Couldrey House (Waiwera, N.Z.)
Historic homestead located in Wenderholm Regional Park, Waiwera. Built in 1857 by tourism entrepeneur Robert Graham (1820-1885) as 'Wenderholm'. The size of the house was doubled by second owners Major John Whitney (1836-1932) and Harriet Whitney (1896-1918).
The house was purchased by H.W. 'Tim' Couldrey (1909-1995) in 1940, who between 1957-1960: moved, extensively renovated, and renamed the house 'Couldrey House'. Sold to Auckland Regional Authority in 1965, the Couldrey's remained in the house until 1973, after which it reverted to the Council.
Image
Date:
[ca 1900-1920]
By:
Walker, George Allen, -1915; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945
Reference:
PAColl-0524
Description:
Collection comprises:
Postcards of scenic attractions in the Rotorua and Waitomo area and others of Auckland and Christchurch including one of a young boy, F Shadbolt, on a pony and trap and a soldier in uniform named Howard
Photographs of of an elderly woman called Mrs Stevenson and Miss O'Grady
Photographs of soldiers at camp during World War I
Photographs of children in hot pools, possibly at Whakarewarewa, and of the Blue and Green Lakes at Rotorua, taken by Blencowe
Photograph of F O'Grady in a car belonging to Mr Pountney of Carr, Pountney & Co
Photograph of a house in Waihi built 1900-1902 with a mother and two children standing outside
Photograph of taxis outside a hotel in Onehunga, taken ca 1911
Source of title - Title supplied by Library
Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 30 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand.
Physical Description: Photographic prints
Provenance: Donated by Charles O'Grady, Wellington, 1964
Image
Date:
1888
From:
Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888
Reference:
E-955-f-014-5
Description:
Shows tall, straight cabbage trees, with the outline of pohutukawa trees in the background
The Puhoi Reserve was created by the Crown in 1853 and divided into ten blocks. Auckland businessman and politician Robert Graham bought 70 acres of the land and built a modest homestead on it, naming it Wenderholm. By the 1870s, visitors to the Waiwera thermal resort were invited to visit Wenderholm and its surrounds. During the depression of the 1880s, Graham sold Wenderholm to a land agent called Robert Greenwood, who decided to subdivide the property in order to create a luxury holiday resort called the Greenwood Estate. The plan did not come to fruition, and he sold the property in two pieces in 1885. Today the area is known as Wenderholm Regional Park. The Wenderholm homestead was rebuilt over the years, and from circa 1940 is known as Couldrey House.
Other Titles - Pohutukawas
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 147 x 95 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm
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