Daisy Hill Farm House
The house was built in about 1860 for Robert Bould, a pioneer farmer. He came to New Zealand with the New Zealand Company in the early 1840s and bought land for a sheep farm in Johnsonville in 1853.
Between the world wars, the sheep farm became a dairy farm, run by Hayes and later Martelli. The land supported nearly forty Jerseys, brindles and Ayrshires without extra crops for feed.
Built in a simplified Georgian style, it is one of the few remaining houses of this type in Wellington. The building is classified as a Category 1 Historic Place (places of "special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") by Heritage New Zealand.
References
- ^ Cattell, J (1986) "Historic Buildings of Wellington" Wellington: Government Printing Office
- ^ "Daisy Hill Farm House". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ Bremner, Julie (1987). Wellington's Northern Suburbs 1919-1945. Wellington: Millwood Press. p. 95. ISBN 0-908582-80-3.
External links
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