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Registration Type
Historic Place Category 2
Register Number
5434
Date Registered
20-Feb-1992
Legal Description
Governors Bay Reserve 5222 Blk 3, Halswell Survey Dist.
City/District Council
Christchurch City
Region
Canterbury Region
Summary
This historic place was registered under the Historic Places Act 1980. This report includes the text from the original Proposal for Classification report considered by the NZHPT Board at the time of registration.
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 .
Construction Dates
- Original Construction: 1868 (circa)
- Other: 2010 (circa)
Other Information
A copy of the original report is available from the NZHPT Southern region office
Report Written By
Mary O'Keeffe
Report Completed
5-Feb-1992
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