Heritage building restoration boosted through city
MEDIA RELEASE
7 July 2005
Heritage building restoration
boosted through city funding
Six privately owned heritage buildings across the city have benefited from Auckland City Council’s $50,000 built heritage fund for 2005.
The built heritage fund, established this year, is designed to complement private owners’ own restoration and repair work, in recognition of the contribution these buildings make to the overall visual quality of the city.
“Through this fund we hope to support the work that private owners are planning to carry out to restore their own homes or buildings,” says Councillor Christine Caughey, chairperson of the Environment, Heritage and Urban Form Committee. “Auckland City recognises that this work will enhance the overall heritage cityscape and add to the visual quality of our city for all to enjoy.”
Successful
applications include:
Building Funding Project
description
23 Alten Road, CBD
Category A building
$8,475 Repair and restoration work
Marivare House
19
Ranfurly Road, Epsom
Category B $8,000 Restoration and
research
17 Renall Street, Freemans Bay
Category A
building and Conservation A Zone $4,275 New foundations
St
Judes Church
25 St Jude Street, Avondale
Category B
building $1,250 Repair 5 stained glass windows
St Johns
Methodist Church
229A Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby
Category
B building $15,000 Restore the original heritage fabric of
the building. Upgrade windows on front façade and stained
glass windows.
St Patricks Cathedral
43 Wyndham
Street, Auckland Central
Category A
building $13,000 Conservation and restoration project
The
criteria for applications made to the built heritage fund
include:
- buildings must be of heritage significance and
currently on the schedule of Buildings, Heritage Properties
and, Places, Monuments and Objects of Special Value lists in
the District Plan
- proposals must enhance the heritage
significance of the item, such as essential repairs and
maintenance to buildings, assistance for conservation plans,
assistance for restoration and also enhancement of building
facades
- funding is not retrospective and the project
must start after the applicant receives notification that
the application has been approved.
“Many of these projects are long-term and involve thousands, if not millions of dollars,” says Ms Caughey. “Our support for the restoration work is a further step in the overall commitment to protecting Auckland’s built heritage.”
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