Daisy Hill Farm House facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Daisy Hill Farm House |
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street view (rear of house)
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| Location | 15 Truscott Avenue, Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Completed | 1857 |
| Designated: | 25-Sep-1986 |
| Reference #: | 4110 |
Daisy Hill Farm House is a historic building in Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand.
The house was built in about 1860 for Robert Bould, a pioneer farmer. He came to New Zealand with the New Zealand Company in the early 1840s and bought land, for a sheep farm, in Johnsonville in 1853.
Between the world wars, the sheep farm became a dairy farm, run by Hayes and later Martelli. The land supported nearly forty Jerseys, brindles and Ayrshires without extra crops for feed.
Built in a simplified Georgian style it is one of the few remaining houses of this type in Wellington. The building, is classified as a "Category I" ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
