Beere House

• 1908
• 32 Tinakori Road, dwelling (00053:148:8187)
• 1968
• 32 Tinakori Road, reinstate dwelling (00058:593:C27971)
• 1978
• Tinakori Road, double garage (00058:1138:C49164)
• 1981
• Tinakori Road, repile (00058:1360:C57058)
• 1987
• Tinakori Road, garage addition (00059:0:D7010)
• 1994
• Tinakori Road, repile (00061:37:11063)
• 1997
• Tinakori Road, internal additions and alterations (00078:1124:25878)
• 1999
• Tinakori Road, amendment (00078:1211:60810)
• 2004
• Tinakori Road, kitchen and laundry fit outs (00078:2529:113609)
• 2008
• Tinakori Road, upgrade of level 2 of the existing garage with 3 new skylights and 2 new steel beams (00078:3140:184194)

• unknown
• Not assessed

Not assessed

Beere House is an excellent representative of the domestic dwellings designed by Chapman Taylor in the Arts and Crafts style. The exterior is typical of Chapman Taylor’s designs, plastered in textured cement render with the roof clad in tiles in a steep gabled form. The Arts and Crafts theme continues into the interior with inglenook fireplaces and exposed Jarrah beams, stained a dark brown. All the latches and hinges on the doors and windows are hand crafted a typical feature of a Chapman Taylor home.

Cement/stucco finish

Tiled roofing

Timber joinery

Beere House is sited on Tinakori Road in the residential suburb of Thorndon. It is prominent in the streetscape, and adds visual interest to an area otherwise made up of timber villas and workers cottages. Thorndon is known to have experienced pre 1900 human activity and was occupied by various Iwi in the years before European settlement. Tinakori Road in the 19th and early 20th century developed as a key transport route that linked the Hutt Road, lower and upper Thorndon, and the routes to the western suburbs of Northland and Karori. The street is known for its mix of large houses (generally to the north) and cottages (generally to the south).

• 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?

  Beere house is an excellent example of the Arts and Crafts style designed in an original manner by J.W. Chapman. The house has had few alterations made to it, and its overall form is substantially original.

• 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?

  Beere house fits well with the group of Chapman Taylor houses that are found in Wellington which together have coherence for their age, history, style, scale, materials, and uses, and contributes well to this group.

• 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?

  Beere House is of significant townscape value as it is prominent in the streetscape, and adds visual interest to an area otherwise made up of timber villas and workers cottages.

• Association

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

  The house is associated with its original owner Oswald Beere, a Wellington lawyer, and its architect, J.W. Chapman Taylor, a prominent Wellington architect whose architecture remained popular despite changing fashions.

• Archaeological

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

  Beere house is in an area known to have had pre 1900 activity and was an area settled by Maori. It is included in the NZAA Central City Archaeological Area R 27/270.

• Technological

  Does the item have technological value for its innovative or important construction methods or use of materials?

  Beere House has some technical values for its original materials and as a representative of the construction techniques of the time.

Not assessed

• 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?

  The house is an important design by Chapman Taylor and maintains significant authenticity of materials, design, setting, and craftsmanship and retains functional values. The interior also retains a high level of authenticity in all areas of the house with the exception of the kitchen and laundry, which has been renovated.

• Local Regional National International

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

  This building is important at a local level and has some modest heritage values
  

• Representative

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

  This house is an excellent example of J.W. Chapman Taylor’s design work in the Arts and Crafts style. The building successfully demonstrates the architect’s skill with the Arts and Crafts style. This house exhibits many typical detail features associated with the buildings style.

Not assessed

• Judy Siers, ‘Chapman Taylor, James Walter 1878-1951’. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 7 April 2007, accessed 6 August 2013,
• Historic Places Trust, ‘Chapman-Taylor, J.W.’, Professional Biographies, accessed 6 August 2013,
• 1908 32 Tinakori Road, dwelling (00053:148:8187)
• 1968 32 Tinakori Road, reinstate dwelling (00058:593:C27971)
• 1978 32 Tinakori Road, double garage (00058:1138:C49164)
• 1981 32 Tinakori Road, repile (00058:1360:C57058)
• 1987 32 Tinakori Road, garage addition (00059:0:D7010)
• 1994 32 Tinakori Road, repile (00061:37:11063)
• 1997 32 Tinakori Road, internal additions and alterations (00078:1124:25878)
• 1999 32 Tinakori Road, amendment (00078:1211:60810)
• 2004 32 Tinakori Road, kitchen and laundry fitouts (00078:2529:113609)
• 2008 32 Tinakori Road, upgrade of level 2 of the existing garage with 3 new skylights and 2 new steel beams (00078:3140:184194)

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