Erskine College
Erskine College, originally known as the Convent of the Sacred Heart, was a Catholic girls' boarding school in Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. The subject of a campaign to protect its historic buildings, it was largely demolished in 2018 to build housing, but the chapel was restored and later reopened in 2023.Photo: Wellynz, Public domain.
- Type: Residential area
- Description: collection of historic buildings in Wellington, New Zealand; former Catholic girls‘ school
- Also known as: “Convent of the Sacred Heart”, “Convent of the Sacred Heart at Island Bay”, “Erskine”, and “Erskine College, Wellington”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Island Bay Library and Empire Cinema & Eatery.
Island Bay Library
Library
Photo: Ballofstring, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Island Bay Library is situated 400 metres southwest of Erskine College.
Empire Cinema & Eatery
Movie theater
Photo: Ballofstring, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Empire Cinema & Eatery is a movie theater, which is situated 590 metres southwest of Erskine College.
Island Bay School
School
Photo: Stitchbird2, CC BY 4.0.
Island Bay School is situated 320 metres southwest of Erskine College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southgate and Island Bay.
Southgate
Suburb
Photo: AxonsArachnida, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southgate is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, in the Paekawakawa/Southern Ward. The main road is Buckley Road, which runs south from the point at which Mount Albert Road changes name to Houghton Bay Road.
Island Bay
Suburb
Photo: Ballofstring, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Island Bay is a coastal suburb of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, situated 5 km south of the city centre. Island Bay lies on the bay which shares its name, one of numerous small bays off Cook Strait and west of Lyall Bay.
Houghton Bay
Suburb
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Houghton Bay, or Houghton Valley, is one of the southern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. It is located between Island Bay and Lyall Bay, on the rocky shores of the Cook Strait.
Erskine College
- Categories: historic building, college building, and educational institution
- Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.3332° or 41° 19′ 60″ southLongitude
174.77726° or 174° 46′ 38″ eastOperator
The Wellington CompanyOpen location code
4VCPMQ8G+PWOpenStreetMap ID
way 749316735OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialWikidata ID
Q5395824
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In Other Languages
“Erskine College” goes by many names.
- Swedish: “Erskine College, Wellington”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sacred Heart Chapel (remaining part of Erskine College) and Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Sava.
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