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Te Kāinga Aroha (Former)
Te Kāinga Aroha is a List of category 1 historic places in Auckland, category 1 historic place in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand that has been a private residence, a manse, and a hostel. History Te Kāinga Aroha is on the slopes above Freemans Bay. In 1840, the land on which Te Kāinga Aroha was built was transferred from Ngāti Whātua to the The Crown, Crown. By 1866, a one-storey building was built on the site, later to be replaced by a two-storey building in 1882, on the lower, northern side of the property. This building was briefly occupied by the Little Sisters of the Poor from 1888 to 1898. The land was later subdivided into two sections. In 1898, the building which would become Te Kāinga Aroha was originally constructed for Andrew Entrican on the higher, southern side of the land. He sold the villa in 1918 to Alex Youngson, a baker. From 1921 to 1943, it acted as the manse for St James' Presbyterian Church, Freemans Bay. In 1943, it was decided that it would become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italianate Architecture
The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture with picturesque aesthetics. The resulting style of architecture was essentially of its own time. "The backward look transforms its object," Siegfried Giedion wrote of historicist architectural styles; "every spectator at every period—at every moment, indeed—inevitably transforms the past according to his own nature." The Italianate style was first developed in Britain in about 1802 by John Nash, with the construction of Cronkhill in Shropshire. This small country house is generally accepted to be the first Italianate villa in England, from which is derived the Italianate architecture of the late Regency and early Victorian eras. The Italianate style was further developed and popularised by the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
