Bank_of_New_Zealand_Te_Aro_branch_building

Bank of New Zealand Te Aro branch building

Bank of New Zealand Te Aro branch building

Historic building on the corner of Manners and Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand

The Bank of New Zealand Te Aro branch building is a historic building on the corner of Manners and Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand.

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The building, designed by William Turnbull (son of Thomas Turnbull), is one of Wellington's earliest reinforced concrete and steel structures. It features Corinthian columns and ornate projecting cornice. It was refurbished in the early 1980s.[1]

The building, 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,[2] housed a Burger King restaurant until April 2020.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Kernohan, D. (1994). "Wellington's Old Buildings", Wellington: Victoria University Press
  2. [2]
    "Bank of New Zealand (Te Aro Branch Building)". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  3. [3]
    Flaws, Bonnie (15 May 2020). "'Iconic' central Wellington property for sale". Stuff. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

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