Bacon Residence, 33 Cameron Street (1924)

A permit for the construction of a residence on Part Town Sections 1667, 1669, and Part Closed Road (Gilbert Street), was granted to H. M. Bacon in September 1924 - the builder/ contractor was Boon Bros, and the estimated construction cost was £3000; a particularly expensive home. 

A copy of the original plans is held by NPDC, and the architect is noted as J. H. Barrett, New Plymouth - nothing is currently known about Barrett, although he seems to have been a skilled architect. 

This is probably the largest home in this style constructed in New Plymouth, and one of the largest private residences constructed in New Plymouth during the 1920s.

Related items:

Town Section 1667, Taranaki Land Deed Index I5 page 46. (Archives New Zealand)

Town Section 1669, Taranaki Land Deed Index I5 Page 344. (Archives New Zealand)

Taranaki DP3748 Sheet 1 (1919), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)