Chew Cottage

Chew Cottage
General information
Location 19 Ottawa Road, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates Coordinates: 41°14′57″S 174°46′27″E / 41.249105°S 174.774091°E / -41.249105; 174.774091
Completed 1865
Designated 27-Jul-1988
Reference no. 1348

Chew Cottage is an historic building in Wellington, New Zealand.[1]

The house, originally named "Millwood", was built in 1865 for John and Ester Chew. The cottage is one of Wellington's remaining houses from the 1860s. It resembles a traditional English stone cottage adapted for timber construction.[2]

The building, is classified as a "Category I" ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Cattell, J (1986) "Historic Buildings of Wellington" Wellington: Government Printing Office
  2. ↑ Black, J., Kelly, M., McCracken H., (2004) "Northern Suburbs Heritage Trail: Around the Kaiwharawhara Basin" Wellington: Wellington City Council
  3. ↑ "Chew House". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-12-21.


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