Erskine College

Erskine College, originally known as the Convent of the Sacred Heart, was a Catholic girls' boarding school in , , 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.
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  • 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.

Library
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is situated 400 metres southwest of Erskine College.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater, which is situated 590 metres southwest of Erskine College.

School
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is situated 320 metres southwest of Erskine College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southgate and Island Bay.

Suburb
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is a subdivision of the suburb of , 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.

Suburb
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is a coastal suburb of , the capital of New Zealand, situated 5 km south of the city centre. lies on the bay which shares its name, one of numerous small bays off Cook Strait and west of .

Suburb
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, or Houghton Valley, is one of the southern suburbs of , New Zealand. It is located between and , on the rocky shores of the Cook Strait.

Erskine College

Latitude
-41.3332° or 41° 19′ 60″ south
Longitude
174.77726° or 174° 46′ 38″ east
Operator
The Wellington Company
Open location code
4VCPMQ8G+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 749316735
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Wiki­data 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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