Stoneways
The Stoneways is a historic structure located at 46 Mountain Road on Mount Eden in the New Zealand city of Auckland .
On December 10, 2010, it was classified by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust under number 4499 as a Category 1 Monument (Historic Place Category I) .
Stoneways was built by the New Zealand architect William Gummer (1884-1966), one of the founders of the Gummer and Ford architectural firm , as a residential home and is a well-preserved example of a residential property from the mid-1920s. Gummer lived here with his family for a large part of his life.
The large, two-and-a-half-story building is located across from the equally important Auckland Grammar School, northeast of Maungawhau (Mount Eden), which was inhabited long before the colonization. After Auckland became the capital of the New Zealand colony in 1840, the property was part of William Aitken's extensive estate called "Rockwood". William Gummer had married Edith Oiroa Batley (1900-2001) and therefore bought the building site in 1924 to build a house for himself.
The house was built in a concrete frame construction in a style inspired by classicism , which refers to Gunners teaching and work with the British architect Edwin Lutyens in 1911.
As one of the architect's few residential buildings, its two offset wings are reminiscent of another larger house that he designed in Havelock North in 1916 . It differs significantly from its early wooden buildings, which can be assigned to the Arts and Crafts style.
The flat roof, accessible by stairs, offers a good view of Auckland and the seaward part of Waitemata Harbor . While there are bedrooms and several balconies on the upper floor, his study, dining room, utility rooms and lounges are arranged on the ground floor. In 1934 a large balcony was added on the west side and in 1940 toilets and a laundry room were added. In 1952 a pergola and a carport followed.
The house and the extensive grounds around it were acquired in 1957 by Supreme Court Justice Terence Gresson . In the 1960s, about half of the property was cut off. In 1978 the carport and a greenhouse were demolished and replaced by a garage.
The property is also a private residence in 2010.
Appreciation
Stoneways is treated by the British architect Banister Fletcher (1866–1953) in his "History of Architecture" and honored for its classic design, its painterly elaborated details and also as the residence of the important architect Gummer.
literature
- GW A Bush (Ed.): The History of Epsom. Auckland 2006
- Nann Keyes et al .: Modern Homes of New Zealand by Architects of Standing. Auckland 1917
- Douglas Lloyd Jenkins: At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design. Random House , Auckland 2004
- Peter Shaw: New Zealand Architecture: From Polynesian Beginnings to 1990. Auckland 1991
- Stamp, Gavin, Edwin Lutyens: Country Houses; From the Archives of Country Life. London 2001
- Geoffrey Thornton: Cast in Concrete: Concrete Construction in New Zealand 1850-1939. Auckland 1996
- Paul Waite: In the Beaux-Arts Tradition: William Gummer Architect. Napier 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b New Zealand Historic Places Trust : Brief report on the Stoneways (with picture, a detailed representation of the monument can be downloaded as a pdf file at the bottom of the website under “full report”), accessed on December 23, 2010 (English)
Coordinates: 36 ° 52 ′ 10.4 ″ S , 174 ° 46 ′ 11.1 ″ E