A large Italianate house with tower, which stood at the northern end of Clifton Terrace and was built ca 1875-76, for Nathaniel Werry. When it was auctioned in 1897 it was bought by the Blundells (possibly Henry Blundell Jnr) after which it was known as 'Cleremont'. Demolished in 1922.
Te Kiteroa (Wellington, N.Z.)
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Photograph of The Terrace, Wellington
Date: [ca 1880]
From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district
By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901
Reference: PA7-12-08
Description: View of a man standing beside a picket fence. On the skyline is the Blundell house (Te Kiteroa), a large two-storey house with verandahs and turret. Below this and to the left is the Terrace School (Gothic Revival architecture). Another view of the school at 1/1-00738-F Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 12.5 x 19.8 cm
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The Terrace, Wellington
Date: [ca 1880]
From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district
Reference: 1/1-039906-G
Description: Photograph taken by William Henry Whitmore Davis. View of a man standing beside a picket fence. On the skyline is the Blundell house (Te Kiteroa), a large two-storey house with verandahs and turret. Below this and to the left is the Terrace School (Gothic Revival architecture). Source of descriptive information - Negative register. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 1/1 plate
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The house Te Kiteroa, Clifton Terrace, Wellington
Date: [ca 1890s]
From: Burton Bros
Reference: BB-3179-1/1-G
Description: The house `Te Kiteroa' (later known as `Cleremont'), on Clifton Terrace, Wellington, photographed by the Burton Brothers, circa 1884. Note on back of file print reads " `Antrim House', Boulcott Street, built after the style of this." Note on back of file print reads "In `Colonial Architecture' by John Stackpoole, plate 150, page 177" "The timber quoins on the corners of the house, the brackets supporting the roof, and the elaborate balustrades are all typical of the Italianate style." (Information taken from caption used in "Darling, I'm home!" display). Exhibited in 'Darling, I'm Home!' exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand, 1 June - 5 July 1999. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3179 Wellington Burton Bros Dunedin Note from card compiled by Walter Cook in Photographic Archive reads: \"House built for merchant Nathaniel Werry. 1897 auctioned. Blundells bought it. Called `Cleremont'. Demolished ca 1922.\" The house was designed by Thomas Turnbull, built at 2 Clifton Terrace, ca 1875 (Information from 'Colonial Capital' (1990) by Terence Hodgson). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).