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Dwellings
COTTAGE, 12 RUE BALGUERIE
One of several cottages built on Rue Balguerie uphill from St Peter’s Church.
Date Built:  1877
Street Address:  12 Rue Balguerie
HPT Registered:  No
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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Dwellings
COTTAGE, 162 RUE JOLIE
This cottage has several typical features of Akaroa cottages and like many others was owned by the same family for many years.
Date Built:  1878
Street Address:  162 Rue Jolie
HPT Registered:  Yes
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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Dwellings
COTTAGE, 17 RUE BALGUERIE
More substantial than many earlier cottages, this elegant home is distinguished by a prominent cross gable and bay windows.
Date Built:  About 1878
Street Address:  17 Rue Balguerie
HPT Registered:  Yes
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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COTTAGE, 20 PERCY STREET
This fine example of a cottage of the 1860s was the home of an interesting early Akaroa couple.
Date Built:  1868
Street Address:  20 Percy Street
HPT Registered:  No
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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Dwellings
COTTAGE, 23 BRUCE TERRACE
This early cottage illustrates perfectly the way in which the characters of many New Zealand buildings have been set by additions made over many years.
Date Built:  About 1860
Street Address:  23 Bruce Terrace
HPT Registered:  Yes
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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Dwellings
COTTAGE, 41 RUE LAVAUD
Still in it garden setting and largely unaltered, this is one of Akaroa’s most charming early cottages.
Date Built:  1877?
Street Address:  41 Rue Lavaud
HPT Registered:  No
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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COTTAGE, 54a RUE JOLIE
It is relatively easy to move wooden-framed buildings and this cottage is an example of a building that began its life on one site but ended up on another.
Date Built:  1907
Street Address:  54a Rue Jolie
HPT Registered:  No
District Plan Registered: No
 
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Dwellings
COTTAGE, 9 BRUCE TERRACE
One of Akaroa’s least modified early cottages, this dwelling was built by a colourful early settler, Captain Bruce.
Date Built:  1856
Street Address:  9 Bruce Terrace
HPT Registered:  Yes
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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Structures and Sites
DALY’S WHARF
This is the oldest surviving wharf of several which served a town long dependent on communication by sea.
Date Built:  1863-65
Street Address:  Rue Balguerie
HPT Registered:  No
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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Dwellings
EIDON THALASSA
One of Akaroa’s larger houses of the late 19th century, Eidon Thalassa is a forerunner of the ubiquitous bungalow of the 20th century.
Date Built:  About 1898
Street Address:  81 Rue Lavaud
HPT Registered:  No
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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Dwellings
ELIZABETH BROWN’S COTTAGE
When first built, this cottage was the home of Elizabeth Brown, one of Akaroa’s respected and hard-working 19th century settlers.
Date Built:  1868/70
Street Address:  42 Rue Balguerie
HPT Registered:  Yes
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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Commercial Buildings
FIRE AND ICE
This shop, which began its life as a bakery, has associations with one of Akaroa’s early Scottish families.
Date Built:  1884
Street Address:  6 Church Street
HPT Registered:  No
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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Public Buildings
FORMER COURTHOUSE
Akaroa’s Courthouse is now part of the Akaroa Museum, but still furnished as a 19th century court of law.
Date Built:  1878-80
Street Address:  69 Rue Lavaud
HPT Registered:  Yes
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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Public Buildings
FORMER CUSTOMS HOUSE
This building, once the town’s customs house, perfectly illustrates the simplicity of New Zealand colonial architecture.
Date Built:  1858
Street Address:  Rue Balguerie
HPT Registered:  Yes
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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Public Buildings
FORMER POLICE STATION
This simple Edwardian building was once the office and lock-up of Akaroa’s police station.
Date Built:  1904
Street Address:  62 Rue Lavaud
HPT Registered:  No
District Plan Registered: Yes
 
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