Sacred Heart College Hamilton - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:58:12 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Sacred Heart College Hamilton - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Environment court to decide fate of Euphrasie House https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/10/29/environment-court-decide-fate-euphraisie-house/ Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:30:04 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=51346

The diocese of Hamilton, in New Zealand, has gained consent to demolish Euphrasie House. The Hamilton East Community Trust (HECT) is fighting to prevent the demolition of the 74 year old building. The former convent, rebuilt in 1939, used as a boarding house for girls attending Sacred Heart College until it closed in 2011, is Read more

Environment court to decide fate of Euphrasie House... Read more]]> The diocese of Hamilton, in New Zealand, has gained consent to demolish Euphrasie House.

The Hamilton East Community Trust (HECT) is fighting to prevent the demolition of the 74 year old building.

The former convent, rebuilt in 1939, used as a boarding house for girls attending Sacred Heart College until it closed in 2011, is currently listed as a "Category B" heritage building.

Euphrasie House was the first three-storey building in Hamilton, and has a distinctive Spanish style, plaster walls and orange roof that set it apart from many other buildings in the city.

The diocese says it cannot afford earthquake strengthening work, and wants to instead build a two-storey diocesan centre on the site.

Mediation has failed and the matter will now go before the Environment Court.

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