Building at 112-122 Riddiford Street, wedge shaped, on corner with Rintoul Street, Newtown, Wellington. Completed in 1907, built as shops and a private hotel named the Langham Private Hotel for the first proprietor Russell Langham. In the same year Newtown residents had a poll and voted the suburb be a "dry" area and the hotel has never had a liquor licence. Name transcribed from photograph of 1/1-019563. Much of the building was renovated in 1974 and renamed the Ashleigh Court Private Hotel. There was further refurbishment in 1997, and since then it has been converted into office accommodation including shops and a ground floor bar.
Langham Private Hotel (Wellington, N.Z.)
Ashleigh Court Private Hotel (Wellington, N.Z.)
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Crichton McKay & Haughton :The Langham Private Hotel, 116 Riddiford Street, Wellington ...
Date: 1927
From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]
By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)
Reference: Plans-91-1217
Description: Shows roof plan with penthouse, water pipes and vents. The building is on an acute corner between Riddford and Rintoul Streets. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on dressed linen, 245 x 385 mm.
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Springbok Tour demonstrations
Date: 1981
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-2247
Description: All images show a major demonstration against the Springbok Tour in the Newtown area of Wellington, around Rintoul and Riddiford Streets. A group of spectators including two young women with dogs, one woman wearing a fur coat (frame 1); an open area of roadway, covered with paper rubbish, and with barricades formed by two huge Burkes bins (rubbish bins) on either side of the road and a tight row of policemen in the middle blocking the road (frame 2); a large crowd of protesters, mostly wearing helmets or hard hats are seen in frames 3, 5-6 & 11 -12, with close-up views of one young woman who has a bleeding injury to her face, and is supported by friends (frames 5 & 6). Members of a riot squad wearing helmets and holding batons at the ready (frames 4 & 9), and large groups of regular police also wielding batons (frames 8 & 10). Buildings that are visible include the former Church of Christ which was adapted to a local community centre in the 1970s (frame 9), and the Ashleigh Court Private Hotel (formerly the Langham Private Hotel, frame 10). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
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Corner of Riddiford and Rintoul Streets, Newtown, Wellington
Date: [ca 1909-1911]
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/1-019563-G
Description: The corner of Riddiford (left) and Rintoul Streets, Newtown, Wellington showing the Langham Private Hotel and E Cramp and Co's Junction Bazaar Store. Two trams can be seen. The Central Furniture Room is on the extreme right. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith between 1909 and 1911. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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[Postcard]. Corner of Rintoul and Riddiford Streets, Wellington South, N.Z. Published b...
Date: 1911 - 1914
From: [Postcard album of cards collected by Joye Eggers / Taylor. 1905-1970s].
By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)
Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-8-049-3
Description: Shows the wedge-shaped building on the corner of Riddiford and Rintoul Streets, housing the Langham Private Hotel, and a Dominion branch office attached to the premises of E Back & Company. There is a tram in the left foreground, and two small girls standing beside an open-topped car in the right foreground. Behind the tram a horse-drawn cart can be seen. Likely to date around 1911-1914. The Dominion newspaper began publication in 1907. The firm of E Back and Company occupied this corner site from about 1911 (after E Cramp & Co.). Handwritten note to Joye Eggers on verso. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Sepia photolithograph, 90 x 139 mm.