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Haurongo: Beaven, Peter Jamieson

Tonbridge Mews, Christchurch

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A collection of white townhouses with grey roofs of different sizes and shapes.

Tonbridge Mews, designed by Peter Beaven in 1973–74, is built around a series of courtyards in Merivale, Christchurch. It was inspired by the Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings designed by Benjamin Mountfort more than a century earlier. 

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University of Canterbury

by Duncan Shaw-Brown

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Ian J. Lochhead. 'Beaven, Peter Jamieson', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47609/tonbridge-mews-christchurch (accessed 4 June 2026).