Erskine College, Wellington

Erskine College

Erskine College building, Wellington
General information
Architectural style French Gothic and Edwardian collegiate architecture
Location Corner Avon Street and Melbourne Road, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates Coordinates: 41°20′00″S 174°46′38″E / 41.333434°S 174.777358°E / -41.333434; 174.777358
Completed 1906
Design and construction
Architect John Sydney Swan
Designated 13-Aug-2009
Reference no. 7795

Erskine College is a collection of historic buildings and landscapes (including the Chapel of the Sacred Heart and Main Block Convent) in Wellington, New Zealand. Built from 1905-6 by the Society of the Sacred Heart (Sacré Coeur), the buildings served as a Catholic girls' boarding school (Convent of the Sacred Heart at Island Bay) until its closure in 1985.

The name was changed to Erskine College in the late 1960s to avoid confusion with Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt; being named after Mother Janet Erskine Stuart, the fifth Superior General of the Society of the Sacred Heart.

The buildings and grounds are now classified as a "Category I" ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Erskine College (Former)". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-12-21.


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