PHOTO: JANE USSHER/NZHOUSE&GARDEN – Kitley house in Christchurch from Dec 2018 NZ House & Garden
For Brenchley, a Fendalton mansion, there could be no greater joy than hearing the sound of laughter and children’s voices echoing around the halls after half a decade languishing in the dark.
The grande dame had celebrated more than 90 Christmases, mostly as a family home, before being wrecked by the first Canterbury earthquake in September 2010.
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