The New Plymouth Heritage List contains the heritage sites and buildings from
New Plymouth
New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. ...
registered in the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero (formerly the Register).
This list is maintain and updated by
Heritage New Zealand
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (initially the National Historic Places Trust and then, from 1963 to 2014, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust) ( mi, Pouhere Taonga) is a Crown entity with a membership of around 20,000 people that advocate ...
(aka ''Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga'', initially the ''National Historic Places Trust'' and, from 1963 to 2014, the ''New Zealand Historic Places Trust'').
One of
New Plymouth District Council
New Plymouth District Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Ngāmotu) is the territorial authority for the New Plymouth District of New Zealand.
The council consists of the mayor of New Plymouth, , and 14 ward councillors.
Composition
Councillor ...
’s goals is to preserve the local cultural heritage items, such as buildings, structures and areas, archaeological and waahi tapu sites.
New Plymouth District Council has admitted that “more work needs to be done” to protect some of the city’s oldest heritage buildings.
The “Architecture Now” magazine presented an itinerary in New Plymouth including heritage buildings and stated: ''"The city remains the location of some of the oldest surviving architect-designed buildings in New Zealand."''
One of the first settlers arriving in New Plymouth in 1843 was
Frederick Thatcher
The Reverend Frederick Thatcher (1814 – 19 October 1890) was an English and New Zealand architect and clergyman.
He was born at Hastings to a long-established Sussex family. He practised as an architect in London from 1835 and was one of the ...
, a London-trained architect. He came with the intention to become a farmer, but was drawn into design and civic administration. At the direction of
Bishop Selwyn he designed
St. Mary’s Cathedral and at direction of
Governor Sir George Grey designed one of four hospitals (
The Gables Colonial Hospital) ambitiously intended to serve both
Maori and settlers.
List
References
Bibliography
Heritage New Zealand,
New Zealand Heritage List'
See also
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List of category 1 historic places in Auckland The List of category 1 historic places in Auckland contains the category 1 heritage sites and buildings from Auckland registered in the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero (formerly the Register) as ''Historic Place Category 1'' or ''Historic ...
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List of category 2 historic places in Auckland
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List of historic places in Wellington
The List of historic places in Wellington contains the heritage sites and buildings from Wellington registered in the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero (formerly the Register).
The New Zealand Heritage List is maintained and updated by H ...
External links
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*{{commonscat-inline, NZHPT Category II listings in the Taranaki Region
Buildings and structures in New Plymouth
New Plymouth
New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. ...