22 Adderley Terrace
Ravensbourne
DUNEDIN 9022
New Zealand
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathroom Open-plan Kitchen with adjoining Dining/Living area Separate Lounge Study Loft Studio Storeroom Off-street Parking for 3 cars Well-established garden with large Deck DOC-style wooden Boardwalk Glasshouse (in need of some repair) & Garden Shed |
Stained glass windows
Pressed ceilings Open fireplaces Wood burner Heatpump Underfloor heating in Studio & Bathroom Ceiling insulation HRV System Property Size: 911m2 |
Ten minutes from the city centre, this art- and book-filled West Harbour villa is set in a private and peaceful garden. One of Dunedin's older homes, 22 Adderley Terrace has a number of special features including original fireplaces, ornate pressed ceilings, a magnificent stained glass 'Ship' window attributed to master stained glass artist, Peter Brock and a light-filled studio built on the mathematical equation, phi.
The house has had an interesting history and has changed hands only five times since it was built in 1892. In the early 1920s, a group of schoolboys sent New Zealand's first Morse Code message across the harbour from the front steps. I have loved living and working here; the space has been a-buzz with life since I made it my home in 2002. It needed a fair bit of work done to it back then; over the years, I have opened up the old spaces and created new ones; re-painted, re-roofed and re-wired the house and reshaped the garden to include a DOC-style boardwalk and large deck. The house has been my personal sanctuary and workspace and, too, a lively gathering place for group work of various descriptions; it has been a base for Art-Science collaborations and private retreats, a cappella singing practices, music recordings and the occasional book launch; it has hosted Peace Initiatives, Poetry-writing and Creative Play workshops. At select times of the year, a listing on Airbnb has brought travellers from other parts of the world into the home. The space has encouraged and nurtured a wide network of connections, many of which are expressed in either poetry or drawing on the 'Writing Wall' - a unique 'visitors' book' - in the front hallway.
Two generous-sized front bedrooms have views across the Otago harbour towards the peninsula. The room I currently use as a storeroom for paintings could be used by others as a third bedroom. There is also a cosy loft-space above the large studio. The large, characterful bathroom has spectacular views into the garden and across to the Otago peninsula. The modern glass-fronted shower cleverly incorporates copper piping and the original 'rose' shower head and you will love the placement of the 1892 clawfoot bath - the sky light above it is an old theatre door. Some say this and the studio are their favourite rooms in the house!
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The house has had an interesting history and has changed hands only five times since it was built in 1892. In the early 1920s, a group of schoolboys sent New Zealand's first Morse Code message across the harbour from the front steps. I have loved living and working here; the space has been a-buzz with life since I made it my home in 2002. It needed a fair bit of work done to it back then; over the years, I have opened up the old spaces and created new ones; re-painted, re-roofed and re-wired the house and reshaped the garden to include a DOC-style boardwalk and large deck. The house has been my personal sanctuary and workspace and, too, a lively gathering place for group work of various descriptions; it has been a base for Art-Science collaborations and private retreats, a cappella singing practices, music recordings and the occasional book launch; it has hosted Peace Initiatives, Poetry-writing and Creative Play workshops. At select times of the year, a listing on Airbnb has brought travellers from other parts of the world into the home. The space has encouraged and nurtured a wide network of connections, many of which are expressed in either poetry or drawing on the 'Writing Wall' - a unique 'visitors' book' - in the front hallway.
Two generous-sized front bedrooms have views across the Otago harbour towards the peninsula. The room I currently use as a storeroom for paintings could be used by others as a third bedroom. There is also a cosy loft-space above the large studio. The large, characterful bathroom has spectacular views into the garden and across to the Otago peninsula. The modern glass-fronted shower cleverly incorporates copper piping and the original 'rose' shower head and you will love the placement of the 1892 clawfoot bath - the sky light above it is an old theatre door. Some say this and the studio are their favourite rooms in the house!
