Conservation Report for the Dunedin Town Hall Complex

The Town Hall Conservation Report, July 2008 is available here in .PDF format. The Appendices to the report are listed separately because of the size of the files. For ease of access, individual report chapters are listed below.

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Report by chapter

Table of contents (PDF, 28.6 kb, new window)
Details of the contents of each of the 10 chapters of the conservation report.

Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF, 172.5 kb, new window)
The introduction includes the purpose of the report, site visits, conservation approach and the format of the report.

Chapter 2 - History (PDF, 972.9 kb, new window)
This chapter includes details of the history of Dunedin, the Octagon, the Harrop Street area, Town Hall history and recent history. Also includes information about Norma, the Town Hall organ.

Chapter 3 - Schedule of Modifications (PDF, 1.4 mb, new window)
Summary of the modifications made to the Town Hall complex over time. Includes a timeline and historic photographs.

Chapter 4 - Description (PDF, 628.4 kb, new window)
A description of the current exterior and interior of the Town Hall complex.

Chapter 5 - Condition assessment (PDF, 441.0 kb, new window)
An assessment of the condition of the exterior and interior of the Town Hall complex.

Chapter 6 - Significant fabric, spaces and elements (PDF, 35.7 kb, new window)
A detailed schedule of significant fabric, spaces and elements is contained in Appendix 1: External Inventory and Appendix 2: Internal Inventory, where an overall significance rating is ascribed to each space.

Chapter 7 - Significance (PDF, 32.2 kb, new window)
Details the historical, social, technical, architectural and contextual significance of the Town Hall complex.

Chapter 8 - Influences and constraints on conservation (PDF, 28.3 kb, new window)
Outlines the influences and constraints on conservation.

Chapter 9 - Conservation approach and philosophy (PDF, 25.4 kb, new window)
Details of the approach taken to conservation issues by the authors of the report.

Chapter 10 - Implementation (PDF, 50.7 kb, new window)
Details of how the conservation plan should be implemented.

Bibliography (PDF, 25.5 kb, new window)
A bibliography of resources used to compile this report.

Appendices to the report

Appendix 1 - Inventory (external) (PDF, 981.0 kb, new window)
Detailed inventory of the external features. Includes a large number of photographs.

Appendix 2 - Inventory (internal) (PDF, 14.3 mb, new window)
A detailed internal inventory including a large number of photographs. This is a large file and will take a long time to download.

Appendix 3 - Design competition guidelines (PDF, 598.4 kb, new window)
The original conditions of competition for the design of the Town Hall building.

Appendix 4 - Article detailing design competition results (PDF, 1.7 mb, new window)
An article from 1914 detailing the results of the Dunedin Town Hall competition. Includes a large number of drawings and diagrams.

Appendix 5 - Dunedin Centre room names (PDF, 92.6 kb, new window)
A newspaper article from 1986 outlining the origins of the room names for the Dunedin Centre.

Appendix 6 - ICOMOS NZ Charter (PDF, 118.2 kb, new window)
The ICOMOS New Zealand charter for the conservation of places of cultural and heritage value.

Last reviewed: 06 Aug 2008 2:00pm