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English: Avonhead was built by William Bray in 1853 on a site which later became Archdall Place. It was built of pug clay and had 12 rooms arranged in a long strip facing the sun. The walls were 18 in. thick and the roof was thatched. It was demolished in 1944. Bray was a civil engineer and is remembered for constantly prophesying that one day the Waimakariri River would break its banks and run through Christchurch.
Date 1890s
date QS:P,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Photos/Disc4/img0083.asp
Author Photographer unidentified
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