Commercial

Bay of Islands Hotel

Location

The Strand, Russell, Bay of Islands

Client

Duke of Marlborough Hotel Group

Date

2017

Winner of an Excellence Award in the Tourism and Leisure Property category of the Property Council of New Zealand Rider Levett Bucknall Property Industry Awards 2019.

Verandahs
Ornamentation
Colonial
Hospitality
Alterations
Materials
Timber

In 2010, the client approached Salmond Reed Architects to design a sympathetic double-storey verandah on the seaside front of this well-known Northland establishment. In 2017 construction took place. Great things sometimes do take time.

The Duke of Marlborough began its life in 1827 as “Johnny Johnston’s Grog Shop”. The owner Johnny Johnston was an ex-convict come good, he became fluent in Te Reo and was very well regarded with the local Maori.

Fast forward to today and the Duke is a thriving hospitality enterprise having recently completed Stage 1 of a two-stage building redevelopment.

Stage 1 saw the removal of a tired, prosaic single-storey covered deck and the construction of a much grander and elegantly proportioned double-storey verandah. A feature of this is the gable-ended form clearly marking the central entrance into the hotel.

Stage 2 included the addition of some 13 guest rooms and associated services to the rear of the site.

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Address

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Auckland CBD 1010

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