Cargill's Castle
The building was gutted by a fire in 1892, Cargill restored the castle but was unable to meet the cost of replacing all the wooden furnishings, though he did add a ballroom. The castle had several owners after Cargill's death in 1903, and was opened as a restaurant and cabaret in the 1930s by John Hutton, which became popular with visiting servicemen during World War II. Plans have been made on several occasions to restore the building to its former glory, but none have yet borne fruit. The castle now lies in ruins, a shell of what it once was. There is no public access to the site.
Construction
The house is built from concrete, with concrete roofs on the loggia and the tower, and concrete floors. Several different types of reinforcement were used, which makes this an early example of the technology both in New Zealand and overseas.
Notes
- ^ "Cargills Castle". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
- ^ "Marriage". Evening Star. No. 5610. 2 March 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ Lochhead, Ian J. "Petre, Francis William". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Historical Significance of Cargill's Castle". The Cargill's Castle Trust. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ Price, Mark (25 October 2008). "Inaccessible Cargills Castle promoted overseas". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ Miller, Robin (2011). "Pieces of the jigsaw - the early development of concrete in Otago, New Zealand". Proceedings of the 16th Engineering Heritage Australia Conference, Hobart, November 2011: 1–22.
References
- Herd, J. & Griffiths, G.J. (1980). Discovering Dunedin. Dunedin: John McIndoe. ISBN 0-86868-030-3.
External links
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