Description

SOUTH BANK MILBANK STREET, east side.
NZ 52 SW
3/104 No. 1
G.V. II

Presbytery, dated 1881, now used as probation hostel. Brick, moulded with
nailhead ornament in upper part of gabled left bay. Welsh slate roof with
stone gable copings. Domestic Revival. 2 storeys, and attic storey; 3 bays
with projecting semicircular-plan right bay and slightly-projecting left
bay. Central renewed door and fanlight in moulded brick
pilaster-and-shaped-gable surround with date. Left bay has paired,
windows in continuous moulded surround, enriched with fleuron ornament
between floors, under paired shaped gables. Similar surround, with moulded
sill string and shallow shaped aprons, to window under chamfered slit vent,
in gable with obelisk finial. Gabled angle pilaster strips on ground floor,
quoins on first floor and broad band between floors. Right bay has
paired windows with painted shaped lintels. String course below
fleuron-ornamented panels between floors; lotus-ornamented panels form band
below moulded eaves cornice under half-conical roof. All windows have
renewed casements and painted sills. Mid C20 raking dormer in middle bay.
Slightly-truncated transverse stacks with octagonal shafts, that at left end
partly rebuilt. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: NZ5324220831

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26597039

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