Among the grand designs on show in Palmerston North this week are two iconic Catholic buildings – made of Lego. The Wellington Lego User Group brought 120 exhibitors together from Auckland to Invercargill to showcase their plastic artistry at Palmerston North’s Central Energy Trust Arena from Friday to Sunday. An impressive replica of the Convent Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Erskine College’
Former head girl Nicola Young remembers Erskine College
Monday, September 10th, 2018Former head girl of Wellington’s Erskine College, Nicola Young, finds the memories of an extraordinary education and strange rituals come flooding back as she revisits the old chapel and school rooms which have lain empty for years. Read more
Erskine College tumbles to make way for town houses
Monday, July 23rd, 2018
Demolition of the imposing Erskine College buildings in Island Bay, Wellington, is underway. 96 townhouses are to be constructed on the site. As part of the overall development, the chapel is to be restored at the cost of $7 million. Development manager Earl Hope-Pearson said the feeling was positive as work was able to begin. “After 18 Read more
New proposed Erskine development: what’s changed since 1992?
Tuesday, August 16th, 2016
Another plan has been put forward to earthquake strengthen and restore the chapel of the Sacred Heart in Island Bay Wellington. The plan is part of a proposed $30 million 94-townhouse development. Councillor Andy Foster, chairman of the transport and urban development committee, said early estimates that put the costs of the houses between $500,000 Read more
St Mary of the Angels gets a mention in Wall St Journal
Tuesday, July 21st, 2015
Wellington’s St Mary of the Angels church has got a mention in the Wall St Journal. “Adjacent to the Majestic Centre, St. Mary of the Angels Church has been closed since 2013 because of safety concerns.” “A planned NZ$3 million earthquake strengthening project includes 50 new rock anchors—cables drilled into the ground to anchor the Read more
Erskine College declared a special housing area
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
Wellington City Council has declared the heritage complex Erskine College, in Island Bay, a Special Housing Area. Many councillors were unhappy about the recommendation but it was finally approved by a vote of 9 to 6. The move is part of the Wellington Housing Accord signed with the Government last year. Special housing areas will have Read more
Developer says Trust blocking plans to save Erskine
Tuesday, July 1st, 2014
Property developer Ian Cassels says he needs community support to sway Save Erskine College Trust towards his plans for Erskine College, a landmark building in Island Bay Wellington, New Zealand. In 2012 the building was red-stickered as an earthquake risk, and might be demolished by Wellington City Council within a year unless the trust agreed Read more
Erskine College’s long, sad road to decay
Friday, June 6th, 2014The former Catholic girls’ school, Erskine College, in Island Bay is listed as a Category One historic place by the Historic Places Trust, declaring it has “special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value”. There is graffiti on the gothic stonework, windows and doors. There’s graffiti in places that would have involved a Read more
3 Catholic sites in survey on support for heritage buildings
Friday, August 16th, 2013
St Mary of the Angels, Erskine College and Chapel and St Gerard’s Monastery feature in a poll, launched by Wellington Mayoral Candidate John Morrison, which seeks to measure the amount of support for a bond system to help Wellington building owners strengthen their properties. The question asked is “Which Wellington heritage building would you like to Read more
Erskine College may be forcibly demolished
Friday, September 21st, 2012Erskine College is one of six buildings whose council notices ordering earthquake strengthening work or demolition are about to expire with no work yet in sight. The Wellington City Council was warned yesterday that its hand may be forced if the building owners failed to act. Earthquake resilience manager Neville Brown told councillors the preferred Read more