In Days Bay, Eastbourne, Wellington Region. Built by James H Williams as part of the attractions he was developing after he purchased Days Bay from the Todd family in 1894. Opened in 1903, to provide accommodation for fifty guests and their servants. Designed to further attract visitors to his development, which included the Days Bay Pavillion (built 1897), bathing sheds, a fairground, walking tracks and various sports fields. The House was not very sucessful as a hotel, as most visitors to Days Bay were daytrippers, and not enough people wanted to stay. It was sold in 1913 to Gladys Somerville who transformed it into the Croydon Preparatory School for Boys (1914-1940), after which it became Wellesley College. See "Eastbourne ; a history of the eastern bays of Wellington Harbour" by Ann Beaglehole with Alison Carew.
Days Bay House
Photographer unknown: Wellington harbour ferries
Date: ca 1880-1920
Reference: PAColl-6613
Description: 4 images of Wellington harbour ferries: one of a ferry at the pier in Day's Bay with a mother and daughter on the beach in the foreground, described on the reverse of the file print as Mr Hugh Downe's Bay View House; a panorama of a ferry at the pier showing the football pitches in Williams Park; one of a ferry leaving Wellington; and one of the pleasure gardens and boating pond in Day's Bay. One of the ferries may be the Duchess. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018459 to 018462 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives
Day's Bay House, Lower Hutt
Date: ca1903-1916
From: Nicol, Robina, 1861-1942: Photographs
Reference: 1/2-233610-G
Description: Photograph of Day's Bay House taken ca 1903-1916, probably by Robina Nicol of Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Creator unknown : Photograph of Days Bay taken by Muir and Moodie
Date: 1904
By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)
Reference: 1/2-003867-F
Description: Photograph of Days Bay taken in 1904 by Muir and Moodie, with Days Bay House on the left and the Pavilion in Williams Park on the extreme right. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3812 Days Bay Wellington Prot 2.6.04 Muir Moodie Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Day's Bay House, Days Bay, Eastbourne
Date: [between ca 1903-1914]
Reference: 1/2-032346-F
Description: Day's Bay House. Taken by an unidentified photographer between circa 1903-1914. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Day's Bay House Day's Bay House was opened in 1903 and housed Croydon Preparatory School from 1914 to 1940. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Looking over Days Bay, including Day's Bay House
Date: [betweeen ca 1903-1914]
Reference: 1/2-032351-F
Description: Looking over Days Bay, with Day's Bay house in the centre. Taken by an unidentified photographer between ca 1903 and 1914. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Day's Bay House Day's Bay House was opened in 1903 and housed Croydon Preparatory School from 1914-1940. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Day's Bay House, Eastbourne
Date: [ca 1903]
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/1-019826-G
Description: Days Bay House in Eastbourne, decorated with flags and greenery. Shows people on the front lawn and seated on the verandah. Possibly taken at the opening of the house in 1903. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Days Bay, Eastbourne
Date: [ca 1903]
From: Photographer unknown: Wellington harbour ferries
Reference: 1/4-018461-F
Description: 2 part panorama looking south over Days Bay, Eastbourne, circa 1903. Day's Bay House is on the left, possibly under construction. The Williams Park Pavilion is centre left. An Eastbourne ferry is berthed at the wharf. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Overlooking Day's Bay House and a croquet lawn, Days Bay, Eastbourne
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-3039-1-006
Description: Overlooking Day's Bay House and a croquet lawn, Days Bay, Eastbourne, circa 1910. The Williams Park Pavilion is on the far right. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Days Bay, Wellington
Date: [ca 1905]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/2-076340-F
Description: View looking north across Days Bay, circa 1905. There are tennis courts in the foreground and the wharf extends from the beach in the centre toward the left. The closest building is The Pavilion: the building set further back is Days Bay House. The structure to the right of The Pavilion is the water slide. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Note on back of file print reads: "An old-time view of Days Bay" 20/6/1933 (presumably when published?) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Overlooking Day's Bay House and a croquet lawn, Days Bay, Eastbourne
Date: 1913
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0449-1/2-G
Description: Overlooking Day's Bay House and a croquet lawn, Days Bay, Eastbourne, circa 1910. The Williams Park Pavilion is on the far right, with the water chute visible behind the Pavilion. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1913. This image is part of a panorama, with APG-0450-1/2, which shows the area of Days Bay from the road, with two boats at the wharf, the Bay, and hills towards the south of Wellington. See Godber album, Vol 107, p 30 for the full panoramic effect. Inscriptions: Album page - Days Bay. Day's Bay House was built as a hotel guesthouse in 1903, and was sold in 1913 to Miss Gladys Somerville who transformed it into the Croydon Preparatory School for Boys, in 1914. The water chute visible behind the Pavilion was dismantled in 1914. See "Eastbourne ; a history of the eastern bays of Wellington Harbour" by Ann Beaglehole with Alison Carew. Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches