Ewelme Cottage
The kauri-constructed Ewelme Cottage has a link with the Anglican community in Auckland, the dwelling designed and built by the Reverend Vicesimus Lush (1817-1882) and his wife Blanche in 1863-64.
Ewelme, after being extended 18 years after it was originally built, remained in family hands till 1968.
Some architects have suggested that the design with ground floor rooms laid out progressively along the axial length of the building, rather than having a conventional front and back, displays an influence from medieval British dwellings, and a religious consideration of the time which sought to blend medieval architecture into contemporary architecture.
Ewelme Cottage is of considerable importance for its well-preserved interiors and furnishings, and provides great value on colonial building materials and techniques.
It boasts close to 2000 books, hundreds of pages of sheet music, original artworks and a vast array of everyday objects from ointment pots to knitting needles.
Contact Details
14 Ayr Street, Parnell, Auckland
64-9-379 0202
www.heritage.org.nz/places/places-to-visit/auckland-region/ewelme-cottage
Visitor Information
14 Ayr Street, Parnell, Auckland
Sundays only 10.30am - 4.30pm Please contact the property manager at Highwic regarding entry at other times - tel (09) 524 5729 or email highwic@historic.org.nz.
Adults: $8.50 Accompanied children: Free Unaccompanied children: $3.50 Please understand that surcharges may apply at times of special events.
Facilities
Wheelchair access
Function space
Guided tour
Toilets
Other Facilities
Wheelchair access to ground floor. Museum brochures. Small range of merchandise availableSearch Ewelme's Collection
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![Painting, Untitled [Faringdon Church]; Anne Ruddock (nee Lush); 1878; XEC.56](https://images.ehive.com/accounts/3170/objects/images/1lgeoup_6r8t_ts.jpg?revision=1 "Painting, Untitled [Faringdon Church]; Anne Ruddock (nee Lush); 1878; XEC.56")
![Carte de visite [Annette Lush]; Foy Bros; c. 1876; XEC.5293.6.4](https://images.ehive.com/accounts/3170/objects/images/jl6t4b_6u8b_ts.jpg?revision=1 "Carte de visite [Annette Lush]; Foy Bros; c. 1876; XEC.5293.6.4")
![Photograph [Lush Family, 1881]; Mr Weston; 1881; XEC.170](https://images.ehive.com/accounts/3170/objects/images/ckg9c9_6u8m_ts.jpg "Photograph [Lush Family, 1881]; Mr Weston; 1881; XEC.170")
![Carte de visite [Annette Lush]; Foy Bros; c. 1870s; XEC.5293.7.1](https://images.ehive.com/accounts/3170/objects/images/19opnr6_6u8c_ts.jpg?revision=1 "Carte de visite [Annette Lush]; Foy Bros; c. 1870s; XEC.5293.7.1")
![Carte de visite [Vicesimus Lush and Edith Lush]; c. 1870s; XEC.5293.2.2](https://images.ehive.com/accounts/3170/objects/images/v2f9mm_6r8f_ts.jpg?revision=1 "Carte de visite [Vicesimus Lush and Edith Lush]; c. 1870s; XEC.5293.2.2")
![Carte de visite [Edith Lush]; 1863; XEC.5288.7](https://images.ehive.com/accounts/3170/objects/images/jave8p_6r8d_ts.jpg?revision=1 "Carte de visite [Edith Lush]; 1863; XEC.5288.7")
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