Upper Hutt Blockhouse
Blockhouse, fort in Upper Hutt, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Upper Hutt Blockhouse also known as the Wallaceville Blockhouse is a 19th-century American-style military blockhouse situated in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. One of very few such blockhouses built in New Zealand, it is preserved as a Category I historic place.[1] It was built in late 1860 as part of a larger Stockade and was one of two Blockhouses and Stockades built in the Hutt Valley that year. It was occupied by the Hutt Battalion of the Wellington Militia from December 1860 to May 1861 without coming under hostile attack.
Upper Hutt Blockhouse | |
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Former names | Upper Hutt Stockade or Government Stockade |
Alternative names | Wallaceville Blockhouse |
General information | |
Type | Blockhouse, fort |
Address | Blockhouse Lane, off McHardie Street |
Town or city | Upper Hutt |
Country | New Zealand |
Completed | 1860 |
Renovated | 1927-28 |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Timber framed, shingle infill |
Floor count | 2 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Col. Thomas Rawlings Mould |
Architecture firm | Royal Engineers |
Main contractor | W Taylor |
Designations | Category 1 Historic Place |
Originally built in a paddock at the end of Fortune Lane,[2][3] that was later described as the "old Government Stockade" reserve;[4] the Blockhouse can now be found at the end of Blockhouse Lane, off McHardie Street, adjacent to the sports fields within the grounds of Heretaunga College.