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The Tea Caddy House, Papanui Part of William Horner‟s subdivision Plan, showing the locarion of “Springlands” at the corner of Papanui Road, and “Accomodation Road” which became Grants Road. 2 The Tea Caddy. This landmark building of 16 rooms stood on the property at 456 Papanui Road for over 100 years, before it was demolished after the Seventh Day Adventist Church, who owned adjoining land, bought it in 1963. The first building, that was later added onto, was brought to New Zealand as a prefabricated wooden house by the Rev. George Dunnage, on board the „Fatima‟ that arrived from England in December 1851. “Owing to bad roads, or the want of roads, cartage from the „Ferry‟ to Papanui was 2 pounds 10 shillings per ton. A Mr. Archer had the contract and used a team of eight bullocks and found a ton weight quite a sufficient load.” Dunnage also brought out a carpenter to erect the building. (J. C. Rae.) The house, with its outside walls and roof covered with felt and tarred, was visible for a long distance. This cladding was later replaced with weatherboards. The Dunnage‟s selected the 50 acres to which they were entitled under the Canterbury Association land order, on the „North Road‟ (Papanui Road) and they paid three pounds per acre for it. This selection was known as Rural Section 304. Today the boundaries of this property would be: Papanui Road, Main North Road, Proctor Street and Grants Road. The section was mainly swamp with just three acres of dry land. 3 The property was sold in 1859 to George Duncan Lockhart, who was a station owner and a stock and station agent. At this time the property was called „Springlands‟. In 1862 Lockhart sold the property to Rev. Dr. Lillie, a Doctor of Divinity and a Presbyterian Minister. Under his ownership the house became known for its hospitality and was nicknamed „THE TEA CADDY‟. After Dr. Lillie‟s death in 1866 the property was lived in by Alfred Cox and then John Thomas Matson. In 1873 William Horner, the Papanui blacksmith, bought the property for 2,600 pounds, and it was during his time that most of the original 50 acres were sold off. (see booklet, „William Horner‟s 50 acres. R.S.304.‟ ) 4 As the land was split up for subdivision, he gave the streets family names: Mary, after his wife; Loftus (shortened from Lofthouse) where Mary was born; Proctor, Mary‟s maiden name; Frank, after their 10th child; James, after another son, and Horner Street. By 1898 the homestead property was down to 10 acres bounded by Papanui Road, Grants Road, Frank Street, and what later became Gambia Street. The grounds had become very neglected by this time when Henry Tisch bought it. He soon had landscape gardeners in to re-design the grounds and to restore the lake that previous owners had filled with empty kerosene tins. “The ornamental lake was surrounded with lawns and tall pines. The summer-house was on piles in the mid- dle of the lake - a little gem, pagoda shape, with latticed walls and an iron-railed promenade outside, a trapdoor in the floor for bathing.” From a piece written by a Tisch family member we know, “On the property was a large 2 story building, consisting of a coach house, harness room, “oats” room, and 4 horse stalls, each separated by substantial kauri partitions, and floored with dressed granite. Over each horse feed-box there was a hay-rack, supplied through an opening in the top floor, through which the hay (stored in abundance) was fed through to the racks. This large building ultimately became the joinery works of T. Henshall and Sons, Building Contractors, and later the Papanui Timber Co”. After the death of Henry Tisch in 1903 the house and one acre of land was sold to the Rev. Adamson. 5 In 1921 the house was bought back into the Dunnage family when it was purchased by F.W. Dunnage, grandson of the Rev. George Dunnage. He and his wife lived there for 40 years until it went up for sale in 1963. The property was at that time known as “Gayhurst”. The Historic Places Trust suggested that the city buy the property and preserve it as a museum; but to no avail. HORNER HOME IN PAPANUI ROAD SHOWING THE FLOATING STAIRCASE One of the features of the house was the „floating staircase‟ brought out from England with the original house. This was an unsupported stairway spiraling upwards in a continuous curve. The mahogany handrail was supported with cast iron balusters. The staircase rails were preserved and built into a side entrance as step rails to a house at 407 Papanui Road . 