iron-roofed cottage building, had distinctive fretwork decorations on its veranda posts. It was demolished after restoration work uncovered a fatal amount of rotting timber which could not be remedied.
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Rangitawa, Halcombe
358 Pryces Line, Halcombe
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#1199)
Lost to: Demolition due to fire
Completed circa 1895 and situated amid farmland near Halcombe overlooking the Rangitikei River, Rangitawa was a generously sized rural homestead. The house was built for Herbert Pryce-Jones, a prominent local farmer, to a design by Wanganui architect Alfred Atkins (1850-1919) which was a characteristic 'Free' style building.
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Wai-iti Railway Station, Wai-iti
State Highway 6 (Wakefield-Murchison/Wakefield-Kohatu Highway), Wai-iti
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#5151)
Lost to: Unknown, date of loss: c. 2009-15
The Wai-iti Railway Station was constructed as part of the earliest section of the Nelson railway; the section from Nelson to Wai-iti, built between 1873 and 1876. After the railway line’s closure in 1955, stations along the line fell into disrepair and some were relocated (to Founders Heritage Park, for example). It is not known when the rest of the Wai-iti railway buildings were removed or demolished, but by 2009 the railway station building was said to be 'basically disintegrated', with only boards and iron remaining.
During 2014
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1904 Building, Feilding
61-69 Kimbolton Road, Feilding
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#5490)
Lost to: Redevelopment
The 1904 Building, also known as the Sandilands Building, was prominent in the streetscape of the Feilding town centre. The two-stored Edwardian Baroque commercial building was constructed in 1904 for lawyer, councillor and Mayor William A. Sandilands.
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House, Nelson
229 Haven Road, Nelson
Originally entered on the List as a Category 2 historic place (#3015)
Lost to: Storm/landslip
The house at 229 Haven Road was a single storey, turn of the century, weatherboard villa.
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Masonic Hall, Feilding
21 Kimbolton Road, Feilding
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#1230)
Lost to: Redevelopment
The foundation stone of the Masonic Hall in Feilding was laid in 1897, and the building was opened in 1898. An impressive masonry façade in the Edwardian Free Classical style, designed by C. Tilleard Natusch & Sons, was added in 1913, featuring a balustraded parapet atop a triangular pediment, with columns framing the central front door.
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Matawhero Bridge, Matawhero
Riverpoint Road, Matawhero
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#4359)
Lost to: Demolition
The Matawhero Bridge has historical significance as an important link in transport and communication networks. It was one of the few remaining of the small number of steel arch bridges built in New Zealand.
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McCallum's Shed, Winton
195 McCallum Road, Wilson's Crossing, Winton
Originally entered in the List as a Category 1 historic place (#3268)
Lost to: Demolition
McCallum's Shed was a dilapidated farm shed constructed from the remnant timbers of the 1860s Oreti Railway, and was a special reminder of the significance of railways in New Zealand's history.
During 2013
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Albion Hotel, Shannon
2 Grey Street and Plimmer Terrace, Shannon
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#4047)
Lost to: Fire
The Albion Hotel was built in 1916, replacing an earlier 1888 hotel which was destroyed by fire in 1915.
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Hawera Hospital Administration Block (former)
41 Hunter Street, Hawera
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#843)
Lost to: Redevelopment
The foundation stone was laid for the brick/concrete Hawera Hospital Administration Block (Former) on 24th August 1925 by then Minister of Health, Sir Maui Pomare. The building was officially opened on 18 February 1927.
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House, Invercargill
89 Ness Street, Invercargill
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#2489)
Lost to: Redevelopment
This wooden workers' cottage was built c. 1915. It was one of three such cottages on Ness Street, only one of which still remains today.
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Nelson Hospital Nurses' Home (former)
44 Franklyn Street, Nelson South
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#1604)
Lost to: Redevelopment
The building, most recently known as Dalton House, was built in 1916 to provide accommodation for nurses at Nelson Hospital, which was a training hospital. It was designed by Nelson architect Arthur Reynolds Griffin. For more information, see the website.
