Cottages

• unknown
• (original plans cannot be accessed)
• 1870
• Original construction
• 1991
• 5B St Mary Street, dwelling additions and alterations (00059:469:E22732)
• 1997
• 5A St Mary Street, dwelling, amendment (00078:1666:29745)
• 1999
• 5C St Mary Street, renovations to existing dwelling (00078:405:57432)
• 2010
• 5B St Mary Street, Partial Re-pile of building (00078:3357:209235)

• unknown
• Not assessed

Not assessed

The cottages are designed in a simplified version of the Italianate style with classically proportioned openings, symmetry, and round headed upper windows with keystones. The addition of the verandah is a typically New Zealand modification of the style. The design of the cottages is a common style for the period and locality, and they possess a particular charm and character that makes them a significant element of the townscape in Thorndon.

Rusticated timber weatherboard

Timber joinery

Corrugated iron roofing

These three cottages are found in Thorndon and are closely associated with the early settlement of the area. They are a significant element of the streetscape as they are situated on a rise above other smaller cottages.

• 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?

  These cottages have architectural value as a representative of a simple Italianate design. The style, type of construction, and materials are representative of typical workers dwellings of the day.

• 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?

  This house is an important element in the historic area of Thorndon and the wider Wellington area and has high group value with the many other domestic buildings of the era in Thorndon.

• 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?

  These cottages have townscape value due to their position with the other workers dwellings in Thorndon. They are prominent due to their position above smaller cottages on a rise.

• Association

  Is the item associated with an important historic event, theme, pattern, phase, or activity?

  This house has had a modest and typical history for a residential dwelling in Wellington. It is associated with the early settlement of Thorndon.

• Archaeological

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

  These cottages were constructed pre 1900 in an area known to have pre 1900 human activity associated with it. The risk of accidental discovery is unknown, but possible.

• 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?

  These cottages are an important part of the local community and make a contribution to the wider setting of Thorndon. They contribute significantly to the sense of place and continuity in the Thorndon area.

• Authentic

  Does the item have authenticity or integrity because it retains significant fabric from the time of its construction or from later periods when important additions or modifications were carried out?

  These cottages have few listed modifications and retain a relatively authentic quality. They have authenticity of style, craftsmanship, materials, and setting.

• Local Regional National International

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

  These cottages are locally significant for their architectural, townscape, and group values, their historic associations, their archaeological and technical values, and their authenticity.

• Representative

  Is the item a good example of the class it represents?

  These cottages are good representatives of an Italianate influenced workers cottage, built in materials and using techniques common to the period. They have had modest and representative histories for residential buildings.

Not assessed

• Ormsby, Louise. ‘The Historic Context and Heritage Values of Thorndon.’ Report prepared for Wellington City Council. August 2009.
• Wellington City Council. ‘Three Cottages – 5a, 5b, 5c St Mary Street’. Wellington Built Heritage Inventory 1995. Wellington City Council 1995.
• 1991 5B St Mary Street, dwelling additions and alterations (00059:469:E22732)
• 1997 5A St Mary Street, dwelling, amendment (00078:1666:29745)
• 1999 5C St Mary Street, renovations to existing dwelling (00078:405:57432)
• 2010 5B St Mary Street, Partial Re-pile of building (00078:3357:209235)
• Alexander Turnbull Library
• Thorndon, Wellington, includes houses in St Mary Street. Ref: 1/2-052479-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

• Inventory Report

Not available