Inverlochy House
| Inverlochy House | |
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 Inverlochy House in 2014 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 3 Inverlochy Place, Te Aro, Wellington |
| Coordinates | 41°17′37″S 174°46′12″E / 41.293705°S 174.770122°E |
| Current tenants | Inverlochy Art School |
| Completed | 1878 |
| Owner | New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts |
| Designated | 26 May 2006 |
| Reference no. | 1398 |
Inverlochy House (also known as Inverlochie House and Inverlochy Flats) is a historic building and art school in Wellington, New Zealand.
The house was originally built for the Wellingtonian councillor Kennedy Macdonald in 1878. When the estate was auctioned in 1893, due to Macdonald's bankruptcy, the building was described as having:[1]
14 rooms, 2 bathrooms, every modern convenience, water laid on, 2 conservatories, a vinery, a fernery, fowl house, wash house and offices, stable with 2 stalls and loose box, being in a salubrious and fashionable location, and an unrivalled family residence
— New Zealand Times, 20 January 1893
In 1980 the Williams Development Holdings Limited gifted Inverlochy House to the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts for the use of the Williams School of Art at Inverlochy Incorporated.[2] The building is said to be haunted.[3][4]
The building is classified as a Category 2 historic building by Heritage New Zealand.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Inverlochy Art School: History of Inverlochy
- ^ a b "Inverlochy House". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "The renaissance of Wellington's history-filled Inverlochy Art School". Stuff. 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Art School's ghostly reputation". Stuff. 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
External links
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Media related to Inverlochy House at Wikimedia Commons
- Inverlochy Art School
- The Haunting of Inverlochy House in Wellington (TVNZ documentary) – youtube.com
- "Important Sale of freehold and leasehold property in Wellington". The New Zealand Times. 18 January 1893.