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During 2012
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Holland Hall, Westport
7 Lyndhurst Street and Russell Street, Westport
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#5067).
Lost to: Demolition - redevelopment
Holland Hall was constructed in 1905 with further additions in 1907 and 1913. It was one of Westport's oldest large buildings and had important links with the development of educational facilities in the district.
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House, 88 Brockworth Place
88 Brockworth Place, Riccarton, Christchurch
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#7285)
Lost to: Demolition
The house formerly located at 88 Brockworth Place, known as Brockworth or Washbourne House, was the second dwelling built in Riccarton.
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War Memorial, Fairlie
Fairlie
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#1811)
Lost to: Demolition
The War Memorial in Fairlie was built in 1929. It was decommissioned on 11 November 1999 and subsequently demolished. A new War Memorial was built in 2001 using new stone but reusing the plaques from the original memorial.
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Westburn Courts, Ashburton
201-213 West Street and Burnett Street, Ashburton
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#1810).
Lost to: Demolition
Westburn Courts was constructed in 1920 and designed by JS Guthrie.
During 2011
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Aorere River, Swingbridge, Tasman
Aorere River, Tasman
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#5123)
Lost to: Flood
The Aorere River Swingbridge, also known as the Salisbury Footbridge was destroyed in a flood on 28 December 2010.
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Aurora Hotel, Auckland
Corner 75 Victoria Street West and Federal Street, Auckland
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#4927)
Lost to: Demolition (Health and safety)
Aurora Hotel was built in 1884.
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Canterbury Roller Flour Mill Original Building, Ashburton
415 West Street, Ashburton
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#1802)
Lost to: Fire
Canterbury Roller Flour Mill Original Building was built in 1873.
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Canterbury Roller Flour Mill Original Concrete Store, Ashburton
415 West Street, Ashburton
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#1803)
Lost to: Fire
Canterbury Roller Flour Mill Original Concrete Store was built in 1875.
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Cottage and Former Shop, Addington
387 Selwyn Street, Addington, Christchurch
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#3812)
Lost to: Redevelopment
The Cottage and Former Shop at 387 Selwyn Street, Addington, Christchurch comprised a simple colonial timber cottage set back from the road and a timber shop building fronting directly onto the street. The cottage was built in the 1870s or early 1880s.
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House, Phillipstown
303 Ferry Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#1889)
Lost to: Fire
The house at 303 Ferry Road had historical significance as a rare surviving example of the 19th century timber dwellings which were once distributed along Ferry Road, an important colonial route betwee the city of Christchurch and the port at Ferrymead.
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Hollybrook Stables, Woodside
474 Maungatua Road, Woodside
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#4740)
Lost to: Demolition
Built in the 1870s, the Hollybrook Stables were identified as part of a group of farming buildings built by an early pioneer in the Otago Region, William Heenan, and include a barn, granary and implement shed. The stables were noted for their combination of stone walls and timber gabled roof, as well as the interesting interior layout and construction techniques. The building was unfortunately demolished by the owners at some point between 2011 and 2012.
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Mangaotuku Truss Bridge, Stratford
State Highway 3, Stratford
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#920)
Lost to: Flood
This bridge was built around 1905 and destroyed in a flood on 15 February 2011.
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Wairau Public Hospital Original Building, Blenheim
30-32 Hospital Road, Witherlea, Blenheim
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#2966)
Lost to: Demolition
The Wairau Public Hospital Original Building, opened in December 1915, was from the fourth incarnation of hospital facilities in the district, and the second phase of the hospital on the current site. The 1915 buildings were presumably the oldest in the hospital complex at the time of registration in 1982, which may explain the ‘Original Hospital Building’ reference.
During 2010
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Magistrate's Court, Kaikoura
17 Killarney Street, Kaikoura
Originally entered in the List as a Category 2 historic place (#3070)
Lost to: Fire
Kaikoura's Magistrate’s Court was a colonial timber building constructed around 1881 on the site of an earlier court house.
