nextMay 2010
The restoration of the Paradise Homestead buildings was celebrated last month in an opening ceremony which saw the restored buildings opened as a guesthouse again.
Jackie Gillies + Associates initially prepared a Conservation Plan for all nine buildings on the property, followed by a re-use analysis and proposals for repair and re-instatement of the original guest house use in Paradise House.
We have beeen involved in the conservation project for several years and the opening of the guesthouse was the culmination of much had work by Jackie Gillies + Associates and others. The pictorial set that accompanies this article illustrates the difference that many years hard work have given to this building.
Paradise House is located some 20km beyond Glenorchy on the edge of Mount Aspiring National Park. It was originally built as a retirement home for New Zealand’s first architect, William Mason, in 1883.
The building was subsequently run as an early tourist guest house, it has remained a focal point for wilderness-based holidays and retreats. Paradise House is one of nine Category I registered NZHPT buildings on the property, which is now operated by the Paradise Trust, following the death of Dave Miller in 1998.
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