# 52 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City

4 reports on record since August 2015 · 4 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/52-manchester-street

## What gets reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 3
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1

## Reported here
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/680785), 16 Apr 2019
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/619614), 12 Feb 2019
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/507998), 23 Sept 2018
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/83122), 6 Aug 2015

## Photographed here (4 on record)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/680785), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00680785/0
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/619614), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00619614/0
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/507998), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00507998/0
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/report/83122), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00083122/0

[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=-43.5374&lon=172.6398&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5374&lon=172.6398&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5374&lon=172.6398&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5374&lon=172.6398&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
- [Quest Hotel - Manchester Street](https://www.chch.live/business/quest-hotel-manchester-street-christchurch-central-city), 16 m away · Hotels
- [Quest on Manchester](https://www.chch.live/business/quest-on-manchester-christchurch-central-city), 26 m away · Hotels
- [Celeine's Bar & Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/celeine-s-bar-restaurant-christchurch-central-city), 30 m away · Restaurants
- [OneStaff](https://www.chch.live/business/onestaff-christchurch-central-city), 32 m away · Recruitment

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

## The bus nearby
- [Manchester St near Welles St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53673), 22 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27)
- [Manchester St near Allen St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53687), 86 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

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

## The rating valuation
- Capital value: $13,550,000, land $3,960,000, improvements $9,590,000 · 1,821 m² · ref 22670/22700 · 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.

### [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 235 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, Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting
*141 m away · 2/210 St Asaph Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/226)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1917

## What was here, Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting
*158 m away · 7/204 St Asaph Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/227)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1911

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers
*221 m away · 210 Tuam Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/232)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3127

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings
*223 m away · 147 High Street · located to ±45 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/549)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1864

## What was here, Former Tuam Street Hall and Setting
*225 m away · 214 Tuam Street · located to ±12 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/233)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3140

## The green nearby
- [Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 252 m to the edge
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 305 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 368 m to the edge
- [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), 391 m to the edge
- [Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 466 m to the edge

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [St Asaph](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-36), 344 m away · Car park
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 405 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), 8 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 232 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-528-christchurch-central-city), 245 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 262 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 284 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 52 Manchester Street?**

4 council reports on record since August 2015, most often roading/streets (3), water supply (1).

**What school is 52 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=-43.53738924642407,172.63976621916493)

**Which suburb is 52 Manchester Street in?**

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

**What stood at 52 Manchester Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/226), [Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/227).

**What is the nearest park to 52 Manchester Street?**

[Wilson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1557-wilson-park), 252 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=52-manchester-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=manchester-street
