Ascot Terrace

Date: 1968

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

Reference: Plans-2007-030-0668/0671

Description: Includes two perspective sketches of houses located in Ascot Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington,and one map of the vicinity, showing Anderson Park, Bowen Street and Tinakori Road. The location of a "Building Museum" is shown on Tinakori Road, immediately to the north of Ascot Terrace. Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints and ink drawings, sizes varying around 420 x 300 mm.

Date: [ca 1979-199-?]

From: Shephard, Wayne, fl 1990-2001 :Photographs of Wellington buildings

Reference: PA12-5951

Description: Slides of Wellington buildings, taken ca 1979-1990s by Wayne Shephard. Includes views of: Wareham House at 10 Armour Avenue, Mount Victoria William Booth Memorial College, Aro Street Houses on Aro Street, Arthur Street and Ascot Terrace. Includes Boys' Institute building. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency slides

Date: 1976

By: Irving, Wilhelmina G, active 1930s-1970s

Reference: B-023-046/054

Description: Contents: Old houses in Ascot Terrace, Plimmer House, Willis St, Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington; "Charnwood", Lower Hutt and Cottleville Tce Wellington; a house named Woodside and a further old house wooden house with a turret, probably in Wellington The drawing of Cottleville Tce is further reproduced on the folder; the same picture also appears in the group numbered by the Library B-023-042/045 and received by the Library in 1977. Both groups are within the same folder. From original ink drawings signed: "W.G. Irving" Edition: 190/240 Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) 1 folder. Physical Description: Photolithographs, b&w 431 x 352 mm ; ill 432 x 355 mm

Date: 1975

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. August 1975-January 1990.

Reference: E-481-f-001

Description: View of houses in Sydney Street West near Ascot Terrace Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 280 x 350 mm

Date: 1977

By: Irving, Wilhelmina G, active 1930s-1970s; Rosen, Charles, active 1980s

Reference: B-023-043-a/045-a

Description: Contents: Old houses in Ascot Terrace, The Terrace and Cottleville Terrace, Wellington Title from folder The original price of these reproductions was $3.50 each Inscriptions: Signed: W.G. Irving Quantity: 3 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs 282 x 209 mm on sheets 440 x 312 mm in illustrated folder Provenance: Donation: Mr Charles Rosen, 11 April 1986

Date: 1977

By: Irving, Wilhelmina G, active 1930s-1970s

Reference: B-023-042/045

Description: Old houses in Ascot Terrace, The Terrace, and Cottleville Terrace, Wellington Title from folder Original price of these reproductions was $3.50 each Inscriptions: Signed: W.G. Irving Quantity: 3 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs 282 x 209 mm on sheets 440 x 312 mm in illustrated folder

Date: 1870 - 1954

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

By: Anderson, Grahame D, active 1950-2000s

Reference: Plans-2007-030-0786

Description: Shows ground floor plan and first floor plan, south and east elevation, sections, and elevations of verandah posts. Collected by architect Martin Hill as part of Project 787. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 770 x 575 mm, with two small collaged photographs 40 x 62 mm.

Date: 1972

From: Seresin, Harry, 1919-1994 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8861-43

Description: Papers re preservation of a cottage in Thorndon Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1951-1959

From: Collins Family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12897-08

Description: Comprises papers relating to Richard and Barbara Collins' residence at 22 Ascot Terrace from 1951 to 1959. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, two copies of the deed for the property, mortgage documents, receipts, furniture brochures, building plans and permits, finanacial documents, land valuation reports, and applications for housing loans. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Materials arrived at the library in "box 4" in a manila folder. The content of the manila folder was split across two archival folders. Some material was held together with paper clips and pins which have been removed. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Other material from the manila folder is at library reference MS-Papers-12897-09. Processing information: Original manila folder has not been retained for reasons of preservation and storage.

Date: 1951, 1995

From: Collins Family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12897-10

Description: Comprises papers relating to the construction of a residence at 22 Ascot Terrace in 1951. Includes Richard Gray Collins notebook in which he writes about purchasing the section on 29 January 1951; architectural drawings (circa 1951); four copies of document titled "Specification of work to be done, and materials to be used in the erection of a residence at Ascot Street for Mr. R. G. Collins" (circa 1951); newspaper clippings (circa 1951); and brochures for home wares, including the WonderHeat space heater (circa 1951). Also includes a letter from Douglas Lilburn to Richard and Barbara Collins regarding the future of the house as a potential arts residency, 22 November 1995. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Materials arrived at the library in "box 4" in a manila folder labelled "HOUSE ASCOT TCE." Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Original manila folder has not been retained for reasons of preservation and storage. Notes handwritten by Collins on the front cover of the manila folder have been photocopied onto acid free paper and housed with the item.

Date: 1951-1959

From: Collins Family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12897-09

Description: Comprises papers relating to Richard and Barbara Collins' residence at 22 Ascot Terrace from 1951 to 1959. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, two copies of the deed for the property, mortgage documents, receipts, furniture brochures, building plans and permits, finanacial documents, land valuation reports, and applications for housing loans. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Materials arrived at the library in "box 4" in a manila folder. The content of the manila folder was split across two archival folders. Some material was held together with paper clips and pins which have been removed. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Other material from the manila folder is at library reference MS-Papers-12897-08. Processing information: Original manila folder has not been retained for reasons of preservation and storage.

