# 241 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City

5 reports on record since March 2019 · 4 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/241-manchester-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5

## Reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4061779), 25 Dec 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3810821), 18 Oct 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2372893), 23 May 2022
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/896649), 2 Dec 2019
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/645452), 10 Mar 2019

## Photographed here (4 on record)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/4061779), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04061779/public/1_vke8wishnsoo.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2372893), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02372893/public/1_zX4baiy.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/896649), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00896649/0_Dwvxjt
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/645452), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00645452/0

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Also reported on Manchester Street
- [297-299 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/297-299-manchester-street), 103 reports
- [293 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/293-manchester-street), 72 reports
- [214 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/214-manchester-street), 72 reports
- [153 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/153-manchester-street), 52 reports
- [218 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/218-manchester-street), 48 reports
- [76 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/76-manchester-street), 45 reports
- [204 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/204-manchester-street), 45 reports
- [192 Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/192-manchester-street), 40 reports
- [Manchester Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5302&lon=172.6395&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5302&lon=172.6395&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5302&lon=172.6395&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [Purple Dragon Noodles Food Cart](https://www.chch.live/business/purple-dragon-noodles-food-cart-christchurch-central-city), 17 m away · Fast food
- [Sampan House](https://www.chch.live/business/sampan-house-christchurch-central-city), 26 m away · Restaurants
- [Sampan Noodle House](https://www.chch.live/business/sampan-noodle-house-christchurch-central-city), 40 m away · Restaurants
- [Fable Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/business/fable-christchurch-christchurch-central-city), 43 m away · Hotels

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- [Manchester St Super Stop](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53074), 69 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- [Manchester St Super Stop](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53061), 132 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310859-ground), 31 m away, “IN MEMORY OF / JAIME ROBERT MCDOWELL GILBERT / WHO LOST HIS LIFE / AT THIS LOCATION IN THE…” · 2018
- [Margaret Mahy Family Playground](https://www.chch.live/plaque/284635-margaret-mahy-family-playgroun), 185 m away, “MARGARET MAHY FAMILY PLAYGROUND / Officially opened on 22 December 2015 by / Elsie Mahy /…” · 2017
- [Godley Statue Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311006-godley-statue-reserve), 190 m away · 1899

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $1,350,000, land $1,350,000, improvements $0 · 415 m² · ref 22700/20200 · roll last edited February 2026

A mass appraisal the council runs every three years to divide the rates bill, not a market price, and not a valuation of this house in particular.

## Enrolment zones this address sits inside

*Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.*
- [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jul 2024
- [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day

This address is not on a single weekly kerbside round.
- Green bin, not collected here
- Yellow bin, Weekly · Wednesdays
- Red bin, Daily

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 69% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 10% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 69% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Built on fill: peat**, [Made ground](https://www.chch.live/fill) · No NZS 4431 certificate and no record of engineering supervision

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **Christchurch / Ōtautahi Clean Air Zone**, [Clean air zone](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Open fires and older woodburners are restricted here under the Canterbury Air Regional Plan. A burner installed before 2001 cannot be replaced like for like.
- **In the Christchurch Airshed**, [Gazetted airshed](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A gazetted airshed is the area the national air quality standard is measured over, the 24-hour PM10 average that this one is allowed to breach once a year. _Zone A_
- **In the Central City alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Manchester Street in 236 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 38 seriously hurt.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=manchester-street&suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Christchurch Central City ran about **$508 a week**, $42 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here, Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A W Smith and Son's Central Garage/Mayfair-Cinerama Theatre
*101 m away · 115A Worcester Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/277)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, New Regent Street Shops and Setting
*109 m away · 17 New Regent Street · located to ±48 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/164)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4385

## What was here, Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting
*112 m away · 124 Worcester Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/279)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/306

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance
*122 m away · 58/28 Cathedral Square · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/278)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1931

## What was here, Theatre Royal Façade, Dome, Staircase and Setting
*124 m away · 145 Gloucester Street · located to ±24 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/87)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1936

## The green nearby
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 165 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), 216 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Edmonds Band Rotunda](https://www.chch.live/park/1767-edmonds-band-rotunda), 244 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 279 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 294 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 184 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 347 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 13 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 86 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 157 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city), 229 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-534-linwood), 300 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 241 Manchester Street?**

5 council reports on record since March 2019, most often graffiti (5).

**What school is 241 Manchester Street zoned for?**

[Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.53018228429204,172.63948812727614)

**Which suburb is 241 Manchester Street in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/manchester-street).

**What stood at 241 Manchester Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A W Smith and Son's Central Garage/Mayfair-Cinerama Theatre](https://www.chch.live/place/277), [New Regent Street Shops and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/164).

**What is the nearest park to 241 Manchester Street?**

[Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 165 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=241-manchester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=manchester-street
