Location #116 - The Bannockburn Hotel. Bannockburn-Nevis Road, west side.
The table below shows the groups of people that had an interest in this property, either as owners, residents, tenants or shareholders. Clicking on the 'Details' link will display a list of the individuals in the group along with any known historical information about them.
Group | Date | Description | |
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1 | 1932 - 1938 | William Young | Details |
2 | 1939 - 1944 | Cochrane Weir Henderson | Details |
3 | c1940 - | Mr & Mrs Henderson (Snr) | Details |
4 | 1941 - c1944 | Miss Myrtle Iris Paton | Details |
5 | 1943 - 1944 | Jack Debnam Stewart Roberts | Details |
6 | 1944 - 1951 | Augustus Fairburn | Details |
7 | 1951 - 1965 | Martin Heaney | Details |
8 | 1965 - 1979 | Noel Kean | Details |
9 | 1979 - 1994 | Maurice McConnell | Details |
10 | 1994 - 1999 | Raynor, Kippenberger & Simpson | Details |
11 | 1999 - 2000 | Michael John Balchin | Details |
12 | 2000 - 2001 | Bernard Nolan | Details |
13 | 2001 - 2003 | Messrs Turner and Ainsley | Details |
14 | 2003 - 2015 | John Darby | Details |
15 | 2003 | Messrs Shiliday & Norman | Details |
16 | 2003 - 2006 | Glyn Whittaker | Details |
17 | 2006 - 2011 | David & Dawn Gillespie | Details |
18 | 2011 - 2014 | Tim Hanna | Details |
19 | 2014 - 2015 | Mrs Bronwyn Stewart | Details |
20 | 2015 - 2016 | J Worrell, S Durrant, M Swanscen, P Cannon | Details |
21 | 2016 | Macintosh and Day | Details |
The table below shows any historical notes about the location.
Note | Date | Short Description | Note Text |
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1847 | 1935 | William Young built the new Bannockburn Hotel (location #116)in front of the old building (location #115) | William Young built the new Bannockburn Hotel (location #116)in front of the old building (location #115). |
1849 | 1939 | Mr & Mrs Henderson purchased the Bannockburn Hotel from William Young. | Mr & Mrs Henderson purchased the Bannockburn Hotel from William Young. |
1854 | 1944 | The Hendersons sold the Bannockburn Hotel to Mr & Mrs Fairburn. | On 13 Nov 1944, the Henderson's sold the Bannockburn Hotel to Mr & Mrs Fairburn for the sum of £3,650. Mr & Mrs Hendrson moved to Cromwell where the Hendersons took over Congalton's garage. |
1855 | 1941 | Miss Mytle Iris Paton may have been a lodger at the Hotel. | Miss Mytle Iris Paton may have been a lodger at the Hotel. She was a school teacher at the Bannockburn school. She later married Mr Chadcock who worked on the Lowburn dredge. |
1856 | 1943-1944 | Jack Roberts lived at the Bannockburn Hotel as a lodger. | This is the earliest record (electoral roll) for Mr Roberts in Bannockburn. He may have lived in the Bannockburn Hotel for some years before this. It appears that Mr Roberts took the photographs for the opening day of the Bannockburn Bowling Club on 5 Nov 1921. Jack Roberts was a bachelor and he lived at the hotel with the Henderson family. He traveled around the district on a bicycle. When Mr & Mrs Henderson sold the hotel, Mr Roberts moved to Cromwell where he also lived in a hotel. |
1858 | 1965 | Mr Noel Kean purchased the Bannockburn Hotel from Mr Martin Heaney on 15 Aug 1965. | Mr Noel Kean purchased the Bannockburn Hotel from Mr Martin Heaney on 15 Aug 1965. |
1859 | 1999 | The Bannockburn Hotel was purchased by Mr Michael Balchin. | The Bannockburn Hotel was purchased by Mr Michael Balchin. |
1860 | 2000 | The Bannockburn Hotel was sold to Mr Bernard Nolan | in December 2000 the Bannockburn Hotel was sold to Mr Bernard Nolan. The Balchins moved away from the area. |
3508 | 1941 - 1951 | General notes. | This was the baghouse and loading platform for the New Cairnmuir Colliery Company mine. It also included a coal screening plant. For more information see location #186 |
1862 | 2001 | In Dec 2001 the Bannockburn Hotel was sold to Messrs Turner and Ainsley. | In Dec 2001 the Bannockburn Hotel was sold to Messrs Turner and Ainsley. |