Date: 2005-2006

From: Collins Family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12897-06

Description: Comprises papers relating to the sale of Richard and Barbara Collins former residence at 22 Ascot Terrace in 2005. Includes correspondence between Barbara Collins and Ann Neil from Pouhere Taonga Heritage New Zealand regarding the registration of 22 Ascot Terrace as a Category I Historic Place (2005-2006); newspaper and magazine clippings relating to the sale and proposed composers residency (2005); brochures for The Lilburn Residence Trust (2005); and heritage assessment reports (2005). The property was sold by the Collins' in 1959 to composer Douglas Lilburn, who lived there until his death in 2001. The Lilburn Residence Trust was established in 2004 with the goal of buying the property and turning it into a composers residency. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Materials arrived at the library in "box 4" in an envelope labelled "Plans + History of 22 Ascot Tce". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Original envelope has been retained.

Date: [ca 1970]

By: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000

Reference: PAColl-8656

Description: Photograph of Douglas Lilburn in the sitting room of his home at 22 Ascot Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington, photographed circa 1970 by Bill Beavis. Shows him seated on a chair, alongside a bookcase and a record player. Print from a Paul Hamlyn colour transparency. Publication Note - A cropped, colour, version of this photograph was published in New Zealand's Heritage, part 99, page 2753 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Resin-coated paper print, 16.8 x 21.6 cm

Date: 1960

From: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001: Collection

Reference: PAColl-7737-3

Description: Photographs of Douglas Lilburn at his house in Ascot Terrace, Wellington, taken in 1960 by an unknown photographer. Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm-45640 to 45649 Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1968-1977]

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PAColl-10879-002

Description: Contains black and white photographic prints in envelopes labelled: - Aiken Russell (one print) - Allardyce (one print) - Allen Don (four prints) - Anderson Harold (one print) - Andersen Chris (one print) - Anderson L (one print) - Arnott Garry (two prints) - Atlas NZ Ian Wards (seven prints) - Arrau Claudio (three prints) - Art Childrens (one print) - Art Contest 70 (two prints) - Arnold Alvin (one print) - Arts & Crafts NZ Korea Exhib. (nine prints) - Ascot Tce Well (five prints) - Ashkenazy Vladimir (three prints) - Beattie Randal (one print) - Beaver (two prints) - Baker Ida (one print) - Bullocks Chris Aplin See Wideluze 14" pics (14 prints) - Beehive (16 prints) - Beetham Bruce (one print) - Bethell Ursula (one print) - Billiards Ltd (three prints) - Beck Alan (one print) - Betts Fred (one print) - Bruna Dick (two prints) - Broadcasting Committee (four prints) - Brady Alan (two prints) - Brian Gary (two prints) - Brew Mrs H J 19 Nevay Rd Miramar 3 (12 prints, one clipping) - Brown Ron V (eight prints) Some envelopes include contact prints and some prints have annotations or date stamps on the reverse. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Original order of envelopes has been retained by the Library. Quantity: 113 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 Other printed ephemera item(s) clipping. Processing information: Original envelopes have not been retained for reasons of storage and preservation. Prints have been rehoused in acid-free envelopes and labels on original housing have been transcribed onto the new envelopes.

Date: [1885-2009]

By: Collins, Catherine, active 2017-2022; Collins, Rosemary, active 2017-2022

Reference: ATL-Group-00859

Description: Collection comprises: Richard Gray Collins papers including correspondence, reports and apology relating to his resignation from External Affairs; newspaper clippings regarding the Petrov Affair (1954); notebook relating to Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand (BCNZ) employment; photographs, diary, and audio letter recording relating to his service in World War Two; and correspondence, invoices, and plans relating to the construction of a house at 22 Ascot Terrace, Wellington. Aubrey Golding Smith papers including photograph album of World War One British Red Cross ambulance service; portrait photographs; photocopies of World War One citations; and correspondence. Vera Collins papers including nursing service registration (1916); Lord Liverpool World War One nursing award; photographs; and a signed menu from the RMS 'Corinthic'. Benjamin Dawson materials relating to New Zealand Railways, including an illuminated address (1894) and name plate (1885). Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: The collection arrived at the Library in four boxes, numbered one to four. Each box held material pertaining to one family member or branch of the family. "Box 1" contains material relating to the Dawsons; "Box 2" contains material relating to the Aubrey Golding Smith; and "Box 3" and "Box 4" contains material relating to Richard Gray Collins. The donors, Catherine and Rosemary Collins, are the children of Richard Gray Collins. Vera Honor Smith (formerly Collins, nee Dawson) is the mother of Richard Gray Collins and the wife of Aubrey Golding Smith. Benjamin Dawson is the grandfather of Vera Honor Smith and Muriel Keogh (nee Dawson). Quantity: 310 b&w original photographic print(s). 60 b&w original negative(s). 18 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 16 folder(s). 1 album(s) photograph album. 1 disc(s). 1 object(s) nameplate. 1 volume(s) scrapbook.

Date: early 1960s

From: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001: Collection

Reference: PAColl-2547-05

Description: Douglas Lilburn in his garden at 22 Ascot Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington, early 1960s. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Verso - 22 Ascot Tce, Wgtn early '60s Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14 x 9 cm

Date: ca 1994

From: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001: Collection

By: Taplin, Frank, active 1994

Reference: PAColl-6884-6-71-1

Description: Douglas Lilburn outside his house at 22 Ascot Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington, circa 1994. Photograph taken by Frank Taplin. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler print 8.9 x 12.5 cm