Completed 1901 Designated 7 April 1983 Opened 1901 | Main contractor T Carmichael Reference no. 212 Phone +64 4-922 0600 | |
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Official name Bank of New Zealand Building (No 1) Architectural style Edwardian Baroque architecture Similar View Island, Wellington Cable Car, Wellington Museum, Frank Kitts Park, Bank of New Zealand Profiles | ||
Old bank arcade clock
The Old Bank Arcade (also known as the Bank of New Zealand building) is a historic building on Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand.
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The building, designed by Thomas Turnbull, is located on the site of Plimmer's Ark. The only bank building of the group specifically commissioned by the Bank of New Zealand, its solid mass has long been a landmark, wrapping itself around the corner of its prominent wedge-shaped site. Turnbull's original design was deemed "too lavish" and a second, more modest, design was proposed. Built by T Carmichael, it is a brickwork shell with timber flooring, pressed metal ceilings and plaster decoration. The hall was described by the New Zealand Mail of 1901 as "a handsome, lofty room, said to be one of the largest of its kind in the colonies".
The building, is classified as a "Category I" ("places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value'") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.