15 Standish Street was originally the home of Louis Frederick Bullot and his family, who occupied the villa until 1907, when it was sold to Mr Chaney, who owned the home in 1910 when it featured in The New Zealand Graphic.
Louis Frederick Bullot was born in New Plymouth during 1870 to parents Edward and Amelia Bullot. Edward had emigrated with his parents to New Plymouth aboard the Amelia Thompson in 1841, whilst Amelia emigrated with her parents on the Blenheim in 1842; they were married at Nelson in 1860 following their evacuation there during the First Taranaki War.
Louis soon entered the building trade and by the late 1890s was involved in both the design and construction of a number of prominent New Plymouth buildings. In 1894 he married Miss Etta Ann Bayly, and in 1905 he constructed this fine villa as his family home. A building permit was issued to Louis' wife Etta Ann Bullot on 9 January 1905 for the construction of a "villa residence" on Town Sections 536 & 537.
The house was designed and built by Louis Bullot, with the estimated construction value being £700. The Standish Street house was sold in 1907, and the Bullot's relocated to Melbourne during April of the following year.
In the early 1960s the house was converted into a private hotel, operating as the 'Belle Vue'.
Related items:
Taranaki DP655 Sheet 1 (1894), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Advertisement for the Belle Vue Private Hotel, (Travel New Zealand, Breckell & Nicholls Ltd, 1966)
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