House

• 30
• Roxburgh Street
• c.1890
• addition to form a two-storey villa clad in rusticated timber weatherboards
• 1920
• (00053:204:11259); 30 Roxburgh Street, alterations to dwelling
• 1926
• (00056:18:B1791); 30 Roxburgh Street, garages and alter dwelling
• 1981
• (00058:0:C57811); 30 Roxburgh Street, re-pile
• 1987 - 1992
• (00277:980:9); Building: 30, 30a Roxburgh Street
• 1998
• (00432:462:38749); 30 Roxburgh Street
• 2003
• SR 45457 Bldg Cons<500K Additions and alterations
• 30
• A not assessed

• unknown
• Not Assessed

Not assessed

No.30 Roxburgh Street is an unusual agglomeration of building materials and styles.

The oldest parts of the house date from the c.1870s and the two ‘front’ (west facing) rooms were built from rough sawn kauri studs that were fixed with square-headed handmade nails. The house was altered substantially in c.1890s to create a simple symmetrical neo-Georgian style house. The key features from this era include the chimneys, shallow pitched roof, the wide eaves that are supported by decorative eaves brackets, and the first floor sash windows. It was altered again in 1920, when the north bay-window was added, and again in c.1924 when the external cladding was adapted, or replaced, with roughcast render.

The entrance porch has been adapted recently from an earlier verandah and is a fanciful agglomeration of stained glass windows, French doors and arched headed windows that detracts from the aesthetic value of the building. As do the myriad of modern external additions and alterations to the east (rear) of the building.

No.30A is not visible from the street and has not been assessed

Timber structural framing

Modern re-piling

Timber sash windows

Corrugated mild steel roofing

Roughcast render external wall finish

Roxburgh Street is lined with one and two-storey houses, cottages and villas that date from the late 19th to the early 21st centuries. No.30 is flanked to the north by a three-storey mid-20th century apartment block and by the two long driveways that serve the back-sections at 30A, 32 and 34 Roxburgh Street. To the south of No.30 are a row of relatively typical two-storey inner-city timber villas that date from the late 19th or early 20th centuries.

• 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?

  No.30 Roxburgh Street is a two-storey villa that has been adapted in several phases in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. It is currently configured as a symmetrical neo-Georgian house that is clad in roughcast render, and features a modern (c.2000) verandah infill.

• Group

  Is the item part of a group of buildings, structures, or sites that taken together have coherence because of their age, history, style, scale, materials, or use?

  The house has some group value when viewed in the context of No.30A Roxburgh Street, a similar two-storey rendered house that was also designed by J.M. Dawson.

• Townscape

  Does the item have townscape value for the part it plays in defining a space or street; providing visual interest; its role as a landmark; or the contribution it makes to the character and sense of place of Wellington?

  The house has some minor townscape value for its contribution to the character and sense of place of Roxburgh Street, a residential road in Mount Victoria.

• Association

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

  The house served briefly as the family home of architect J.M. Dawson who carried out alterations at the property in 1924.

• Archaeological

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

  Pre 1900 house and Central City NZAA R27/270

• 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?

  Although the house has been much-modified it continues to contribute to the sense of place and continuity of Mount Victoria.

• Local Regional National International

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

  The house has local significance.

Not assessed

• CT WN305/167
• Lewthwaite, Neville and Michael Hartfield. ‘Works and Environment Committee. – 4 February 1997 – Attachment to Report; 30A Roxburgh Street.’ (4 February 1997)
• Part 3 of a 6 part panorama of Wellington city. Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand. Ref: 1/1-019587-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
• ‘Recommendations of the Assessment Panel Appointed to Consider the “Sunset Clause” Heritage Buildings: 30A Roxburgh Street, Mount Victoria’ WCC summary of recommendations (30 January 1997);
• Shaw, Guy. ‘Heritage Inventory and Conservation Policy: 30 Roxburgh Street’ conservation plan prepared by VUW student (2000)
• Ward, Thomas. Survey map 1892
• WCC Archives ref 00053_204_11259; WCC Archives ref 00055_A1304
• WCC Heritage Building Inventory 1999 ref Appendix III

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