Southern Heritage Trust chairperson Jo Galer said it was shocking to discover the Edmund Anscombe-designed house on Stuart Street will be torn down to make way for apartments. Galer said the Southern Heritage Trust, along with close to 100 others including Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, made submissions against the application. "The tree was the only thing that was marked on the district plan as having any protection and yet this architectural masterpiece by Edmund Anscombe had not been protected." A Dunedin City Council spokesperson said the home at 284 Stuart Street was not a protected heritage building under the city's district plan heritage schedule. The Dunedin City Council on Tuesday voted to endorse a LGNZ remit, proposed by Gisborne District Council, to mitigate the deterioration of unoccupied buildings and address the issue of "demolition by neglect".

Source: Stuff June 20, 2024 07:57 UTC