"Brooklyn", Special Accommodation Resdience

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Although a relatively plain design for a large house in 1891, "Hendra" is regionally significant for it's clear Aesthetic Movement influenced details, such as: the rising sun, starts and palm fronds. "Hendra" is historically regionally significant as an example of the Edwardian residence constructed on elevated sites for Newtown's affluent citizens, mainly professional and businessmen. The former "Hendra" was built for Alfred David Price, a local grocer. It has associations in the post World War 1 period with a local tanner, William Munday, and later, as Butler House, formed part of St. Josephs College.

REFERENCES:

Newtown Rate book 1892-93, West ward 1557

Ibid, 1891-92, Nos. 1538, 1540

See map of area in Jean Moreton, Life at Newtown Brae, in the Investigator, 1 March, 1987, p16.

Moreton, p. 15.

Ibid, pp 17-17

Newtown Rate Book 1911-12 No 1752

Ibid, 1917-18, No 1906; 1935; No 2414

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House