Mountfort Architectural Plan: Canterbury Museum, 1869

Maker
Benjamin Mountfort
Description
One colour architectural plan by Benjamin Mountfort featuring the upper floor and roof plans of Canterbury Museum.
 See full details

Object Detail

Maker
Collecting unit
Architectural Plans
Pictorial
Production role
Architect
Measurements
Dimensions (h x w): whole: 505 x 645mm
Researcher comments/remarks
The Canterbury Museum on Rolleston Avenue, designed by B. W. Mountfort, first opened in 1870. The first incarnation of the Museum was a Gothic Revival Style building consisting of a single room 21.3 metres long by 10.6 metres across with a wooden structure alongside to provide office space. The original building quickly proved to be too small, and the addition of a new two storey wing in the same Gothic Revival style was completed in 1872. The proposed extensions in this sketch were never built. The original Mountfort buildings underwent seismic strengthening between 1987 and 1995, which contributed to the relatively minor damage sustained during the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes.
Current rights
No known copyright restrictions
Current rights code
No known copyright restrictions
Other id
PLAN 654
Mu259
Accession number
2010.161.1505

Colours

Subject Auto Tags

Part of 1 highlight set

Benjamin Mountfort Collection

Benjamin Mountfort Collection

Share

Comments

Can you add to our information about this item? Click Add Comment to share your knowledge and help enrich our collection. Have a question about this item? Please email info@canterburymuseum.com.

Be the first to comment.

To order a copy of this image please contact Canterbury Museum images@canterburymuseum.com

Unless otherwise stated, or an author is acknowledged, Canterbury Museum holds copyright to all information on Collections Online. All efforts have been made to trace copyright holders. Please contact the Museum with any queries on this matter info@canterburymuseum.com

The information on this page was created from historic documentation and may not reflect the best available knowledge about the item. If you have information or questions about the objects on this website, please contact us. Images may be subject to copyright laws and are therefore not of reproduction quality.