Isel House

Isel House is an important Historic Home set in 4ha of park, consisting a number of NZ's oldest exotic tree species, and a collection of rhododendrons.
The house, b.1849, is interpreted in layers of time, and includes a significant collection of original contents (Victorian paintings, furniture and china), as well as anecdotes about the park, the Stoke community, and the restoration of the property.

Contact Details

16 Hilliard Street Stoke 7011 Nelson New Zealand

+64 3 5471347

Isel.House@ncc.govt.nz

nelson.govt.nz/recreation/heritage/historic-places/isel-house

The house is owned and managed by Nelson City Council, and is operated by volunteers.

Visitor Information

Isel Park, Stoke, Nelson

House: Tuesday to Sunday from mid-October to the end of April, generally from 11am - 4pm. Closed public holidays. Park: open all hours

Admission by donation

Facilities

Cafe

Parking

Toilets

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Archives - View All (9)

Legal document - Transfer of land; Fell & Harley; 1961; IH100.00346

Photograph, original print; Unknown; c1940s; IH100.038

Photograph, printed copy; G Nicholls; c1950s; IH100.025

Photograph, printed copy; G Nicholls; c1950s; IH100.012

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Storm damage at Isel Park July 2008; Sally Papps; 2008

Drawing Room, Isel House c.1930; Cawthron Collection

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Digital image from slide; Buckingham family; c late 1960s; IH100.057

Digital image from slide; Buckingham family; c 1960s; IH100.057

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1970s buckingham cooking cub deer dixon "exotic trees" "fell harley" flowers garden glenduan hilliard hunting interiors isel "isel park" kiwiana nelson "new zealand architecture" "poormans stream" "poormans valley" recipe restoration rhododendron scout stoke suburb taxidermy underplanting vegetable vivek woodland

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