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The study is a cosy 'hub' in the centre of the house; it leads into a modern, open-plan kitchen with adjoining dining area. A wood burner heats these spaces while a heat pump takes care of the front part of the house. There is underfloor heating in the studio and bathroom: both have concrete floors that hold the warmth beautifully in both summer and winter. The 'formal' lounge has an open fire, pressed ceilings and a beautiful bay window (the stained glass ship - a galleon I think of as C. S. Lewis' Dawn Treader - is in this room).
With its inherent harmony and cathedral-like structure, the studio can be - indeed, has been - put to multiple uses: while it was built as a working space for an artist, it could easily become a recording studio (the space has fine acoustics), a pretty cool rumpus room for children, a second lounge or library. The space could be used for yoga and/or the healing arts - massage, psychotherapy, Reiki, etc... To date the studio has happily accommodated art-making and 'equipment' of various descriptions; oil paints and beeswax, plumb bobs and spirit levels, yak bells and porcelain vessels, paper boats, a microscope, a nineteen year-old 'leather' banana, a cello...
This double-brick villa sits on a small promontory in Ravensbourne, one of older hillside suburbs of Dunedin. The property is a quiet and private sanctuary with a lush and well-sheltered garden. Among its many distinctive plants - Nikau palms, rata, pohutakawa, a 150 year-old protected lancewood and 'avenue' of cabbage trees; native clematis, renga-renga, Chilean gunnera, etc... - you will also find apple trees, English gooseberries, fennel, artichokes, red and black currants. The garden steps and a raised veggie bed incorporate bluestone blocks from the old Port Chalmers shunting yards.
The property is a twelve-minute drive to Port Chalmers and not much further to wilderness beaches and native forest areas such as Aramoana, Waitati and Orokonui Bird Sanctuary. There's a bus stop conveniently located at the bottom of Adderley Terrace and a well-maintained cycle track directly below the property (walk or cycle towards the city in one direction, St. Leonards the other).
22 Adderley Terrace is a warm lap of a house. Please contact me if you would like to come and have a look-see...
Thank you.
Claire
With its inherent harmony and cathedral-like structure, the studio can be - indeed, has been - put to multiple uses: while it was built as a working space for an artist, it could easily become a recording studio (the space has fine acoustics), a pretty cool rumpus room for children, a second lounge or library. The space could be used for yoga and/or the healing arts - massage, psychotherapy, Reiki, etc... To date the studio has happily accommodated art-making and 'equipment' of various descriptions; oil paints and beeswax, plumb bobs and spirit levels, yak bells and porcelain vessels, paper boats, a microscope, a nineteen year-old 'leather' banana, a cello...
This double-brick villa sits on a small promontory in Ravensbourne, one of older hillside suburbs of Dunedin. The property is a quiet and private sanctuary with a lush and well-sheltered garden. Among its many distinctive plants - Nikau palms, rata, pohutakawa, a 150 year-old protected lancewood and 'avenue' of cabbage trees; native clematis, renga-renga, Chilean gunnera, etc... - you will also find apple trees, English gooseberries, fennel, artichokes, red and black currants. The garden steps and a raised veggie bed incorporate bluestone blocks from the old Port Chalmers shunting yards.
The property is a twelve-minute drive to Port Chalmers and not much further to wilderness beaches and native forest areas such as Aramoana, Waitati and Orokonui Bird Sanctuary. There's a bus stop conveniently located at the bottom of Adderley Terrace and a well-maintained cycle track directly below the property (walk or cycle towards the city in one direction, St. Leonards the other).
22 Adderley Terrace is a warm lap of a house. Please contact me if you would like to come and have a look-see...
Thank you.
Claire
Articles on this much-loved home and studio (use the Enlarge button, bottom Right, to scroll through these docs.)
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THE SOLDIER & THE POET | Short film created on site at Adderley Terrace
(A Tribute to the Lone Soldier who stands on the hill opposite the house)
The Soldier & The Poet from Claire Beynon on Vimeo.