Clarendon Tower
Clarendon Tower is a skyscraper at the intersection of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace in the Central City district of Christchurch in the Canterbury region on the South Island of New Zealand . The high-rise was erected on the site of the former Clarendon Hotel , with the facade of the previous building being retained during the new construction; it is a listed building by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and is classified in the category of Historic Place. As a result of the Christchurch earthquake in February 2011 , the structure was badly damaged, so that the responsible authorities ordered the demolition of the building.
history
Clarendon Hotel
The first Clarendon Hotel, an early wooden structure, was built in a former private home. It was at 78 Worcester Street, on the corner of Oxford Terrace. The first owner of the hotel from 1851 was William Guise Brittan, a land agent for the Canterbury Association . He ran the Christchurch Land Registry, which was diagonally across from the hotel on the spot where Our City , a former seat of the Christchurch City Council, is today. Brittan sold his building to Irish emigrant Rowland Davis in 1859 , who was licensed and enlarged the house. Thus began the story of the inn on the site.
One of the later owners, George Oram, changed the name of the hotel to Clarendon in 1866, after the then British Foreign Secretary , the Earl of Clarendon . The quality of the hotel was recognized when Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh stayed in it in 1869 and gave Oram the honorary title 'Hotel Keeper by Appointment to His Royal Highness Prince Alfred the Duke of Edinburgh'.
Clarendon Hotel has often been used for forensic investigations into the circumstances of drowning people in the nearby Avon River , as many of these frequent deaths were heard at the hotel. It also served as a departure point for Cobb and Co's carriages towards the west coast .
The sprawling building was demolished and rebuilt in 1902/03 for the Crown Brewery Company. The architect was Joseph Clarkson Maddison , who designed the three-story building in the neo-renaissance style. He was a well-known and recognized architect in Christchurch at the time, who designed 14 hotels in the city over the course of 28 years, including Warner’s and Carlton, as well as other public buildings such as the Old Government Building and the 1906 New Zealand International Exhibition took place in Hagley Park . The contractor was J. Otley.
In addition to the Duke of Edinburgh (1869), other famous people stayed at the hotel, including Lee Kuan Yew (the first Prime Minister of Singapore ), King George VI. (1948), Queen Elizabeth II (1954) and later her mother (1958). However, the largest crowd gathered at the hotel when The Beatles stayed here during their 1964 tour .
The demolition of the hotel was first proposed in 1981, which sparked lively controversy in Christchurch. Finally, the Christchurch City Council suggested that the facade of the hotel should be retained when the property was rebuilt with an office high-rise. The hotel was demolished in 1986, but two-thirds of the facade on Oxford Terrace and the entire front of Worcester Street remained.
Clarendon Towers
The 17-story Clarendon Towers were designed by Warren and Mahoney and built in 1986 and 1987. It was the first example of a gutting in Christchurch, and local artist Bill Sutton described the creation as “a boy with me Pants pulled down to the ankles ”, with which he received ample approval, but others were satisfied that the historical facade had been preserved.
Due to the damage the building sustained in the Christchurch earthquake in February 2011 , the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority decided that the skyscraper had to be demolished.
Monument protection
On June 24, 2005, the historic part of the building facade with registration number 1858 was classified as a Category II Historic Place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust because this is the place where one of the pioneer settlers, Brittan, first lived and because Established in 1859, it was one of the first hotels in the city and became one of Christchurch's most famous hotels. It is an example of the many important buildings that architect Maddison designed and is part of the architectural heritage of the area, which includes the Public Trust Office Building and the Our City on Oxford Terrace and the Avon Theater and Regent Theater in the Worcester Street belong. The Scott statue is also nearby .
literature
- Theme IV: Industry and Commerce . In: Contextual Historical Overview . June 2005, Chapter 13-15 , pp. 129–171 (English, online [PDF; 4.2 MB ; accessed on April 4, 2018]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Adrienne Rewi: Frommer's New Zealand . Frommer's, 2010, ISBN 978-0-470-49733-3 , pp. 371 f . ( Google Books [accessed June 24, 2011]).
- ↑ Contextual Historical Overview . 2005, p. 157 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Clarendon Hotel Facade . Heritage New Zealand , accessed September 23, 2019 .
- ^ Warner's Hotel . Heritage New Zealand , accessed September 23, 2019 .
- ^ Carlton Hotel . Heritage New Zealand , accessed September 23, 2019 .
- ^ Old Government Building. Historic Place Category 1. In: New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero . Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga , April 5, 1984, accessed September 23, 2019 .
- ^ Main Building. Christchurch City Libraries, accessed June 25, 2011 .
- ^ The Clarendon Hotel, Christchurch. Christchurch City Libraries, accessed June 25, 2011 .
- ^ Warren and Mahoney. Christchurch City Libraries, accessed June 25, 2011 .
- ↑ Clarendon must go. In: The Press. Fairfax Media, June 13, 2011, accessed June 25, 2011 .
- ↑ Captain Scott Memorial. Historic Place Category 2. In: New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero . Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga , November 26, 1981, accessed September 23, 2019 .
Coordinates: 43 ° 31 '52.5 " S , 172 ° 38' 2.9" O