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词条 Cranmer Centre
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  1. Geography

  2. History

  3. Architecture

  4. Notable people

  5. References

  6. External links

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The Cranmer Centre (originally: Christchurch Girls' High School) was a historic building in Christchurch, New Zealand. Its original use, until 1986, was as the Christchurch Girls' High School, the second high school for girls in the country. Registered with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category I heritage building, it was purchased by Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust in 2001, and demolished in May 2011 following the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

Geography

The centre was located on the south-west corner of Armagh and Montreal Streets by Cranmer Square.[1] On the opposite side was the Christchurch Normal School, later renamed Cranmer Court.[1] The Christchurch heritage tram passed the building on its central city circuit along Armagh Street.[2]

History

The Cranmer Centre is named after Cranmer Square, which takes its name from Thomas Cranmer, a noted Protestant reformer who shaped the Church of England, and wrote the first edition of the Book of Common Prayer.[3]

Christchurch Girls' High, the second high school for girls in New Zealand, was established in 1877.[4] It was preceded by Otago Girls' High School, which is believed to be the oldest secondary girls' school in the Southern Hemisphere.[5] After a year in temporary accommodation, the girls school moved into new premises on the corner of Hereford Street and Rolleston Avenue designed by Thomas Cane (1830–1905), immediately adjacent to the Canterbury College. That building is these days part of the Arts Centre.[4]

Cane's building soon ran out of room, and William Barnett Armson, who had previously been employed by the provincial council, was commissioned to design a new building in 1879.[4] It is believed that Armson carried out the design work in 1880[6] and it was built the following year by the firm of Greig and Hunter. The school opened in September 1881.[7]

Additions and renovations were made in 1907 and 1912 by Collins and Harman. Subsequent additions and alterations in 1936–1941 and 1961 were by Collins Architects.[4]

After the Girls' High School moved to its new site in Deans Avenue in 1986, the old building was leased to the Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust on a long-term lease and used for arts, cultural, social service and community groups. The Crown sold the land and buildings to Ngāi Tahu, and in 2001, it was sold to the Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust.[8]

The building was registered under the Historic Places Act 1980, and on 24 February 1994, the structure became registered (No. 1849) with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category I heritage building.[4]

Following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the building was damaged and found to contain the toxic substance asbestos.[9] It was demolished in May 2011; all that was remaining for a while was the main entrance portal on Armagh Street, but this was removed some weeks later.

Architecture

The building was of Venetian Gothic architecture. Concrete foundations and brick masonry walls were used in the original construction as well as the additions of 1907 and 1912. External and internal walls are of brick. The windows had sandstone facing features. The roof was characterised by timber sarking and slate sheathing. Roofing over the hall/library was replaced in 1989 after a fire.[4]

As part of the 1907 addition, the gabled entrance was relocated to the east end of the new building, while it was originally located at the northeast porch area. The entrance has Corinthian pilasters[4] and displays the original crest of Canterbury College above the architrave, demonstrating the links that the school had with the university at its previous site. The crest is inscribed "Ergo tua rura manebunt", meaning "therefore may your fields prosper"; this refers to the then extensive landholdings that the college had been given by the provincial government that were earning it an income.[10]

One of the building's notable feature had been constructural polychromy.[4]

Notable people

Helen Macmillan Brown (née Connon; wife of John Macmillan Brown), the second woman to graduate from a British university, was Principal of Christchurch Girls' High School from 1882 to 1894.[11]

Two students of the school, Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, made world news in 1954 when they killed Pauline's mother in Victoria Park. The murder became the basis of several works of literature and film. The most famous of these is Peter Jackson's 1994 film Heavenly Creatures.[12][13]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Publications/ChristchurchCityCouncil/ArchitecturalHeritage/NormalSchool/NormalSchool.pdf|title=THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE CHRISTCHURCH|last=Shepard|first=Deborah |author2=Gillian Hay |author3=R.D. Johnson |author4=J.M. Densem |author5= P.M. Shapcott |date=October 1986|publisher=CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL TOW PLANNING DIVISION|pages=3|accessdate=22 May 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Tram Tour|url=http://www.tram.co.nz/Christchurch-Tramway-Ltd/Tram-Tour_IDL=2_IDT=2961_ID=16947_.html|publisher=Tram Christchurch|accessdate=22 May 2011}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=Evangelical magazine and missionary chronicle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1zMEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA791|accessdate=22 May 2011|year=1863|pages=442, 791–}}
4. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=1849&m=advanced |title=Cranmer Centre (Former Christchurch Girls High)|last=Lovell-Smith|first=Melanie|date=8 December 2001 |publisher=New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga|accessdate=20 May 2011}}
5. ^{{NZHPT|2202|Otago Girls' High School Main Block|23 May 2011}}
6. ^{{cite web|url= http://resources.ccc.govt.nz/files/ExploreHistoricChCh-christchurchourcity.pdf |title=City of Gothic Proportions|publisher=New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga; Christchurch City Council|pages=1|accessdate=20 May 2011}}
7. ^{{cite web|url= http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/heritage/photos/disc6/IMG0076.asp|title=Christchurch Girls' High School, showing the new extension on the left (1913) |work=christchurchcitylibraries.com |accessdate=22 May 2011}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/node/11247|title=Arts Centre to purchase old Girls High|last=Robson |first=Matt |date=18 July 2001|work=beehive.govt.nz|accessdate=22 May 2011}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.mesorc.com/mesothelioma-news/2011/04/22/asbestos-found-in-12-christchurch-buildings-damaged-by-earthquake|title=Asbestos found in 12 Christchurch buildings damaged by earthquake|date=22 April 2011 |publisher=Asbestos News|accessdate=20 May 2011}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=History of the Coat of Arms|url= http://www.comsdev.canterbury.ac.nz/backgrnd/historycoa.shtml |publisher=University of Canterbury|accessdate=26 May 2011}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/brown-helen-macmillan/1|title=BROWN, Helen Macmillan|last=Edited by A. H. McLintock|date=22 April 2009|publisher=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand|accessdate=22 May 2011}}
12. ^{{cite news|title=We were not lesbians, says former Juliet Hulme|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10371147|accessdate=20 May 2011|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|date=5 March 2006}}
13. ^{{cite web|title=Pauline Parker|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/pauline-parker|publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|accessdate=20 May 2011|date=22 June 2010}}

External links

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