Sign of the Takahe
The Sign of the Takahe is a neo-Gothic style historic building in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is currently leased from Christchurch City Council and run as wedding and function venue.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Princess Margaret Hospital and Ngaio Marsh House.
Princess Margaret Hospital
Hospital
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Princess Margaret Hospital was a public hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand, run by the Canterbury District Health Board. It opened in 1959 and closed in 2024. Princess Margaret Hospital is situated 780 metres north of Sign of the Takahe.
Ngaio Marsh House
Museum
Photo: Roslyn Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ngaio Marsh House, the home of Dame Ngaio Marsh for most her life, is a heritage property in Valley Road in the Christchurch suburb of Cashmere. It serves as a museum to Dame Ngaio, one of New Zealand's most famous cultural figures and one of the original Queens of Crime from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, and Margery Allingham. Ngaio Marsh House is situated 1 km northeast of Sign of the Takahe.
Cashmere Hills Presbyterian Church
Church
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Cashmere Hills Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is registered as Category II by Heritage New Zealand. Cashmere Hills Presbyterian Church is situated 1 km northeast of Sign of the Takahe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cracroft and Cashmere.
Cracroft
Suburb
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Cracroft is a south-west suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Cracroft was named for John Cracroft Wilson, who settled in this part of Christchurch at the bottom of the Port Hills Range in 1854.
Cashmere
Suburb
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Cashmere is a suburb which rises above the southern end of the city of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island, on the north side of the Port Hills.
Westmorland
Suburb
Westmorland is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated mostly on a hillside and is a recent development of the city, dating back to the 1970s. It was expected to be completed in approx 2020, adding 250 homes to the suburb of Westmorland.
Sign of the Takahe
- Type: Building
- Description: historic manor house in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Category: manor house
- Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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