Anstis Residence, 132 Tukapa Street (circa 1903-1910)

This bay villa residence was probably constructed for owner Frank Gore Sole between 1903 and 1910.

A certificate of title for Lot 2 of Part Section 28, Town of Tukapo, was issued to Frank Gore Sole on 22 July 1901. Valuation rolls confirm that as at 31 March 1903 no dwelling was present on the section. 

It is probable the present house was constructed by 1910, and seems to have been rented out, with Wises Post Office Directories noting a number of different persons residing in this location during the 1900s and 1910s. Frank Sole took out a number of mortgages against the property during his period of ownership and one of these may relate to the construction of the house.

On 11 October 1917 ownership of the property was transferred to carter William John Anstis, who occupied the house himself and first appears as living in this location in the 1919 edition of Wises Post Office Directories.

William died on 13 October 1931 aged 72 years, with ownership of the property subsequently passing to his wife Lydia Charlotte Anstis. The house was sold to labourer Stephen Hatcher on 12 May 1953, and Lydia appears to have then moved into Belmont Private Hospital in Devon Street East, where she later died on 15 August 1957, aged 94 years.

Stephen remained living in the house until his death on 23 June 1964, aged 66 years. Ownership then passed to his wife Edith Elsie Jane Hatcher, who remained living in the house until her death on 21 July 1981, aged 81 years.

Related items:

Taranaki (Lot 2) DP1619 Sheet 1 (1896), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)

Taranaki SO6933 Sheet 1 (1930), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)

Taranaki DP7466 Sheet 1 (1953), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)

Taranaki (Lot 1) DP9113 Sheet 1 (1962), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)