McLeans Mansion aka Holly Lea

A DigitalNZ Story by Donna Robertson

387 Manchester Street, Christchurch. Read more about its past in McLeans Mansion: The architectural heritage of Christchurch. http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Publications/ChristchurchCityCouncil/ArchitecturalHeritage/McLeansMansion/ There is a fascinating and well-illustrated blog post Holly Lea – a Rich Man’s Folly? on Lost Christchurch. http://lostchristchurch.org.nz/holly-lea-mcleans-mansion-manchester-street-c-1900 McLeans Mansion listing on the NZ Historic Places Trust register http://www.historic.org.nz/theregister/registersearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=300

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Image: House `Holly Lea' in Christchurch

House `Holly Lea' in Christchurch

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: McLean Institute Christchurch FGR 6701

McLean Institute Christchurch FGR 6701

Auckland Libraries

Image: McLean Institute Christchurch FGR 6704

McLean Institute Christchurch FGR 6704

Auckland Libraries

Image: Garden party at Holly Lea, Christchurch, held in connection with the final meeting of debt workers and branch representatives of the Lady Liverpool Fund

Garden party at Holly Lea, Christchurch, held in connection with the final meeting of debt workers and branch representatives of the Lady Liverpool...

Christchurch City Libraries

Image: ONCE THE STATELY MANSION of the late Allan McLean, "Holly Lea," Christchurch, under the terms of his will, is now a luxurious retreat for indigent gentlewomen. (NZ Truth, 10 May 1928)

ONCE THE STATELY MANSION of the late Allan McLean, "Holly Lea," Christchurch, under the terms of his will, is now a luxurious retreat for indigent ...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Holly Lea – a Rich Man’s Folly?

Holly Lea – a Rich Man’s Folly?

Lost Christchurch

Newspaper

GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 12 February 1913)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

SUGGESTED VICE-REGAL RESIDENCE IN CHRISTCHURCH. (Wanganui Chronicle, 08 February 1913)

National Library of New Zealand

Newspaper

A WHITE ELEPHANT. (Poverty Bay Herald, 07 February 1913)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: McLeans Mansion, Christchurch

McLeans Mansion, Christchurch

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: McLean's Mansion, an elegant two story wooden building with twin ogival domes, showing painters with ladders and scaffolding, with well kept lawn and shrubs in front, Christchurch

McLean's Mansion, an elegant two story wooden building with twin ogival domes, showing painters with ladders and scaffolding, with well kept lawn a...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: McLeans Mansion

McLeans Mansion

Christchurch City Libraries

Image: McLeans Mansion

McLeans Mansion

Christchurch City Libraries

Image: McLeans Mansion

McLeans Mansion

Christchurch City Libraries

Image: Christchurch: McLean's Mansion (c.1900) (1)

Christchurch: McLean's Mansion (c.1900) (1)

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Newspaper

A BIG ESTATE. (Poverty Bay Herald, 16 November 1907)

National Library of New Zealand