- A 105-year-old villa tied into Palmerston North’s history will be getting a new lease of life in Auckland after years of lying empty, and the project is beginning to attract national attention.
Huntly House was built in 1911 by Charles Blackbourn, the architect responsible for many of Palmerston North’s historic buildings.
Hayley Parsons and her husband, New Zealand Army deputy chief Brigadier Chris Parsons, bought the villa from the Palmerston North City Council for $298,000 last week.
The couple were looking for a project for their Clarks Beach section when they found Huntly House, and thought its colonial style would be perfect, Hayley Parsons said.
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Huntly House as it was in its heyday on its original site in Featherston St, Palmerston North.
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