A 15 bedroom homestead situated at 80 Underhill Road, Featherston. Built for William Barton (sheep farmer and JP) and Lucy Barton in 1894.
Taken over in 1945 by Child Welfare Department. Sold in 1981 to Wycliff Bible Translators and then into private ownership.
A listed New Zealand Historic place (#2865).
Date: Between 1923 and 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Barton, Lucy Ellen, -1944
Reference: Pan-1098-F
Description: Panoramic view of very large two-storeyed house with verandahs on both levels. Garden seat on lawn centre left, driveway circling from left. Lawns around house with strip of newly planted garden running diagonally on right bordered with large stones. Open paddock on right, hills in background. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Mrs L Barton. Featherston. 3 sepia on Kodak paper; Marginal notes on negative - 1 1 1 1 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 107.2 cm