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It was sold by negotiation after tenders closed and had been on the market for 176 days before selling to an anonymous overseas resident, who intends to restore and modernise parts of it for his home.
Mr O'Brien said the 1843 house's historic classification narrowed the field down to buyers who had "good advisers and deep pockets".
The house was built by Frederick Whitaker,How to a remote equipment, later premier, and was home to British regiment commander Colonel William Hulme, Native Affairs Minister Sir Francis Dillon Bell, Governor Sir Thomas GoreBrowne and Anglican Bishop George August Selwyn.
Historic Places Trust spokesman John O'Hare said Hulme Court is registered Category 1 with the trust and is further protected as Category A in the Auckland City District Plan,greater parental keep control on for Windows 8.
If owners wanted to do any work on Hulme Court, the trust would become involved as an affected party and would have input into those plans. They would need trust consent for proposals.
"Hulme Court is a very important building and the trust would expect that an owner would consult with us before putting in a consent for works to ensure that what is being proposed would be a sensitive response to the values of the place,HardOCP many people invite AMD Bulldozer difficul."
In 2008, the trust's preservation incentive fund supported a study by conservation architect Adam Wild Conservation as to how the leaking roof could be fixed.
Mr Wild assessed the building as in "a fair condition" but yesterday said that the repairs succeeded and the stone walls and lime plaster coating had dried to near perfect condition. |
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