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Alberton

Alberton

Te rohe - Location
100 Mt Albert Road, Mt Albert, Auckland

Ngā haora mahi - Opening hours
Wednesday - Sunday
10.30am - 4.30pm

Te utu - Admission
Adults: $10
Children free
Unaccompanied children $3.50

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

This romantic timber mansion began as a farmhouse in 1863 and was later expanded to 18 rooms, with fairy-tale decorative verandahs and towers. It was owned by the Kerr Taylors, a leading family in Mount Albert, until it was left to the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (now Heritage New Zealand) in 1972. Allan Kerr Taylor was a landowner, investor and provincial and local body politician. His wife Sophia was an outspoken advocate of the vote for women, as well as a singer, gardener and mother of 10. She ran the estate for 40 years after her husband’s death, with her three unmarried daughters running it for a further 40 years.

Alberton was famous in the 19th century for its balls, hunts, garden parties and music. It contains a wealth of original family furniture and other possessions, and several rooms retain their 19th century wallpapers.

Ngā wāhi -
Facilities

  • Public programmes

  • Guided tours

  • Wheelchair access

  • Function space

  • Toilets

  • Shop

  • Other facilities

    Wheelchair access (downstairs). Museum brochures.

Whakapā mai -
Contact

Kei te mahere -
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