# 53B 53B, Christchurch Central City

1 report on record since May 2020 · 1 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/53b-53b

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1098664), 28 May 2020

## Photographed here (1 on record)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/1098664), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01098664/1_3ePw2D.jpg

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

## The street it is on
- [B, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/b)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5285&lon=172.6319&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5285&lon=172.6319&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5285&lon=172.6319&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
- [West Fitzroy Apartments](https://www.chch.live/business/west-fitzroy-apartments-christchurch-central-city), 41 m away · Motels
- [Curtis Vision Optometrists](https://www.chch.live/business/curtis-vision-optometrists-christchurch-central-city), 51 m away · Business
- [The Grange Motel](https://www.chch.live/business/the-grange-motel-christchurch-central-city), 51 m away · Motels
- [Christchurch Memorial RSA](https://www.chch.live/business/christchurch-memorial-rsa-christchurch-central-city), 60 m away · Clubs

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

## The bus nearby
- [Park Tce near Chester St W](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=14387), 316 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)
- [Kilmore Street Town Hall](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=54520), 337 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Rugby Football Was First Played in Cranmer Square](https://www.chch.live/plaque/61081-cranmer-square), 124 m away, “Rugby football was first played in Cranmer Square by the Christchurch Football Club in 186…” · 2003
- [Provincial Council Building 1865 — Canterbury Centenary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/63095-canterbury-provincial-council), 189 m away, “PROVINCIAL COUNCIL BUILDING 1865 — Canterbury Centenary plaque” · 2009
- [… Golden Jubilee / 1962](https://www.chch.live/plaque/75291-avon-riverbank-central-city), 215 m away, “… GOLDEN JUBILEE / 1962” · 2000

*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: $820,000, land $475,000, improvements $345,000 · 165 m² · ref 22680/52700/A · 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.*
- [Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Jul 2020
- [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2025
- [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2022
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Tuesdays)

Bins go out Tuesday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week Two
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week Two

This address is on the council’s Week Two calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check.

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 88% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 25% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 88% in the worst modelled scenario.
- **Liquefaction was mapped here after the February 2011 earthquake**, [Liquefied in February 2011](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · The survey recorded this as certain. Mapped from aerial imagery and site visits after the event, this is a record of what happened, not a model of what might.
- **Technical category TC3**, [Foundation category](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) · Moderate to significant land damage from liquefaction is possible in future significant earthquakes _Foundations: Site-specific geotechnical investigation and specific engineering foundation design required eg deep pile foundations, innovative ground strengthening, etc_

### [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).

## 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, Dwelling and Setting
*73 m away · 56 Armagh Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/7)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3116

## What was here, Dwellings and Setting, Mildenhall
*123 m away · 7/53 Gloucester Street · located to ±23 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/85)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Cranmer Square and Setting
*139 m away · 1P Cranmer Square · located to ±119 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/50)*
- In the winter of 1869 the City Council fenced Cranmer Square — the works committee had fencing plans prepared in July, and the fortnightly works return at the end of August records men "erecting posts for fencing Cranmer Square"., CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 27 July 1869) (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690727.2.6), 1869-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- In January 1882 the promoters Joubert and Twopeny asked the City Council for the use of Cranmer Square to erect buildings for an international exhibition they planned to open that April., THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. (Star, 14 January 1882) (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820114.2.21), 1882-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- At an informal council meeting on 13 January 1882, Twopeny said the promoters would sign a bond to give the square back "in exactly the same condition as it was before" and would not injure any of its trees; he asked for Cranmer rather than Latimer Square because money had just been spent laying Latimer out., THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. (Star, 14 January 1882) (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820114.2.21), 1882-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- The exhibition never came to Cranmer Square. When it opened in April 1882 its buildings stood in Hagley Park, on the angle formed by the junction of the Riccarton and Lincoln roads., THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 12 April 1882) (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18820412.2.15), 1882-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- By the early 1900s the houses around Cranmer Square ran heavily as lodging and boarding houses — the Star's columns carry years of boarders wanted, rooms to let and servants sought addressed to numbers 2, 3, 10, 20, 22 and 30., Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 January 1905) (https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050114.2.62.1), 1905-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Written: [The exhibition the square didn't get](https://www.chch.live/article/the-exhibition-the-square-didnt-get)

## What was here, Former CSA / CoCA Gallery and Setting
*180 m away · 66 Gloucester Street · located to ±22 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/466)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Armagh Street Kerbstones and Setting
*183 m away · 280A Durham Street North · located to ±26 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/303)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Cranmer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1817-cranmer-square), 58 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1068-canterbury-provincial-council-reserve), 155 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Victoria Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square), 243 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- [Armagh Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1254-armagh-reserve), 302 m to the edge
- [Scott Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1727-scott-statue-reserve), 308 m to the edge · Botanic

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Armagh Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-34), 81 m away · Car park
- [Aldersgate](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-32), 125 m away · Car park
- [Civic Offices](https://www.chch.live/facility/council-office-8), 362 m away · Council office
- [Rolleston Avenue](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-29), 386 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 466 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 27 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-482-christchurch-central-city), 132 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-504-christchurch-central-city), 254 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-506-christchurch-central-city), 254 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-487-christchurch-central-city), 258 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 53B 53B?**

1 council report on record since May 2020, most often graffiti (1).

**What school is 53B 53B zoned for?**

[Elmwood Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/3334-elmwood-normal-school), [Heaton Normal Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3372-heaton-normal-intermediate), [Christchurch Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/327-christchurch-boys-high-school), [Christchurch Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/328-christchurch-girls-high-school), [Burnside High School](https://www.chch.live/school/319-burnside-high-school) 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=-43.52853012022724,172.63186645456835)

**Which suburb is 53B 53B in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on B.

**What stood at 53B 53B before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/7), [Dwellings and Setting, Mildenhall](https://www.chch.live/place/85).

**What is the nearest park to 53B 53B?**

[Cranmer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1817-cranmer-square), 58 m to its edge, 2 ha.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=53b-53b