St George’s Church Vicarage

• 1924
• Ferry Street, dwelling,’ 05 September 1924, 00055:36:A3360, Wellington City Archives.
• unknown
• Additions at rear of property, replacement windows

• 1923
• Seatoun Anglican Trust Board

Not assessed

This vicarage was designed by P. H. Graham in the English Domestic Revival style in 1924. It has an asymmetrical massing and complex roof shapes that are made up of a mix of gables and hips, along with cat-slide roofs over the lower floor. The main entrance is via a pair of half-glazed doors set in a decorative brick and rendered surround. The doors are flanked to the left by a tall gable, and to the right by a bay window with a hipped-roofed dormer window over. The materials of the facade - rendered cement and a Marseilles tile roof - are consistent with the style, as are the dominant exposed chimneys, the bay windows, the segmental arches over the staircase window, and the French doors. The windows and rainwater goods appear to have been modified, the lead-lights removed, and the guttering replaced with modern uPVC. This detracts somewhat from the aesthetic value of the building.

Cement render presumably on brick.

Timber floors and roof structure

Brick/concrete footings and substructure

Marseille tile roof

The building is located on the western side of Ferry Street, at the foot of the hill which separates Seatoun from Miramar. The building is set back from the road and is reached via a path that crosses the front lawn. The property ground is slightly elevated and separated from the road by a low brick wall, and the building is clearly visible to passersby. A low wooden fence separates the grounds from those of St George’s church to the south. The neighbouring property to the north contains a modern house.

• Architectural

  Does the item have architectural or artistic value for characteristics that may include its design, style, era, form, scale, materials, colour, texture, patina of age, quality of space, craftsmanship, smells, and sounds?

  This is a pleasant building which makes use of the English Domestic Revival style to create the impression of an English country village vicarage. The aesthetic value of the building has been somewhat diminished by the replacement of the original leadlight windows.

• Association

  Is the item associated with an important person, group, or organisation?

  The building is historically associated with St George’s church and the Anglican community of Seatoun.

• Archaeological

  Does the item have archaeological value for its ability to provide scientific information about past human activity?

  The archaeological risk is unknown. There has been historic human activity in the Seatoun area prior to 1900. The flat land was formerly a kumara cultivation ground for Māori.

• Identity/Sense of place/Continuity

  Is the item a focus of community, regional, or national identity? Does the item contribute to sense of place or continuity?

  The building contributes to the identity of Seatoun’s Anglican community.

• Sentiment/Connection

  Is the item a focus of community sentiment and connection?

  The building has sentimental value to Seatoun’s Anglican community.

• Symbolic, commemorative, traditional, spiritual

  Does the item have symbolic, commemorative, traditional, spiritual or other cultural value for the community who has used and continues to use it?

  As the vicarage for St George’s church the building has spiritual value for Seatoun’s Anglican community.

• Local/Regional/National/International

  Is the item important for any of the above characteristics at a local, regional, national, or international level?

  Because of the role it has played as the vicarage for Seatoun’s Anglican community, the building has local importance.

Not assessed

Not assessed

• The Peninsula Parish, ‘St George’s.’ Accessed 10 October 2012.
• Tannock, David. St George and the Seaside Dragon: a centennial history of parish of Seatoun-Strathmore. 1998.
• Wellington City Council. ‘St George’s Church Vicarage.” Wellington Heritage Building Inventory 1995: Non-Residential Buildings. Wellington City Council, 1995. F.
• Newspapers: Evening Post, Volume CI. Issue 58. 9 March 1921, Page 7.
• Newspapers: Evening Post. Volume CIII, Issue 34. 10 February 1922. Page 8.
• Newspapers: Evening Post. Volume CVIII, Issue 54. 1 September 1924. Page 8.
• Newspapers: Evening Post. Volume CVIII. Issue 70, 19 September 1924. Page 3.
• Newspapers: Poverty Bay Herald. Volume XLVII. Issue 15117. 16 January 1920. Page 3.
• Archives: ‘40 Ferry Street, dwelling.’ 05 September 1924. 00055:36:A3360.

• Inventory Report

Not available