New Plymouth Buildings
The architectural make-up of New Plymouth since European settlement stretches from the early cottages of the1840s to the shiny steel-plated exterior of the planned Len Lye Centre. In between has come the transition from timber buildings to concrete, the art deco of the 1930s and the modernism of the 1960s. While a few private residences remain from the early days of European settlement, the Central Business District looks nothing like early paintings and photos. The early wooden buildings have mostly been demolished or destroyed by fire to be replaced by larger reinforced concrete premises. Both commercial and domestic buildings feature in this topic, which can be searched either by the age of the building or its location.
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- Ballance Street
- Baring Terrace
- Barrett Street
- Barriball Street
- Barton Street
- Beach Street
- Bell Street
- Belt Road
- Birdwood Avenue
- Bracken Street
- Breakwater Road
- Brois Street
- Brooklands Road
- Brougham Street
- Brown Street
- Buller Street
- Burns Street
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- Calvert Road
- Cameron Street
- Carrington Street
- Chilman Street
- Clemow Road
- Coronation Avenue
- Courtenay Street
- Cowling Road
- Currie Lane
- Currie Street
- Cutfield Road
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- Dartmoor Avenue
- David Street
- Dawson Street
- Devon Street East
- Devon Street West
- Dorset Avenue
- Downe Street
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- Gaine Street
- George Street
- Gilbert Street
- Gill Street
- Gladstone Road
- Glen Almond Street
- Gover Street
- Govett Avenue
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- Hamblyn Street
- Hempton Street
- Henui Street
- Hine Street
- Hobson Street
- Holsworthy Road
- Hori Street
- Hoyle Place
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- Mahoe Street
- Mangorei Road
- Maranui Street
- Massey Street
- Mayfair Place
- McLean Street
- Mill Road
- Molesworth Street
- Morley Street
- Mt Edgcumbe Street
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- Parklands Avenue
- Parrs Road
- Pendarves Street
- Pohutukawa Place
- Powderham Street
- Price Street
- Princes Street
- Pukenui Street
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- Rainsford Street
- Rawhiti Street
- Record Street
- Richmond Street
- Ridge Lane
- Rimu Street
- Robe Street
- Rogan Street
- Ropiha Street
- Roy Terrace
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- Sackville Street
- Seddon Street
- Shortland Street
- Silver Street
- St Aubyn Street
- Standish Street
- Stoke Street
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- Waiwaka Terrace
- Wallace Place
- Wallath Road
- Water Lane
- Watson Street
- Webster Street
- Weymouth Street
- Wharf Street
- Whiteley Street
- Witako Street
- Woolcombe Terrace
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Latest 5 topics
2017 View: By Hamish Crimp
A permit was granted by the Borough Council to W. Steel on 21April 1939 for the construction of business premises on Town Section 867, Gill Street - Boon Bros were the builders, and the estimated construction cost was £1949.
2017 View: By Hamish Crimp
A permit was granted by the Borough Council to H. Rowe on 19 December 1938 for the construction of house on Town Section 519, Barrett Street - Rowe was the builder, and the estimated construction cost was £1250.
2017 View: By Hamish Crimp
A permit was granted by the Borough Council to E. Mynott on 15 April 1915 for the construction of residence on Part 5 Town Belt B, Devon Street - the estimated construction cost was £566.
Although the home is actually located on Part Section 3, rather than 5 (see Deeds Plan 44), this permit is still thought to refer to 337 Devon Street West, and the section number likley a mistake in the permit register. Laura Elizabeth Mynott is listed as
A permit was granted by the Borough Council to H. Hatley? on 21 March 1927 for the construction of house on Section 20, Burns Street - Hatley? was the builder, and the estimated construction cost was £700.
A permit was granted by the Borough Council to J. Smith on 18 March 1927 for the construction of house on Section 53, Clemow Road - G. S. Burton was the builder, and the estimated construction cost was £575.
