Te rohe | - Location
14 Ayr Street, Parnell, Auckland

Ngā haora mahi | - Opening hours
Sundays only
10.30am - 4.30pm

Please contact the property manager at Highwic regarding entry at other times - tel (09) 524 5729 or email highwic@historic.org.nz.

Te utu | - Admission
Adults: $8.50
Accompanied children: Free
Unaccompanied children: $3.50

Please understand that surcharges may apply at times of special events.

The kauri-constructed Ewelme Cottage has a link with the Anglican community in Auckland, the dwelling designed and built by the Reverend Vicesimus Lush (1817-1882) and his wife Blanche in 1863-64.

Ewelme, after being extended 18 years after it was originally built, remained in family hands till 1968.
Some architects have suggested that the design with ground floor rooms laid out progressively along the axial length of the building, rather than having a conventional front and back, displays an influence from medieval British dwellings, and a religious consideration of the time which sought to blend medieval architecture into contemporary architecture.

Ewelme Cottage is of considerable importance for its well-preserved interiors and furnishings, and provides great value on colonial building materials and techniques.

It boasts close to 2000 books, hundreds of pages of sheet music, original artworks and a vast array of everyday objects from ointment pots to knitting needles.

• Guided tours

• Wheelchair access

• Function space

• Toilets

• Other facilities

  Wheelchair access to ground floor. Museum brochures. Small range of merchandise available

• Postal address

  14 Ayr Street, Parnell, Auckland

• Phone number

  64-9-379 0202

• Email address

  ewelme@heritage.org.nz

• Website

  http://www.heritage.org.nz/places/places-to-visit/auckland-region/ewelme-cottage