House in Havelock North, designed by William Henry Gummer for Thomas Mason Chambers, completed in 1916. Built on the site of an earlier wooden homestead that was destroyed by fire. A brick house in the Arts and Crafts style, it is a Category 1 Historic Place, listed with the address 2 Hikanui Drive, Havelock North.
Tauroa Homestead (Havelock North, N. Z.)
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Concrete structures
Date: 1993, date unknown
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-12250
Description: Transparencies of concrete construction in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name or brief description, and/or the location, of the concrete structure. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Buildings/structures and locations annotated on the slide mounts include civic [Christchurch City Council] offices in former Miller's building in Christchurch, "ex Ocean View Hotel now Malone's Irish bar" in Dunedin, St Patrick's Basilica in Dunedin, Dominican priory in Dunedin, Judge Chapman's house [Woodside] in Dunedin, Cargill's Castle in Dunedin, Sacred Heart Church in Dunedin, New Zealand Express (MFL) Building in Dunedin, St Clair Beach sea wall, Dowling Street steps/ramp in Dunedin, ruins, bridge and stables at Glenmark Station, and exterior and interior views of Tauroa homestead in Havelock North. Title supplied by Library. Few slides have dates annotated Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a six-row, 43 slides per row, metal case. The case was not labelled; the order appears have begun as largely alphabetical by location, name of building/structure, or name of station/farm; however, arrangement becomes more disordered in the last two rows of the case. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.
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Concrete structures
Date: 1985, 1995, date unknown
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-12251
Description: Transparencies of concrete construction in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name or brief description, and/or the location, of the concrete structure. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Buildings/structures and locations annotated on the slide mounts include Tauroa Homestead in Havelock North; "King George Park yacht pool cone" [possibly King Edward Park model boating lake] at Hawera; interior of chicory kiln at Inchclutha; 347 Ettrick Street in Invercargill; 225 Ettrick Street in Invercargill; rear view of house, coachman/gardener's cottage, and stables at The Elms at Kahutara [Kaikoura]; old concrete retaining wall at Kaikoura; St Paul's Presbyterian Hall at Kaikoura; Crown Battery site at Karangahake, Jack Brothers mill kiln at Kotuku; musterers' quarters at Lake Coleridge Station; Warden's Court at Lawrence; explosives magazine at Lyttelton Harbour; and old cement works at Mahurangi. Title supplied by Library. Few slides have dates annotated Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a six-row, 43 slides per row, metal case. The case was not labelled; the order appears have begun as largely alphabetical by location, name of building/structure, or name of station/farm; however, arrangement becomes more disordered in the last two rows of the case. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.
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Concrete book buildings
Date: 1978, 1992, 1995, date unknown
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-12260
Description: Transparencies of concrete construction in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the name or brief description, and/or the location, of the concrete structure. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Buildings/structures and locations annotated on the slide mounts include former Nelson Moate Building in Wellington, Green Hayes in Temuka, Devonport Flats in New Plymouth, Desco building in Napier, Mangahao Powerhouse near Shannon, exterior and interior of Tauroa in Havelock North, house at 4 Goldies Brae in Wellington, house at 4 Kingsview Road in Auckland, former Triumph Dairy Factory at Ngaere, house at 1 Grosvenor Terrace in Wellington, Fort Ballance in Wellington, Blue Baths in Rotorua, Overton near Marton, house at 7 Dexter Avenue in Auckland, tower of Clifton House in Auckland, ruin of flax mill at Opiki, Mercerdale cottage near Waitepeka, and judge Chapman's house in Dunedin. Title supplied by Library. Few slides have dates annotated Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a small plastic slide case, capable of holding 20-30 mounted slides, labelled "Concrete book Bldgs". There was no apparent order. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.
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Contact prints of concrete buildings and structures
Date: 1965-1990s
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PAColl-10686-07
Description: Photographic prints of concrete buildings and structures in the North and South Islands of New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton 1965 to 1990s. Some prints are labelled on the reverse; some have been marked up as if for publication. There are often several images of the same building or structure from different perspectives. Includes photographs of commercial and residential buildings, bridges, retaining walls, dams, and structures such as mine cyanide tanks, water towers, and gun emplacements. Date range is taken from the few dates annotated on the back of prints or on negative enclosures. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Prints were together with negatives in labelled glassine bags, arranged in largely alphabetical order by name of farm or station, in a small wooden drawer. Bags were labelled with the farm or station name and type of building on the left-hand side of the bag and the location on the right-hand side. Quantity: 375 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 colour original photographic print(s). Transfers: Negatives separated from prints are at Library references 1/4-136601 to 1/4-136990 inclusive, and 35mm-114101. Transparencies separated from the prints are at PA12-4281.. Processing information: Negatives, prints, and transparencies were separated and rehoused for reasons of preservation and appropriate storage. Not all names associated with this item have been indexed.
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Houses transparencies
Date: 1970s-1993
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-4165
Description: Transparencies of houses and homesteads on stations or farms and in towns and cities, taken by Geoffrey or Jocelyn Thornton, 1970s to 1992. Includes Tauroa in Havelock North, Meadowbank at Irwell, slab hut at The Levels, Springvale and Kinloch at Little River, and a homestead possibly at Lake Coleridge (original enclosure has a question mark after the location). Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Transparencies were in labelled glassine bags in a sequence of mainly negatives and prints and some transparencies labelled "Houses". Four transparencies were accompanied in the bags by prints. Quantity: 8 colour original transparency/ies. Transfers: Prints separated from the transparencies are at Library reference PAColl-10686-05, print numbers 159, 160, 197, and 198.. Processing information: Transparencies were removed from glassine bags and rehoused, and prints separated from the transparencies and rehoused for reasons of preservation and appropriate storage.
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Tauroa Station H.B. 1923
Date: 1923
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Chambers, Thomas Mason, 1860-1948
Reference: Pan-0726-F
Description: Panoramic view of Tauroa Station, Hawke's Bay, taken in 1923 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-0725-F Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Tauroa Station H.B. 1923 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 126.5 cm
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Tauroa, Havelock North
Date: Between 1923 and 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Chambers, Thomas Mason, 1860-1948
Reference: Pan-0728-F
Description: Entranceway and drive leading to grand hacienda-style deco house at end. Extensive grounds including tennis court and lawns. Conspicuous ivy-clad cabbage tree beside driveway. At front edge man in trilby hat (probably R.P. Moore) holds down bushes that are obstructing the vista. Lots of shrubs and flowers in garden. Water tank close to house. Patios aoround house have open-beamed "roofs" with plants growing through them. House built for Mason Chambers, completed in 1916. Designed by William Henry Gummer. Photograph taken by R P Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - "Mason Chambers Havelock North 30 Normal 3" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 119.2 cm
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View from hilltop over rolling foothills near Havelock North
Date: Between 1923 and 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Chambers, Thomas Mason, 1860-1948
Reference: Pan-0725-F
Description: Panoramic view over farmland down to valley and other hills in the distance. Enclave of large buildings in the centre distance. Tauroa homestead with grand entrance gates is visible on the crest of the hill on the left of the image. Long grass on hills and paddocks nearby. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-0726-F Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - Mason Chambers Havelock N.3 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 114.4 cm