Brief History of the Area

Date

Reference

Ownership

4th May 1844

a.Crown Grant 1G 437

Deeds bk 1A 71, 284  

Crown grant to James Coates

of Allot 11 Sec 7 

13th May 1844

Deeds bk 2D 294 , 285

Coates to Lawry

20th Feb 1857

Deeds Bk 8D 119, 13542

Lawry to Williamson

4th April 1859 

Deeds bk 8D 241, 14008

Williamson to Aitken & ors

1856: Parliament sits for first time in Auckland, in Eden Street buildings .

c.Transferred to 9A 693

4th Oct 1845

b.Crown Grant 1G 2970

Deeds bk 1A 70 ,13539

Crown grant to Richard Gorges Foote of Allot 10

Sec 7

3rd July 1847

Deeds bk 8D 118, 13541

Foote to Lawry

4th Apr 1859

Deeds bk 8D 241, 14008

Williamson to Aitken & ors

c.Transferred to 9A 693

24th Nov 1859

Deeds bk 8D 635 , 15458

William Aitken to Thomas Russell

25th June 1860

Deeds bk 11D 111, 16892

Thomas Russell to David Nathan

NZ Land wars.

23rd Mar 1865

Deeds bk 19D 173,28990

David Nathan to Thomas Brutton KENDERDINE. Dr Kenderdine builds a wooden house.

1865: Capital moved to Wellington

1871: Albert Barracks handed to City

1875: City buys Western Springs for water supply

1876: Ak Institute Museum opens in Princes St

1882

Auckland City Valuation roll

Stables are added to the house

1885/6

Alexander Turnbull Library

George Tracey Stevens includes Kenderdine house in his picture

1891

Cleaves Auckland directory

Thomas Brutton Kenderdine in residence

14 May 1894

DP 1343 issued

Land now known as Pts 10 & 11 Sec 7

1 Dec 1894

Ak Weekly News 6 Dec

Dr Kenderdine deceased

15 Jan 1900

Ak City Valuation roll

Executors of Kenderdine estate now shown as owners; value amended to twenty pounds.

13 March 1900

NZ Herald, page 5

Article "Fire in Waterloo Quadrant" records Kenderdine house burning down.

15 Jan 1901

Akld City Valuation roll

Entry amended to show J R Gray, Dental importer, as owner. Description of improvement gone from roll and property described as "Allot"

Death of Queen Victoria in 1901. Architectural styles become "Edwardian".

15 Jan 1902

Akld City Valuation roll

Improvements recorded as "Brick building"

BRAEMAR built sometime between 15/1/1901 and 15/1/1902 .

1903

Wises NZPO Directory, page 1341

Occupier Jno R (Gray Bros)

2 August 1906

CT 102/83

Transfer Gray to William John Bridson for ₤ 2100.0.0.

15 Jan 1907

Akld City Valuation roll

Owner W J Bridson; lease to Jacob Ziman, gentleman; details of lease recorded in letters now held in the Alexander Turnbull Library.

1908-1915

Wises NZPO directories

Jacob Ziman resident

NZ at war in Europe, WW1

1916

Wises NZPO directory

Jacob Ziman no longer resident in Eden Street

11 Sep 1917

CT 102/83

Transfer Bridson to Ernest Herbert Potter & William Walter Stanton

The Courtville Apartment buildings built 1914 & 1918. Braemar is annexed and converted into 5 apartments (Nos. 16-20) as part of the apartment complex.

22 March 1939

Auckland Star

Name Eden St changed to Parliament Street

NZ at war in Europe, WW2

5 Dec 1972

CT 102/83

Executors of Potter & Stanton transfer title to Topper Buildings Limited

24 April 1974

City News Pg 15

Headline "City Flats to be abolished"

12 Sep 1974

CT 102/83

Gazette 307712.1; land taken for "public buildings of the General Government"; CT 102/83 cancelled.

14 June 1978

Vera Ziman

Letter to Courtville Association from Vera Ziman describing Braemar

3 July 1986

Gazette B.563688.1

Declares land now Crown land

7 August 1987

Auckland City District Scheme

Zoning changed to allow only residences to a height of 49 metres.

14 Sep 1987

Companies Office

Courtville Association formed " to preserve, protect, and enhance the Courtville Apartment Buildings, Parliament Street including the "Courtville Annex"

4 Oct 1989

CT 77D/204

Transfer from Crown to Courtville Apartments Limited; description now Section 4 Survey Office plan 62300

9 Feb 1995

CT 77D/204

Transfer Courtville Apartments Ltd to John and Susan Sweetman

BRAEMAR converted back to being a single dwelling again.