List Of Historic Places In Christchurch
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This list of Heritage New Zealand-listed places in Christchurch contains those buildings and structures that are listed, or were listed in early 2011, with
Heritage New Zealand Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (initially the National Historic Places Trust and then, from 1963 to 2014, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust; in ) is a Crown entity that advocates for the protection of Archaeology of New Zealand, ancest ...
(formerly known as Historic Places Trust) in
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, New Zealand. The list is confined to the boundaries of Christchurch prior to amalgamation with the Banks Peninsula District in March 2006.


Heritage New Zealand-listed places in Christchurch

There are two registers of heritage places in Christchurch. One is the national register administered by Heritage New Zealand and the other is the register in the Christchurch City Plan. The scope of this article is the Heritage New Zealand register only. There are four parts to the national register; historic places, historic areas, Wahi Tapu (places sacred to
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) and Wahi Tapu areas. Christchurch has listings in the former two categories. , there were 315 historic places and seven historic areas listed. In August 2011, Heritage New Zealand started the process of removing listings of buildings demolished after the earthquakes, starting with the
Manchester Courts Manchester Courts, earlier known as the MLC Building, was a commercial high-rise building in the Christchurch Central City. Built in 1905–1906 for the New Zealand Express Company, it was at the time the tallest commercial building in Christchur ...
and the NZ Trust and Loan Building entries.


Heritage loss

Some of the listed buildings suffered damage to varying degrees in the 4 September
2010 Canterbury earthquake The 2010 Canterbury earthquake (also known as the Darfield earthquake) struck the South Island of New Zealand with a moment magnitude scale, moment magnitude of 7.1 at on , and had a maximum perceived intensity of X (''Extreme'') on the Mercal ...
. Manchester Courts in the
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was the only listed building that was demolished after that earthquake. This was only the beginning of a loss of heritage, however; the situation was entirely different when the 22 February
2011 Christchurch earthquake A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. New Zealand Daylight Time, local time (23:51 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC, 21 February). The () earthquake struck the Canterbury Region ...
occurred, with some of the listed buildings damaged, and many more lost or to be lost as a result of action by Civil Defence after the earthquake, and the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's clearance and redevelopment plans. Some heritage buildings fully collapsed during the earthquake, for example the
Durham Street Methodist Church The Durham Street Methodist Church was a former heritage-listed Methodist church located in Christchurch, New Zealand. Built in 1864 in the Gothic Revival style, it was, prior to its destruction, the earliest stone church constructed in the Cant ...
(killing three workers), the Stone Chamber of the Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings, the
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church Oxford Terrace Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in the Christchurch Central City on a prominent corner property fronting the Avon River. It is affiliated with the Baptist Churches of New Zealand. The original building was significan ...
and the Sevicke Jones Building in Cathedral Square. Other listed buildings partially collapsed, or were badly damaged, including
ChristChurch Cathedral Christ Church Cathedral, also called ChristChurch Cathedral and (rarely) Cathedral Church of Christ, is a deconsecration, deconsecrated Anglicanism, Anglican cathedral in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It was built between 1864 ...
, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and
Holy Trinity Avonside Holy Trinity Avonside was a heritage-listed Anglicanism, Anglican church located in Linwood, New Zealand, Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand. It was registered as a "Historic Place – Category I" by the Heritage New Zealand, New Zealand Historic ...
. Many heritage buildings have been demolished since, others are yet to be demolished, with the fate of some buildings not yet decided. Category I buildings in central Christchurch demolished since the earthquake include the Cranmer Centre (the former site of the
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), the Guthrey Centre in City Mall, and The Press Building. Category II buildings in central Christchurch that have been demolished include St Elmo Courts and
Wharetiki House Wharetiki, for some time known as Glenfell House, was an Edwardian timber dwelling in Colombo Street, Christchurch in New Zealand. Built in 1904 for businessman and philanthropist Matthew Barnett (bookmaker), Matthew Barnett, it was damaged in th ...
. There is a long list of heritage buildings that are yet to be demolished, including the façade of Clarendon Hotel that is part of the
Clarendon Tower Clarendon Tower was a high rise building on Worcester Street at Oxford Terrace in the Christchurch Central City, New Zealand. Built on the site of the former Clarendon Hotel, the façade of the historic building was kept in the redevelopment and ...
.


Heritage restoration

Three listed heritage statues fell off their plinths; Scott Statue,
Godley Statue The ''Godley Statue'' is a bronze statue situated in Cathedral Square in Christchurch, New Zealand. It commemorates the "Founder of Canterbury" John Robert Godley. It was the first statue portraying a person in New Zealand. The statue fell o ...
(restored in 2016) and Rolleston Statue (restored in 2016), with the latter receiving significant damage (the head broke off). Category I heritage listings that have received significant damage, but where the owners have declared that they will be repaired, include the
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and the Excelsior Hotel. The future of a number of heritage buildings is as yet undecided. In 2013, the Registry Building of the Arts Centre reopened after a complete renovation and strengthening. In 2014, the Isaac Theatre Royal reopened after a $40m restoration. During 2016, the Mona Vale homestead was reopened. In 2017 the Edmonds Band Rotunda and Sign of the Kiwi reopened. The
Sign of the Takahe The Sign of the Takahe is a neo-Gothic style historic building in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is currently leased from Christchurch City Council and run as wedding and function venue. History Construction began on the building in 1918, s ...
reopened in 2019. It is expected that the gatehouse of Mona Vale, Old Stone House, the former Trinity Church, and Shand's Emporium will reopen.


List of historic places


Churches and religious centres


Monuments and memorials


Current and former homes


Other


List of lost historic places

The following listings have been lost; most of them due to the Christchurch earthquakes.


List of historic areas


See also

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2010 Canterbury earthquake The 2010 Canterbury earthquake (also known as the Darfield earthquake) struck the South Island of New Zealand with a moment magnitude scale, moment magnitude of 7.1 at on , and had a maximum perceived intensity of X (''Extreme'') on the Mercal ...
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2011 Christchurch earthquake A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. New Zealand Daylight Time, local time (23:51 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC, 21 February). The () earthquake struck the Canterbury Region ...
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June 2011 Christchurch earthquake The June 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a shallow magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on 13 June 2011 at 14:20 NZST (02:20 UTC). It was centred at a Hypocenter, depth of , about 5 km (3 mi) south-east of Christchurch, which had ...
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External links


Ceismic
database which holds all the HNZ entries of demolished heritage buildings that have since been removed from the HNZ website {{Christchurch earthquakes 2010 in New Zealand 2011 Christchurch earthquake
Christchurch Christchurch (; ) is the largest city in the South Island and the List of cities in New Zealand, second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of , and a metropolitan population of over hal ...
History of Christchurch