Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year Secessionists

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This room in the old Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings on Durham Street is known as “The Stone Chamber”. These Council Chambers were built in the High Gothic Style, 1861 – 1865. The Victorians in Christchurch were very keen on the architecture of the Middle Ages. The building materials were tiles, and locally sourced stone and timber. The windows are stained glass.

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