25 Gaine Street (1903)

This home was constructed in 1903, with plans deposited with the Borough Council in late March 1903 for a "cottage" on Town Section 197, with the architect being John Maisey, and having an estimated cost of £200.

The home on the eastern side of Town Section 197 was constructed earlier, being present on DP1966 dated early February 1903.

Architect John Arthur Maisey

Maisey was born in 1860, in Birmingham England, where he practiced architecture for a number of years. He arrived in New Plymouth with his family in 1897 and farmed on Barrett Road for several years, selling his farm in June 1900, and moving into New Plymouth soon after. Maisey is not well known in New Plymouth, although he apparently designed a significant number of local buildings (most notably the 1904 New Plymouth Exhibition Buildings - a 'temporary' structure located on Poverty Flat/St Michael's Square), before shifting to Wellington in early 1905. In Wellington Maisey practiced in partnership with Henry Johns from 1905 until his retirement in 1908 - in just three years Maisey and John designed over 40 buildings. 

Related items:

Town Section 197, Taranaki Land Deed Index I5 page 579. (Archives New Zealand)

Taranaki (Lot 2) DP1966 Sheet 1 (1903), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)