Chew Cottage

Chew Cottage
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General information
Location19 Ottawa Road, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates41°14′57″S 174°46′27″E / 41.249105°S 174.774091°E / -41.249105; 174.774091
Completed1865
Designated27-Jul-1988
Reference no.1348

Chew Cottage is an historic building in Wellington, New Zealand.[1]

The house, originally named "Millwood", was built in 1865 for John and Ester Chew. The cottage is one of Wellington's remaining houses from the 1860s. It resembles a traditional English stone cottage adapted for timber construction.[2]

The building, is classified as a Category 1 Historic Place (places of "special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") by Heritage New Zealand.[3]

  1. ^ Cattell, J (1986) "Historic Buildings of Wellington" Wellington: Government Printing Office
  2. ^ "Black, J., Kelly, M., McCracken H., (2004) "Northern Suburbs Heritage Trail: Around the Kaiwharawhara Basin" Wellington: Wellington City Council" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Chew House". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 21 December 2009.