1864 | 2003 | The Bannockburn Hotel was sold to Mr John Darby. | In April 2003, Messrs Turner and Ainsley sold the Bannockburn Hotel to Mr John Darby. |
1865 | 2003 | The Bannockburn Hotel is purchased by Mr John Darby. | In April 2003, Mr John Darby, a property developer from Queenstown purchased the hotel. (It may have been for a group of Queenstown businessman). He/they owned the property until 2015, and it was leased to various proprietors during this time. |
1867 | 2003-2006 | Glyn and Jeanette Whittaker held the lease on the Bannockburn Hotel from Aug 2003 to Oct 2006. | Glyn and Jeanette Whittaker held the lease on the Bannockburn Hotel from Aug 2003 to Oct 2006. |
1868 | 2006-2011 | Dave and Dawn Gillespie held the lease on the Bannockburn Hotel from 2006 to 2011. | Dave and Dawn Gillespie held the lease on the Bannockburn Hotel from 2006 to 2011. |
1869 | 2009 | A mini tornado hits the Bannockburn Hotel | On 25 Jan 2009, a mini tornado struck the hotel and tore a large part of the roof off and dumped it on nearby power lines, vehicles, and int he surrounding paddocks. Luckily none of the patrons in the hotel were injured. |
1870 | 2009 | A fire breaks out in the hotel. | On 28 Aug, around 1 pm a fire broke out in a deep fat fryer in the kitchen. The staff tackled the fire with 6 fire extinguishers but it quickly took hold and the fire brigade was called. The staff and the 12 patrons who were eating lunch quickly left the building. The fire spread rapidly into the roof and through the kitchen, dining room and bar area. Volunteer fire fighters from Alexander, Clyde and Cromwell took two hours to douse the fire. The Cromwell fire chief, Steve Shaw said: " The fire had spread through the roof but had not spread to the main structure. There was a reasonable amount of damage to the roof, and water damage. " The fire investigators found the cause of the fire was a faulty thermostat on the deep fat fryer. The next day, the hotel operated the bar from the beer garden. To keep their licence, by law, they had to keep the bar open. The situation continued while the smoke and water damaged bar area was repaired. The kitchen and the dining area were closed off and rebuilt at a later date. Light means were served from the bar, but prepared in a relocatable container kitchen situated behind the hotel. |
1871 | 2011 | The kitchen and dining area were finally rebuilt. | The kitchen and dining area was finally rebuilt and the hotel reopened the restaurant. |
1872 | 2011 | The Gillespie's lease was up for renewal, and they decided not to renew it. | The Gillespie's lease was up for renewal, and they decided not to renew it. |
1873 | 2011-2014 | In May of 2011, Tim Hanna took up the lease on the hotel. | In May of 2011, Tim Hanna took up the lease on the Bannockburn Hotel. He was John Darby's brother-in-law. He held the lease until 2014 when he moved to Lumsden. |
1874 | 2014 | The hotel is run by Bronwyn Stewart. | The hotel is run by Bronwyn Stewart who lived next to the hotel. |
The table below shows a list of images related to the location. Click on 'View Image' to display more details about the image, and to view the image.
Image Id | Source | Date | Short Description | |
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308 | Paul Crump | 1998 | Location #116 - looking south west | View Image |
741 | Mr K Scott - Bannockburn | c1940 | Bannockburn Hotel - Dwelling #116 | View Image |
978 | The Mirror - community newspaper Central Otago | March 2003 | Lessees of the Bannockburn Hotel (location #116) - Nicholas John Shilliday and Karlene Isobel Norman. | View Image |
1619 | Paul Crump - Bannockburn | 27 Sep 2009 | Kitchen fire at the Bannockburn Hotel | View Image |
1621 | Southland Times | 28 Sep 2009 | Bannockburn Hotel (location #166) - Fire Report | View Image |
1823 | Mt T C Emmmett - Bannockburn | c1980 | Bannockburn Hotel - location #116 | View Image |
1878 | Ron Murray collection | c1944/51 | Bannockburn Hotel - location #116. | View Image |