43 Breakwater Road is the only survivor of two villas constructed for W. J. Honeyfield in 1901-02 - the other home was located on the present site of 51 Breakwater Road.
On 3 October 1901, New Plymouth architect John Arthur Maisey called for tenders for the construction of two cottages at Moturoa for W. J. Honeyfield.
There have been suggestions that the homes were constructed in the 1890s, however, this seems very unlikely, as they are not present in a photograph of the area taken in early 1901 (Te Papa Collection, PA.000199).
Architect John Arthur Maisey
Maisey was born in 1860 in Birmingham England, where he practiced 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.
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Taranaki DP1819 Sheet 1 (1901), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Taranaki (Lot 2) DP4246 Sheet 1 (1919), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Taranaki DP4417 Sheet 1 (1919), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Taranaki (Lot 1) DP7234 Sheet 1 (1952), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
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