# 73 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Central City

2 reports on record since April 2022 · 2 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/73-lichfield-street

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

## Reported here
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8147946), 25 Apr 2026
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2296971), 18 Apr 2022

## Photographed here (2 on record)
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8147946), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08147946/public/1_vbhv8hof6gms.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2296971), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02296971/public/1_RPvxNBw.jpg

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

## Also reported on Lichfield Street
- [160 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/160-lichfield-street), 37 reports
- [84 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/84-lichfield-street), 27 reports
- [90 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/90-lichfield-street), 25 reports
- [71 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/71-lichfield-street), 25 reports
- [116 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/116-lichfield-street), 22 reports
- [60 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/60-lichfield-street), 19 reports
- [140 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/140-lichfield-street), 19 reports
- [81 Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/81-lichfield-street), 18 reports
- [Lichfield Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/lichfield-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5341&lon=172.6373&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5341&lon=172.6373&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5341&lon=172.6373&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5341&lon=172.6373&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
- [Black and White Coffee Cartel](https://www.chch.live/business/black-and-white-coffee-cartel-christchurch-central-city-3), 11 m away · Cafés
- [Espresso Carwash](https://www.chch.live/business/espresso-carwash-christchurch-central-city), 12 m away · Car washes
- [Quick Fit Alterations](https://www.chch.live/business/quick-fit-alterations-christchurch-central-city), 16 m away · Tailors
- [Zeek's Mediterranean Kitchen](https://www.chch.live/business/zeek-s-mediterranean-kitchen-christchurch-central-city), 18 m away · Fast food

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

## The bus nearby
- [Bus Interchange (Intercity stop)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53214), 27 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80)
- [Bus Interchange (Platform C)](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53088), 53 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 81](https://www.chch.live/buses/81), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310887-bailer), 135 m away, “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (MÄori text and English translat…” · 2015

*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: $141,800,000, land $45,400,000, improvements $96,400,000 · 10,592 m² · ref 22700/45300 · 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.
- **Inside a bottle-store buffer around Christchurch Bus Interchange**, [Bottle-store buffer](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Restriction on the location of new bottle stores, the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 50 m of this site.

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 Lichfield Street in 71 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 14 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=lichfield-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 Beaths Department Store (components)
*90 m away · 201/690 Colombo Street · located to ±21 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/25)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3094

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former Sargood Son and Ewen
*119 m away · 92 Lichfield Street · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/133)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting
*129 m away · 225 High Street · located to ±19 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/558)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*133 m away · 261F High Street · located to ±18 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/469)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Triangle Reserve and Setting
*134 m away · 220F High Street · located to ±17 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/413)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 97 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 118 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 181 m to the edge
- [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve), 202 m to the edge · Botanic
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 304 m to the edge · Botanic

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

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 127 m away · Car park
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 145 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 440 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-465-christchurch-central-city), 136 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 189 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-502-christchurch-central-city), 298 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-503-christchurch-central-city), 300 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-497-christchurch-central-city), 317 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 73 Lichfield Street?**

2 council reports on record since April 2022, most often graffiti (1), accessibility (1).

**What school is 73 Lichfield 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=-43.534084215040764,172.63731195637394)

**Which suburb is 73 Lichfield Street in?**

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

**What stood at 73 Lichfield Street before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [Former Beaths Department Store (components)](https://www.chch.live/place/25), [Commercial Building and Setting, Former Sargood Son and Ewen](https://www.chch.live/place/133).

**What is the nearest park to 73 Lichfield Street?**

[City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 97 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=73-lichfield-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=lichfield-street
