The Star: February 01, 2024

The Star Thursday February 1 2024
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Central city’s rich colonial history
• By Chris Barclay
TWO NOTABLE colonial-era
properties on Cranmer Square are
on the market as a package deal.
Well recognisable to those who
drive or walk past the inner city
green space, the neighbouring
heritage status wooden properties
boast a rich history.
Now a three-bedroom house
on the corner of Cranmer Square
and Kilmore St, the two-storey
construction is one of the city’s
oldest remaining retail premises,
having served as the adjacent
Christchurch Normal School’s
unofficial tuckshop.
It is believed to have been built
in the early 1870s by victualler
(food and beverage retailer)
Charles Dann.
TWO STORIES: A pair of
colonial-era buildings with
notable history on Cranmer
Square are up for sale –
Nos 40 (red) and 38 (green).
Annie Clifford
Ownership transferred to Elias
and Susan Gaudin, the latter
overseeing the shop until she
died in 1896.
The property remained in
the Gaudin family until 1943,
though the shop was taken over
by the Gardiner family in the late
1880s, who ran it until it became
part of Annie Clifford’s extensive
rental portfolio and was converted
into two flats.
It is assessed under the city
council’s District Plan as having
high heritage and cultural
significance as an example of
a former way of life for 19th
century retailers in the city, plus
the “societal habit” of converting
inner-city colonial buildings
into rental accommodation. That
status means any new owner
would need resource consent to
demolish it and redevelop the
site.
The same applies to the dwelling
at No 38. Known as ‘Little
Red Cottage’, although it is now
painted green, it was also classified
as having high historical
significance as one of the earliest
remaining inner-city houses, and
its association with prominent
Cantabrians of yesteryear.
Built in 1859 by Alfred Creyke,
the cottage was soon sold to the
Roach family, who occupied it
from 1859 to 1931.
From 1940 until 1962 it was
home to Effie Pascoe, mother of
renowned architect Paul Pascoe
(1908-1976), who designed
new terminals at Christchurch,
Wellington and Rarotonga
international airports between
1957 and the late 1970s.
Pascoe’s twin brother John
(1908-1972) was a renowned
mountaineer, photographer
and writer who is credited with
summiting more than 100 South
Island peaks, 23 of which were
first ascents. He was appointed
as an official war photographer
in World War 2, focusing on
social experiences of workers in
wartime New Zealand.
He 1955 he became the
founding secretary of the
National Historic Places trust.
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