Former Australian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited Head Office

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Australian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited Head Office (former)
File:T&G Mutual Life building 01.jpg
Corner of Lambton Quay and Grey Street
General information
Location Corner, 203-213 Lambton Quay and 22-32 Grey Street, Wellington, New Zealand
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Completed 1928
Design and construction
Architect Atkins & Mitchell, Henderson, Anketell & K.
Main contractor Mitchell and King Ltd
Designated 28-Jun-1990
Reference no. 1435

The former Australian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited Head Office (also known as the T and G Building or the Harcourts Building) is a historic building on Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand.

The building was constructed by Mitchell and King Ltd in 1926 and its construction was supervised by Atkins and Mitchell. In 1928, the Australian architect Kingsley Henderson described the building as "a very satisfactory" example of the great modern steel-frame building with concrete floors which "was here to stay".[1]

The building, is classified as a "Category I" ("places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value'") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.[2]

The building is currently threatened with demolition, due to the costs of earthquake strengthening which are required to bring the building up to code.[3]

References

  1. Kernohan, D. (1994). "Wellington's Old Buildings", Wellington: Victoria University Press
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