The old estates
Fendalton was the district of big sections and bigger houses, and the register kept a surprising amount of it, one estate alone, Mona Vale, is five separate entries. This walk starts inside its grounds, comes out along Fendalton Road to the school’s gate, and finishes among the Glandovey Road houses the roll lists one by one. Longest walk on the shelf; flat the whole way.
The walk, as a line
Straight between pins, the streets run longer. Every numbered pin opens that place’s own record.
The stops, in order
- Mona Vale Gatehouse and Setting, 65 Fendalton Road · Heritage NZ list 1799 · 23 unread leads
Mona Vale’s gatehouse on Fendalton Road, the way in; the register lists it separately from the house it serves.
- Former Dwelling and Setting, Mona Vale, 63 Fendalton Road · Heritage NZ list 283 · 21 unread leads
Mona Vale itself, the homestead the estate takes its name from.
- Mona Vale Grounds · Heritage NZ list 283 · 5 unread leads
Mona Vale Grounds, the garden is a register entry of its own.
- Mona Vale Bath House and Setting · Heritage NZ list 283 · 13 unread leads
The bath house, listed separately, down by the river.
- Mona Vale Lodge and Setting, 40 Mona Vale Avenue · Heritage NZ list 283 · 18 unread leads
The lodge on Mona Vale Avenue, the fifth entry for one estate.
- Dwelling and Setting, Los Angeles, 110 Fendalton Road · Heritage NZ list 3680 · 20 unread leads
Los Angeles, the named house on Fendalton Road; the register keeps the name.
- Christchurch Boys' High School Main Building and Setting, 39 Kahu Road · Heritage NZ list 3658 · 34 unread leads
Christchurch Boys' High School’s main building on Kahu Road, the school’s own listing.
- Former Riccarton Farm Buildings and Setting, 39V Kahu Road · 25 unread leads
The former Riccarton farm buildings in the school grounds, what is left of the farm the suburb grew out of.
- Former dwelling and setting, Deans Cottage · Heritage NZ list 3679
Deans Cottage, the Deans family’s own; the same family the bush and the district carry the name of.
- St Barnabas Church and Setting · Heritage NZ list 3681 · 20 unread leads · a Wikipedia entry
St Barnabas Church, the parish church on the roll.
- St Barnabas Parish Hall and Setting, 8 Tui Street · 39 unread leads
St Barnabas Parish Hall on Tui Street, the hall listed beside its church.
- Dwelling and Setting, 70 Glandovey Road · Heritage NZ list 3807 · 20 unread leads
70 Glandovey Road, one of four listed dwellings on the street.
- Dwelling and Setting, 12 Glandovey Road · Heritage NZ list 3804 · 22 unread leads
12 Glandovey Road, the roll’s last entry on this walk.
What the register built on the way
Council structures within about 30 m of the stop-to-stop line, the bridges, steps and shelters the route passes. Site names are the register’s own.
A ramp at Mona Vale, 1 m long · built 2009
A ramp at Mona Vale, 1 m long · built 2009
A shelter at Mona Vale, built 2009
A set of steps at Mona Vale, 2 m long · built 2009
A footbridge at Mona Vale, 8 m long · built 2009 1 m off the line
A ramp at Mona Vale, 5 m long · built 2009 1 m off the line
A jetty at Mona Vale, 1.95 m long · built 1899 2 m off the line
A footbridge at Mona Vale, 3.5 m long · built 2009 3 m off the line
The reports along it
1,981 council reports pinned within 150 m of the line, most often Roads & footpaths and Graffiti & vandalism, 1,596 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Pavement - Damaged
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Facility - General Request
Animal - Deceased
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Pavement - Damaged
Trees - General
Trees - General
Facility - General Request
Water LeakQuestions, answered briefly
Fendalton was the district of big sections and bigger houses, and the register kept a surprising amount of it, one estate alone, Mona Vale, is five separate entries. 13 listed places, 4.3 km as the line runs, Fendalton.
Mona Vale Gatehouse and Setting (65 Fendalton Road) to Dwelling and Setting (12 Glandovey Road), the order is a suggestion, not the only way round.
Every one, each pin is a row in the district plan’s heritage schedule, and each opens the place’s own sourced record here.
4.3 km measured straight between the pins, the streets run longer, and the stops deserve a pause each.
The record behind this
Every stop is a row in the district plan’s heritage schedule, held here as the register’s own layer. The order and the notes are ours, the listings are the council’s and Heritage New Zealand’s. "Setting" is the register’s word for the ground a listing covers.
The rest of the register here: Fendalton
The same ground today: Fendalton · Riccarton
More walks over this ground: The bush and the great houses
This page as markdown: /walks/fendalton-estates.md · the route as data: /walks/fendalton-estates.geojson · on the live map: the walks layer.