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Ravenscar House

Ravenscar House is a gallery at 52 Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch Central City.

Checked 23 Oct 2026 · hours from its own website, read 28 Sept 2026

Ravenscar House Museum is the stylish new home for Jim and Susan Wakefield's cherished art collection. The House Museum is a… Read full description ↓

Has a Wikipedia entry

3 ECan consents on its site, more than almost any other premises on the record · One of 12 galleries in Christchurch Central City, 27% of the city’s count

52 Rolleston Avenue

Street record, Rolleston Avenue →

Open on the city map →

Hours a week
49
Nearest bus stop
56 m
Galleries in the suburb
12

Opening hours

From its own website: read 28 Sept 2026 · Its own website
Monday – Sunday10 am to 5 pm

Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 49 hours a week, by the website’s count.

From its website and public pages

Price band $, as its site states. Read from the site itself 28 Sept 2026, Its own website.

Getting there

Bus stop, Rolleston Ave near Gloucester St 56 m · Route 8 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Rolleston Ave near Gloucester St 130 m · Route 8 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Hereford St near Montreal St 281 m · Route 8 · ECan bus stops
Separated cycleway 45 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
Car park, Ravenscar House Museum 25 m · private · 54 spaces · 2 mobility · 4 EV · Council parking data
The street, Rolleston Avenue Reports, crashes and the rest of the record along it Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.

Nearby

More nearby places 7

Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.

The nearest other galleries

More nearby galleries 5

All 12 galleries in Christchurch Central City → · Every one in the city →

Also in Christchurch Central City

More businesses in Christchurch Central City 7

Every kind of business in Christchurch Central City →

What the record holds 6 sourced facts

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Christchurch Central City (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 23 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address52 Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch 8013OpenStreetMap
KindGalleriesOpenStreetMap
Phone+64 3 366 5052Its own website
Websiteravenscarhouse.comOpenStreetMap · its own site agrees
Price range$Its own website
EncyclopaediaRavenscar House Museum, WikipediaWikidata

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How the council’s directory described it

Read the full description council directory, about 2024

Ravenscar House Museum is the stylish new home for Jim and Susan Wakefield's cherished art collection. The House Museum is a reimagining of the Wakefields' stunning home in the Christchurch coastal suburb of Scarborough, which was damaged beyond repair in the February 2011 earthquake. Step inside to discover works by well-known and much-loved NZ artists. Open 7 days, 10am-5pm

— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.

The ground it stands on

Facts about the spot the pin marks, the land, not the business. A consent may belong to the building, the landlord or a neighbour, every consent ECan grants is on the roll
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneHigh density residential zoneDistrict Plan
Consent CRC190758Certif of Compliance (s9), held by RHOAD Limited, 5 m from the pinECan consents
Consent CRC190361De-watering Water, held by RHOAD Limited, 11 m from the pinECan consents
Consent CRC190360De-watering Water, held by RHOAD Limited, 15 m from the pinECan consents

What stood on this ground → · Documents that name it →

The reports nearby

2,493 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 1,942 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 2,493 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

Read answers 8
What is Ravenscar House?

A gallery in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.

Where is Ravenscar House?

52 Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch Central City, on Rolleston Avenue. On the map →

Is Ravenscar House still trading?

On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.

How do you contact Ravenscar House?

phone 03 366 5052 (its own website), its website.

When is Ravenscar House open?

Monday – Sunday: 10 am to 5 pm, as its own website states.

What other galleries are near Ravenscar House?

Pumanawa Gallery (70 m), Woodcraft Gallery (142 m), The Physics Room (201 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Ravenscar House?

the address’s own record holds 50 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest YHA Rolleston House (18 m); the Rolleston Ave near Gloucester St bus stop is 56 m away: route 8; a separated cycleway passes within 45 m; nearest park: Armagh Reserve (238 m).

What stood where Ravenscar House is, before?

The heritage-register places nearest the pin →

The record behind this

This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:

Sources: OpenStreetMap · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents · Wikidata · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website

Read source notes 9

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/ravenscar-house-christchurch-central-city.md.