Location 106
Dwelling #106
Map 5
- Address
- Bannockburn-Nevis Road
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Description -
Dwelling #106. Bannockburn-Nevis Road, east side.
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Still Standing -
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Construction Details -
Timber framed, galvanised corrugated iron cladding. Built in 1923 by George Burghess of Wanaka who was a stone mason from the Shetland Islands (see dwelling #87). The contract was to build a 2 room house with a coal range and 500 gal water tank at a total cost of £90 (ninety pound) -
Location Type -
Dwelling
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Interested Parties
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| Group | Date | Description | |
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| 1 | 1923 - 1989 | Edward Lawrence (Ted) | Details |
| 2 | c1929 - 1938 | Thomas Lawrence | Details |
| 3 | 1989 - 1996 | Mrs Jane Lawrence | Details |
| 4 | 1996 - 1997 | Mrs Jean Howse | Details |
Notes
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| Note | Date | Short Description | Note Text |
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| 1624 | 1923 | General Notes | Mrs & Mrs Lawrence had dwelling #106 built for them by Mr George Cochrane Burghess before their wedding. They were married in the Methodist church (location #93) on 27 Jun 1923, by the Rev. Witherford. Mr Lawrence took over the Bannockburn to Nevis mail run some time before his wedding. He started with two horses, a cart and a gig which was used as a taxi. These were all purchased from his uncle, Mr Robert Toms, for forty pounds. The horse and gig was replaced by a Model T Ford car which was used as the mail car and taxi between Bannockburn and Cromwell. Mr Lawrence continued to run a team of horses and a cart. The horses were housed in the Stone Store Stables (location #102), the cart and gig in the store gig shed (dwelling #129) until 1928. |
| 1635 | 1989 | Mrs Lawrence remained in dwelling #106 after her husbands death. | Mrs Lawrence continued to live in dwelling #106 after her husbands death in 1989, until her health deteriorated to a point where she could not care for herself. |
| 1637 | 1996 | Dwelling #106 sold to Mrs Jean Howse. | The property sat vacant until it was sold to Mrs Jean Howse in 1996. Mrs Howse, of Dunedin is the grand-daughter of Mrs Jane Lawrence, daughter of Ivy Lawrence (Mrs Urquhart) of Hawea. |
| 1631 | c1929 | Mrs & Mrs Thomas Lawrence came to live with their son Ted in dwelling #106. | Mr & Mrs Thomas Lawrence moved back from Arrowtown to Bannockburn (see dwelling #126). Thomas had been working on the Arrow irrigation scheme. The couple came to live with their son Ted in dwelling #106. |
| 1638 | General Notes | Mrs Jean Howse was Jane Lawrence's grand-daughter. She purchased dwelling #106 from her grandmother in 1996. ( Jeans mother was Ivy Urquhart (nee Lawrence)) Jean had two children, Astra and Rory. |
Images
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| Image Id | Source | Date | Short Description | |
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| 46 | Lowburn Action Group calendar | c1975 | Dwelling #106 | View Image |
| 317 | Paul Crump | 1998 | Dwelling #106 - looking east. | View Image |
| 318 | Paul Crump | 1998 | Dwelling #106 - looking south east. | View Image |
| 1392 | Mrs M Valk - Cromwell | c1932 | Dwelling #106 - with Lawrence Family | View Image |