PHOTO: RAY WHITE/ CHRIS BURKS 4 Goldies Brae, affectionately called The Banana House, in Thorndon was built in 1876 and is New Zealand’s second concrete house.
The first time Bridget Pollock saw the house at 4 Goldies Brae in Wellington, it was an eerie sight.
Hugged into the green curve of the Thorndon hills, the 143-year-old home, at one time affectionately nicknamed the Banana house on account of its long, glazed, crescent gallery, looks like a Victorian glass house with round, steep-roofed rooms at either end. An antique grape vine climbs the woodwork, lichen dots the drive and the stone grey concrete walls echo the dark grey slate of the roof.
Shrouded in mist, in the moody Wellington dusk, it must have seemed like something out of an elegant Gothic novel. Pollock fell in love with it instantly.
READ MORE VIA STUFF