Daisy Hill Farm House

Daisy Hill Farm House
street view (rear of house)
General information
Location	15 Truscott Avenue, Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates	41°13′34″S174°47′46″E / 41.226107°S 174.795983°E / -41.226107; 174.795983
Completed	1857
Heritage New Zealand – Category 1
Designated	25-Sep-1986
Reference no.	4110

Daisy Hill Farm House is a historic building in Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand.

The house was built in about 1860 for Robert Bould, a pioneer farmer. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

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. ^[2]

Daisy hill farm house (view of rear from street)

References

1. Cattell, J (1986) "Historic Buildings of Wellington" Wellington: Government Printing Office
2. "Daisy Hill Farm House". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand . Retrieved 21 December 2009.
3. 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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