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Worcester Chambers

Worcester Chambers

Office building in Christchurch, New Zealand

The Worcester Chambers, recently also known as Gough Chambers, is a heritage building in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was designed by Cecil Wood in 1926 and is designated as a Category II heritage building registered by Heritage New Zealand.[1][2] Located at 69 Worcester Street in Central Christchurch, it was originally the site of a secretarial school called Digby's Commercial College.[3]

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2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes

As a result of earthquake strengthening in 2007 it withstood the Canterbury earthquakes in 2010 and 2011.

The Chambers in August 2011

Owners

In September 2015, the building was bought for NZ$2.3m by members of the Gough family: prominent businessman Tracy Gough and two of this children, including Christchurch City Councillor Jamie Gough.[4] The new owners renamed the building Gough Chambers.[5] Although they dropped the rent,[5] they were unable to find tenants and sold the building in late 2016 for NZ$2.18m to lawyer Gerard McCoy and his wife Siu-Wai McCoy.[6]

References

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  1. [1]
    "Search the List | Worcester Chambers | Heritage New Zealand". www.heritage.org.nz. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Worcester Chambers | Canterbury Heritage Awards". www.heritageawards.co.nz. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Central City Heritage Guide" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. [4]
    Law, Tina (9 September 2015). "Christchurch councillor Jamie Gough plans to restore $2.3 million heritage building". The Press. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. [5]
    Liz, McDonald (27 September 2016). "Gough family forced to cut rent on Christchurch heritage building". The Press. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. [6]
    Liz, McDonald (2 December 2016). "Goughs sell building to Dotcom lawyer". The Press. Retrieved 18 February 2017.


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