RUE JOLIE BRIDGE
General Information
RUE JOLIE BRIDGE: A solid brick balustrade is an attractive feature of this 1878 bridge.
Category: Structures and Sites Date: 1878
Street Address: Rue Jolie HPT registered? Yes District Plan Listed? Yes
Historical Significance
This is one of the older shops of the line of commercial premises along Beach Road which face the harbour. It was built probably soon after 1888 and probably as a butcher’s shop.
At different times later in its life it was a grocery store, a shoe store, a home, a boat-hire premises, a TAB (betting shop), a gift shop, a wine shop and a real-estate agency. This varied career is typical of commercial premises in small New Zealand towns.
It is a simple gable-ended building, built parallel to the street with a verandah over the footpath. Exactly which features of the building are original or early is unclear, but older features include the rusticated weatherboards and some of the windows.
At different times later in its life it was a grocery store, a shoe store, a home, a boat-hire premises, a TAB (betting shop), a gift shop, a wine shop and a real-estate agency. This varied career is typical of commercial premises in small New Zealand towns.
It is a simple gable-ended building, built parallel to the street with a verandah over the footpath. Exactly which features of the building are original or early is unclear, but older features include the rusticated weatherboards and some of the windows.
Map & Address
Address
Rue Jolie, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula Community, Christchurch City, Canterbury, 7520, New Zealand
Rue Jolie, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula Community, Christchurch City, Canterbury, 7520, New Zealand