Stuart Street, Dunedin

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Central Dunedin. Stuart Street is marked in red and runs across this map, with Upper Stuart Street marked (5) and Lower Stuart Street marked (6). Dunedin central map.svg
Central Dunedin. Stuart Street is marked in red and runs across this map, with Upper Stuart Street marked (5) and Lower Stuart Street marked (6).

Stuart Street is one of the main streets of Dunedin, New Zealand. As with many of Dunedin's streets, it is named after a main street in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Stuart Street runs orthogonally to the city's main business district of George and Princes Streets, meeting them at The Octagon, the city's centre, where it is briefly interrupted by the Octagon itself. This divides Stuart Street into two separate streets, Upper Stuart Street and Lower Stuart Street.

Upper Stuart Street

Historic terraced houses below Moray Place in Upper Stuart Street. Stuart Street terraced houses, Dunedin, NZ.jpg
Historic terraced houses below Moray Place in Upper Stuart Street.
The Fortune Theatre, based in the former Trinity Methodist Church, on the corner of Moray Place and Upper Stuart Street. FortunetheatreNZ.jpg
The Fortune Theatre, based in the former Trinity Methodist Church, on the corner of Moray Place and Upper Stuart Street.
Looking down Upper Stuart Street from the Roslyn Overbridge, toward the city centre. DunedinfromRoslyn.jpg
Looking down Upper Stuart Street from the Roslyn Overbridge, toward the city centre.
Dunedin Railway Station (centre) and Law Courts (right) seen from Lower Stuart Street. Dunedin Railway Station and Dunedin Law Courts.jpg
Dunedin Railway Station (centre) and Law Courts (right) seen from Lower Stuart Street.

Upper Stuart Street climbs steeply from the Octagon, crossing Moray Place and continuing up to pass through the city's Town Belt and up to the suburb of Roslyn. One of Dunedin's landmarks is the Roslyn Overbridge, which crosses Upper Stuart Street at Roslyn; shortly beyond this point Stuart Street becomes Taieri Road, the original road leading out of Dunedin toward the Taieri Plains in the hinterland to the southwest.

Until the mid 20th century, Upper Stuart Street ran from the Octagon only as far as the junction with York Place. The contract for the north-western extension of Stuart Street, incorporating the former Albert Street (which ran from York Place to London Street) and cutting through the Town Belt to Roslyn, was let in 1949. [1] These works, which were completed in 1954, [2] also required the demolition of Littlebourne House, [3] which had been gifted to the City by the children of the former Mayor, the late Sir John Roberts, in 1934. [4]

Below the Roslyn overbridge, nestled within the Town Belt, lies Dunedin's main swimming pool, Moana Pool, and the imposing structure of Otago Boys' High School. Below this are the former buildings of the Otago Polytechnic (now located in the city's north end), including the King Edward Technical College. Closer to The Octagon, at the junction of Moray Place is the former Holy Trinity Methodist Church. In the block immediately above The Octagon are St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral and a distinctive series of historic terraced houses, now restaurants and boutique shops, which have a Category I Heritage New Zealand classification.

Lower Stuart Street

The Allied Press Building, Lower Stuart Street. AlliedPressBldg.jpg
The Allied Press Building, Lower Stuart Street.

Lower Stuart Street, unlike Upper Stuart Street, is flat. It is one of Dunedin's more historic precincts. Within the heart of the CBD, it contains a large number of shops and cafes, and also, at its eastern end, several of Dunedin's more notable buildings. These include the Dunedin Law Courts and the Allied Press building (home of the Otago Daily Times newspaper). The street is dominated by the Dunedin Railway Station, which sits in Anzac Square at the foot of the street and forms a terminating vista for the street.

New Zealand Historic Places Trust listed buildings

Numerous Stuart Street buildings are listed by Heritage New Zealand as Category I or Category II protected buildings. These buildings include the following (from northwest - Upper, to southeast - Lower):

The Robert Burns Statue in The Octagon directly opposite the end of Upper Stuart Street, is also listed (Category I), [15] as is Dunedin Railway Station, which lies in Anzac Square opposite the end of Lower Stuart Street. [16]

Notes

  1. McDonald 1965, p. 361-362.
  2. McDonald 1965, p. 382.
  3. McDonald 1965, p. 362.
  4. McDonald 1965, p. 327.
  5. "King Edward Technical College (Former)". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  6. "Fortune Theatre". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  7. "Stuart Street Terraced Houses". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  8. "Australia and New Zealand Bank Building". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  9. "Allbell Chambers". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  10. "Security Building". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  11. "Fitness Centre Building". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  12. "Law Courts Hotel". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  13. "Allied Press Ltd Building (Formerly Evening Star Building)". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  14. "Dunedin law Courts". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  15. "Robert Burns Statue". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  16. "Dunedin Railway Station, Platform & Gates". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.

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