nextNovember 2009
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.
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.
As of November 2009, remedial work on the buildings has been completed and some decoration to the interior has commenced.
Conservation and repair works were designed in close consultation with NZ HPT, and work started on site in early 2009. It is the intention of the Trust to carry out conservation work to all 9 buildings on a phased basis going forward.
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