THE HOMESTEAD
Terrace Station homestead was one of the first pieces of domestic architecture in Canterbury to have a category 1 registration from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (now Heritage New Zealand). It also has the increasingly rare distinction of continuous occupation by members of the same family since pioneering times. The homestead is primarily a family home which has been added to and altered to suit changing requirements. It is now owned by the Terrace Station Charitable Trust but lived in by descendants of John and Rose Hall.
The earliest part of the homestead came from Australia in the mid-1850s as a pre-cut, three-roomed house. This is now the drawing room and morning room. Although a new homestead was planned to be built in the 1880s, a site chosen and planted in readiness, the depression of that time meant Hall abandoned the idea and extended the existing house to the west. In 1890 the two storied bedroom section was built, with a bay window in the main bedroom. In 1896 the lean to study on the south end of the house was removed and a large study and new kitchen built.
Artistically, the most significant alteration to the homestead was to the entrance hall which features panels of alternating diagonal boards of New Zealand native kauri and rimy. The design was by prominent Arts and Crafts architect, Samuel Hurst Seager. Within the entrance hall are artifacts collected from round the world by John Hall. The carved Maori panels ornamenting the verandah were bought in 1889. They had been carved in the early 1870s and had lain abandoned for some years before coming here.
MAJOR ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS MADE BY JOHN HALL
1863-64 Verandah added on the north.
1866-68 The middle section at the front was added. This comprised two rooms downstairs (now the dining room) two small bedrooms above, a lean-to study to the south and lean-to kitchen and scullery to the west.
1886 Part of the north verandah was glassed in to form a conservatory and used for growing roses in pots.
Two bedrooms were added on the north side (Little and Big Jericho)
1887 Three skylights were added in the front verandah roof
1890 Little and Big Jericho were moved to the far end to make room for the
double-storied bedroom wing with a bay window in the main bedroom.
The nursery was altered to become the morning room.
The entrance hall was altered to the design of Samuel Hurst Seager.
The dining room and drawing room were refurbished to their present sizes.
1898 A large study and kitchen were built on the south end of the front section.
The secretary's office was added. This was a small freestanding small room moved to the present site.
MAJOR TWENTIETH CENTURY ALTERATIONS
Bathrooms were installed in the bedroom wing.
The area behind the dining room, previously pantry and scullery, is now the kitchen.
A log fire warms the centre of the house and the dining room has a log fire installed within the fireplace.
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The earliest part of the homestead came from Australia in the mid-1850s as a pre-cut, three-roomed house. This is now the drawing room and morning room. Although a new homestead was planned to be built in the 1880s, a site chosen and planted in readiness, the depression of that time meant Hall abandoned the idea and extended the existing house to the west. In 1890 the two storied bedroom section was built, with a bay window in the main bedroom. In 1896 the lean to study on the south end of the house was removed and a large study and new kitchen built.
Artistically, the most significant alteration to the homestead was to the entrance hall which features panels of alternating diagonal boards of New Zealand native kauri and rimy. The design was by prominent Arts and Crafts architect, Samuel Hurst Seager. Within the entrance hall are artifacts collected from round the world by John Hall. The carved Maori panels ornamenting the verandah were bought in 1889. They had been carved in the early 1870s and had lain abandoned for some years before coming here.
MAJOR ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS MADE BY JOHN HALL
1863-64 Verandah added on the north.
1866-68 The middle section at the front was added. This comprised two rooms downstairs (now the dining room) two small bedrooms above, a lean-to study to the south and lean-to kitchen and scullery to the west.
1886 Part of the north verandah was glassed in to form a conservatory and used for growing roses in pots.
Two bedrooms were added on the north side (Little and Big Jericho)
1887 Three skylights were added in the front verandah roof
1890 Little and Big Jericho were moved to the far end to make room for the
double-storied bedroom wing with a bay window in the main bedroom.
The nursery was altered to become the morning room.
The entrance hall was altered to the design of Samuel Hurst Seager.
The dining room and drawing room were refurbished to their present sizes.
1898 A large study and kitchen were built on the south end of the front section.
The secretary's office was added. This was a small freestanding small room moved to the present site.
MAJOR TWENTIETH CENTURY ALTERATIONS
Bathrooms were installed in the bedroom wing.
The area behind the dining room, previously pantry and scullery, is now the kitchen.
A log fire warms the centre of the house and the dining room has a log fire installed within the fireplace.
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and The Homestead Farm Buildings The People of Terrace Station
