The named houses
All six of Opawa’s register entries are named dwellings, Fifield, Risingholme, The Hollies, Cardowan, Calimo, Roxburghe, strung along about a kilometre of the suburb. A short walk through the names the roll kept.
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
- Dwelling and Setting, Fifield, 14 Hawford Road · 20 unread leads
Fifield, the first named house.
- Former Dwelling and Setting, Risingholme, 22 Cholmondeley Avenue · Heritage NZ list 3131 · 32 unread leads
Risingholme, the best-known name on the walk.
- Dwelling and Setting, The Hollies, 188 Richardson Terrace · Heritage NZ list 3112 · 20 unread leads
The Hollies.
- Dwelling and Setting, Cardowan, 64 Opawa Road · Heritage NZ list 3815 · 20 unread leads
Cardowan.
- Dwelling and Setting, Former Calimo, 44 Opawa Road · Heritage NZ list 3720 · 20 unread leads
Calimo, listed as a former dwelling.
- Dwelling and Setting, Roxburghe, 41D Opawa Road · Heritage NZ list 3814 · 21 unread leads
Roxburghe, the last name on the roll here.
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 Risingholme Park, 8 m long · built 2009 9 m off the line- A set of steps at Risingholme Park, built 2019 11 m off the line
A set of steps at Risingholme Park, 1 m long · built 2009 12 m off the line
A ramp at Risingholme Park, 3 m long · built 2009 14 m off the line
A ramp at Risingholme Park, 8 m long · built 2009 16 m off the line
A ramp at Risingholme Park, 3 m long · built 2009 17 m off the line
A set of steps at Risingholme Park, 2 steps · built 2009 19 m off the line
A ramp at Risingholme Park, 6 m long · built 2009 26 m off the line
The reports along it
1,632 council reports pinned within 150 m of the line, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Water & drains, 1,349 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Pothole
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridgeQuestions, answered briefly
All six of Opawa’s register entries are named dwellings, Fifield, Risingholme, The Hollies, Cardowan, Calimo, Roxburghe, strung along about a kilometre of the suburb. 6 listed places, 2.1 km as the line runs, Opawa.
Dwelling and Setting, Fifield (14 Hawford Road) to Dwelling and Setting, Roxburghe (41D Opawa 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.
2.1 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: Opawa
The same ground today: Opawa
This page as markdown: /walks/opawa-named-houses.md · the route as data: /walks/opawa-named-houses.geojson · on the live map: the walks layer.