Katherine Mansfield House and Garden
Katherine Mansfield Birthplace | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Italianate |
Town or city | 25 Tinakori Road, Wellington |
Country | New Zealand |
Coordinates | 41°16′13″S 174°46′48″E / 41.270164°S 174.77992°E |
Construction started | 1887 |
Cost | £400 |
Client | Harold Beauchamp |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Unknown |
Designated | 11-Jul-1986 |
Reference no. | 4428 |
Katherine Mansfield Birthplace was the home of Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand's most famous author. The building, located in Thorndon, is classified as a "Category I" ("places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value'") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. The Birthplace is open to the public, having been restored and furnished by the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society Incorporated, which was founded by Oroya Day (art historian), Peter Young (solicitor), and architect James Beard.
The land for the building was originally owned by Charles Clifford, while the building itself was built for Mansfield's father Harold Beauchamp. Katherine Mansfield recreated memories of her childhood home in her short stories The Aloe, Prelude, A Birthday, The Doll’s House, and The Wind Blows. Mansfield described the house as a 'dark little cubby hole'[1] and a 'horrid little piggy house'.[2]
References
- ^ Katherine Mansfield House - Katherine Mansfield - Katherine Mansfield:1888 - 1923
- ^ "Katherine Mansfield Birthplace". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
External links
- NZHPT Category I listings in the Wellington Region
- Historic house museums in New Zealand
- Monuments and memorials in New Zealand
- Buildings and structures in Wellington City
- Museums in the Wellington Region
- Birthplaces of individual people
- 1880s architecture in New Zealand
- Wooden buildings and structures in New Zealand
- New Zealand building and structure stubs