Daisy Hill Farm House
Daisy Hill Farm House is a historic building in Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand.
Daisy Hill Farm House | |
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General information | |
Location | 15 Truscott Avenue, Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand |
Coordinates | 41.226107°S 174.795983°E |
Completed | 1857 |
Designated | 25-Sep-1986 |
Reference no. | 4110 |
The house was built in about 1860 for Robert Bould, a pioneer farmer.[1] He came to New Zealand with the New Zealand Company in the early 1840s and bought land for a sheep farm in Johnsonville in 1853.[2]
Between the world wars, the sheep farm became a dairy farm, run by Hayes and later Martelli. The land supported nearly forty Jerseys, brindles and Ayrshires without extra crops for feed.[3]
Built in a simplified Georgian style, it is one of the few remaining houses of this type in Wellington. The building is classified as a Category I ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.[2]
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References
- Cattell, J (1986) "Historic Buildings of Wellington" Wellington: Government Printing Office
- "Daisy Hill Farm House". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- Bremner, Julie (1987). Wellington’s Northern Suburbs 1919-1945. Wellington: Millwood Press. p. 95. ISBN 0-908582-80-3.