The Old Vicarage
The Old Vicarage is a restaurant at 335 Halswell Road, Halswell, Christchurch.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
The Vicarage cafe, bar & restaurant is located in a charming 1898 villa nestled in a beautiful mature garden in the heart of Halswell, only 6kms from the city centre. Open 7 days 9am until late
Licensed to Brookside Trading Company Limited, to 20 Feb 2028
Its own website lists
Read from the site itself 2 Oct 2026, Its own website.
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What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 335 Halswell Road, Christchurch 8025 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Restaurants | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 322 1248 | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site lists 033221224 |
| Website | theoldvicarage.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| enquiries@tov.co.nz | Its own website | |
| Menu | theoldvicarage.co.nz | Its own website |
| NZBN | 9429046465092, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | BROOKSIDE TRADING COMPANY LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 16 Nov 2017 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Restaurant operation | NZBN register |
| Services | Toilets | OpenStreetMap |
| Dates from | 1898 | Wikidata |
| Food registration | reg CCC002530/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 23 Aug 2027 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 1, expires 20 Feb 2028, held by Brookside Trading Company Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
The Vicarage cafe, bar & restaurant is located in a charming 1898 villa nestled in a beautiful mature garden in the heart of Halswell, only 6kms from the city centre. Open 7 days 9am until late
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Medium density residential zone | District Plan |
The reports nearby
546 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 441 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 546 reports on file
Questions, answered briefly
A restaurant in Halswell, Christchurch.
335 Halswell Road, Halswell, on Halswell Road. On the map →
Holds an on-licence restaurant class 1 on the council’s register, to 20 Feb 2028, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 322 1248 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website, email enquiries@tov.co.nz (its own website).
Craythornes Public House (117 m), Halswell Noodle Delights (117 m), Pizza Hut (281 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 7 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Halswell Bakery (83 m); the Halswell Shops bus stop is 97 m away: route 125; a shared path on the Quarryman's Trail route passes within 41 m; nearest park: Kinrara Reserve (307 m).
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:
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register, a licence must be current for the premises to sell alcohol (CC BY 4.0)
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata, the item an OpenStreetMap mapper linked the premises to (CC0)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
- Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register, the public Food Act registration for these premises, verified by the named agency, matched here by name and address
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/the-old-vicarage-halswell.md.
Edward Paterson Esq. Chairman 1909
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