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218: 206: 288:"To Be Let, that delightfully situated Villa Residence, known as Goldie's Brae, Wadestown, the property of Dr Johnston, with about five acres of land, ornamentally laid out and planted, and the whole commanding a magnificent view of the city and harbour. The house contains drawing, dining, and morning rooms, five bedrooms, kitchen etc., all on the ground floor, and fitted with every modern convenience. Stable, cart-house, and other out-offices. Large garden and orchard, with numerous fruit trees in full bearing. A never-failing spring of pure water is laid on to the house. For further particulars apply to . . ." 28: 483: 261:) and was opened in September 1847. The medical officer in charge was Colonial Surgeon Dr John Patrick Fitzgerald. The surgery and other offices were on the ground floor. A ward for eight to ten patients was on the first floor of the brick and plaster building. 519: 192:. It is considered remarkable for its relatively new construction material, concrete, and its eccentricity of design. It was designed by its original owner Dr Alexander Johnston, the Provincial Surgeon of Wellington. 312:
A road was constructed across the property from Grant Road, it is now Grosvenor Terrace but was then named Queen's Terrace, and J H Bethune & Co auctioned ten building sites within the property in July 1904.
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a new single storey wooden building was built in 1852 which provided for 40 patients. It became Provincial Hospital on the establishment of Wellington Province in January 1853.
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Dr Johnston replaced Fitzgerald in 1854 and served there for 25 years. In the 1870s ten acres were set aside in Newtown for a very much larger
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A segmental plan form with a continuous glazed gallery or conservatory providing internal access and solar heating to each of its ten rooms.
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Ron Easthope, honorary archivist, Wellington Hospital, Capital & Coast District Health Board accessed 24 November 2018
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He retired in 1889 and returned to England settling in London where he died in September 1895 aged 70.
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The architect and first occupier Dr Alexander Johnston and his wife Emily Johnston (née Acland).
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and sometimes referred to as "the banana house" or "crescent house") is a historic building in
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Cattell, J (1986) "Historic Buildings of Wellington" Wellington: Government Printing Office
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Hospital was built on land donated by Māori for that purpose (now the site of Thorndon's
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Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic places in the Wellington Region
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and (Wellington) Provincial Surgeon in charge of the
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Wadestown
Wellington
Coordinates
41°16′02″S 174°46′49″E / 41.267333°S 174.780153°E / -41.267333; 174.780153
Heritage New Zealand – Category 1
Wadestown
Wellington
historic place
New Zealand Historic Places Trust


coroner
Provincial
Thorndon
Colonial
Wellington Girls' College
earthquake in 1848
Wellington Hospital




"Goldie's Brae"
Heritage New Zealand
A Hearty Farewell


The Thorndon Hospitals
New Zealand Times

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