A Suitable Residence- The Story of Bishopscourt, Mulgrave Street, Wellington

NZ Anglican Church Pension Board, 2013

December 2014marked 200 years of the mission of the Anglican Church in New Zealand. 32 Mulgrave Street, Wellington, was built in 1879 as Bishopscourt for Octavius Hadfield, one of New Zeland's most remarkable early missionaries. A Suitable Residence tells the human story of the early years of the Diocese of Wellington and its first five bishops who, with their wives and families, lived and worked at 32 Mulgrave Street from 1860-1940. Accompanied by extensive early photographs, documents, plans and other illustrations, the book is a record of a significant piece of Thorndon architectural heritage...