420 Middleton Rd

Location: 420 Middleton Road
Clarence Farm also known as Greer House
Heritage item listed by the Wellington City Council, Map 26 Reference 360
Registered as a historic place by the NZ Historic Places Trust

In 1853 Francis and Agnes Greer and seven of their eight children set sail from London for a new life in New Zealand. They came to live at Section 33 on the Porirua Road and named their property Clarence Farm. Son Francis, a builder, built the back of this house in about 1865, before his marriage. The front part of the house was built later, possibly in about 1908.


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This farm building on the property was a flour mill and retains its loft, grain chute and empty millpond nearby.