17 Birdwood Ave. Courtesy of Google Street View (August 2025).
17 Birdwood Ave. Courtesy of Google Street View (August 2025).
This bungalow was constructed for Daniel Penwarden in 1918.
A permit was granted by the Borough Council to Penwarden on 22 January 1918 for the construction of a residence on Pt 4 Shaws Estate - Boon Bros were the builders, and the estimated construction cost was £750. An earlier permit was also granted to Penwarden on 20 November 1917, this was for the construction of a garage and washhouse on Lot 28, Kitchener Terrace, with Penwarden himself the builder, and the estimated construction cost being £50.
Penwarden had leased his farm at Omata around the same time he moved to this house - although he doesn't appear to have lived here long, last appearing as living in this location in the 1920 edition of Wises Street Directory.
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Fitzroy District Section 4, Taranaki Land Deed Index I4 page 310. (Archives New Zealand)
Fitzroy District (Part) Section 4, Taranaki Land Deed Index I1 page 566. (Archives New Zealand)
Taranaki DP2073 Sheet 1, ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Taranaki (Lot 28) DP3481 Sheet 1, ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
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