The Rookery
The Rookery is a guest house at 9 Ross Terrace, Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula.
Checked 17 Oct 2026
Built in 1866 The Rookery is one of the oldest surviving local cottages with wonderful panoramic views of the historic Port… Read full description ↓
9 Ross Terrace
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Nearby
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The nearest other guest houses
More nearby guest houses 5
Also in Lyttelton
More businesses in Lyttelton 7
What the record holds 7 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 9 Ross Terrace, Christchurch 8082 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Guest houses | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 328 8038 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | therookery.co.nz · unreachable when last read | OpenStreetMap |
| NZBN | 9429046131911, NZ Limited Company, removed | NZBN register |
| Registered name | THE ROOKERY LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 29 May 2017 | NZBN register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Built in 1866 The Rookery is one of the oldest surviving local cottages with wonderful panoramic views of the historic Port of Lyttelton. There are three rooms available for hire.
— 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 | Residential Banks Peninsula | District Plan |
The reports nearby
327 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Water & drains and Roads & footpaths, 245 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
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A guest house in Lyttelton, Christchurch.
9 Ross Terrace, Lyttelton, on Ross Terrace. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 328 8038 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website.
Harbour Lodge (171 m), Dalcroy House (655 m), Pomeroy's on Kilmore (9.7 km), every one in the city.
the address’s own record covers the valuation, zones and what stood there; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Harbour Lodge (171 m); the Winchester St near Coleridge Tce bus stop is 329 m away: routes 8, 155; nearest park: Shackleton Reserve (69 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:
Sources: OpenStreetMap · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · New Zealand Business Number register
Read source notes 5
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- 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)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), 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-rookery-lyttelton.md.