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Tours of the Bishop’s Palace in St Mary’s Bay have proved popular at the Auckland Heritage Festival.
Ponsonby Business Association event organiser Everall Deans says they had to turn down more than 50 people for the tour this year.
The building at 30 New St is registered as a Category 1 historic place, identifying it as a place of outstanding heritage significance.
It is now linked by two glazed cloisters to the Pompallier Diocesan Centre – the administrative headquarters of the Auckland Catholic Diocese, which was completed and opened in 1989.
The Bishop’s Palace was commissioned by Bishop Luck, who raised funds during a tour of Europe in 1891-2 to construct the large brick residence.
It was completed in 1894 and replaced a more modest wooden house built by Bishop Pompallier.
The original building was relocated a small distance to St Marys Road when the current building was erected.
The foundation stone for the building was laid in May 1893, and Bishop Luck took possession on Easter Sunday almost a year later.
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