6 Over the years people have remarked on the marble mantelpieces, elegant crystal chandeliers, and the two glass conservatories. Although many parties were held in the large drawing-room. the kitchen was very inconvenient with a vast concrete sink. There was no bathroom in the early days, but they had a huge square wooden trough with a cold water tap. Architectural features included dormer and bay windows, changing roof levels, wide verandas, and many chimneys. An outside staircase led to two attics with steeply-sloping ceilings and papered beams. These, with another indoor attic, were part of the original building. Today the Elms Hotel and the Tall Trees Motel stand on the site of the historic homestead, „THE TEA CADDY.” 7 Rev. George Dunnage. George Dunnage (born 1803 - London) and Mary (born c1808) were married in July 1829 before going to the new settlement of Swan River in Western Australia. Being very disappointed with the situation there they returned to England in 1831 with their young son George. It was then that George went into the ministry, later being appointed in charge of the Church of England at Mainz on the Rhine. He was there for about 10 years. They were living in Kirkby, Lonsdale, Westmoreland, England before coming to New Zealand. Rev. George Dunnage who had been appointed the First Vicar of Papanui, left Gravesend, England on the 12 September 1851, aboard the “Fatima” as the ship‟s Chaplain. He was accompanied by his wife Mary and 5 children: George, Robert, William and 2 daughters. Before arriving at Lyttelton on the 27th December 1851, George had suffered a stroke and fell victim to paralyses. He died about eighteen months later on the 19 May 1853, before he could take up his position with the church. George Dunnage‟s name is the first in the register of deaths at St. Paul‟s, Papanui. His wife Mary who died in September 1891 is buried at St. Paul‟s with George, along with their son George and his wife Louisa, and a granddaughter, and a great grandson. 8 George Duncan Lockhart. In 1859 George Duncan Lockhart is thought to have purchased the property, but it is hard to say if he lived in the house or just had a financial interest in it. L.G.D. Acland states in his book, „The Early Canterbury Runs‟, “the Canterbury Association‟s run book gives E.M. Templer as the first lessee of Run 26, on the same date (September 1851). Probably George Duncan Lockhart who at the time lived at Coringa, was a partner of Templer in Sandy Knolls. He was also a licensee of Valetta (Run 58), leaseholder of Kenilworth Station on the Ashburton river”. He also had a „town house‟ in Cashel Street. Rev. Dr. John Lillie. John Lillie was born in Glasgow in 1806, educated at the University of Glasgow (M.A., Doctor of Divinity) and licensed by the Church of Scotland Presbytery of Glasgow. He was also a tutor to the Duke of Argyll‟s children. He was appointed by the Church of Scotland and Colonial Committee to Australia, and he arrived there on the “North Briton” on 4th October,1837. He was the minister of St. Andrew‟s Church in Hobart from 1837 to March 1859, when he resigned and returned to the United Kingdom. John married Mary Gascoigne Burnett at St. Andrew‟s on the 1st June 1838. He came to New Zealand in 1861 where he was involved in finance and grazing. In 1863-1864 he was a minister within the Christchurch Presbytery but his name was not linked with any parish. John died in January 1866 while living at „Springlands‟. He was 59, and was buried at the Addington Cemetery. 9 Alfred Cox. Alfred Cox was born in New South Wales, Australia, in June 1825, the son of William Cox who retired there when he left the Army. Alfred married Mary McPherson (born May 1830) at All Saints Church, Parramatta, on the 26th November 1849. Alfred had an interest in Runs 18 and 31, and had made several trips to New Zealand from Australia with sheep, cattle, and horses before he came to settle in 1857. He bought and sold several Runs and had his „town house‟ in Papanui - Springlands‟. The Timaru Herald states that the Cox family went to live at Raukapuka in 1858, and they left the district for Christchurch in April 1869. From Christchurch he went to the Waikato “and lost most of his ample fortune trying to drain some swamp up there.” He then returned to Christchurch. Alfred died in May 1911 aged 85 and is buried at St. Paul‟s cemetery with his wife Mary who died in August 1899. “10. The town house. Many runholders had houses in Christchurch and lived part if not most of their time in town. This Barker photograph shows Alfred Cox of Raukapuka and his family at their Papanui home.” 10 John Thomas Matson.
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