This building is next door to the Metrotel in Gill Street - previously the E.C. Hayton Plumbing building. Unlike the Hayton building it does not appear in NPDC's 1995 CBD Heritage Study, although it dates from the same time and together they provided an interesting contrast to Centre City opposite.
A permit was issued to A. Tunbridge on 22 July 1926 for the construction of a building on town section 875, to be built by George Beamish. A.J. Tunbridge was a New Plymouth accountant.
A single page drawing of the original building has been found amongst NPDC building files. The plans are unnamed and undated. They are very simple and were possibly drawn by the builder.
It may not have warranted inclusion into the NPDC study due to it's relatively small scale and simple facade.
Related items:
Town Section 875, Taranaki Land Deed Index I3 page 587 and I5 page 429. (Archives New Zealand)
Town Section 876, Taranaki Land Deed Index I3 page 233 and I5 page 428 (Archives New Zealand)
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