VICEREGAL HOME
"DARESBURY ROOKERY"
'"Daresbury Rookery," the home of the late Mr. George Humphreys, at 67 Fendalton Road, is to be the official residence of the Governor-General during the stay of the viceregal family in Ihe South Island. It has been let to Sir' Cyril Newall for two and a half months from the beginning of November. • ' The house, built in the Elizabethan half-timbered style, was designed by the late. Mr-. S. Hurst Seager. It stands in 14 acres of grounds, including extensive and well laid out gardens, as well as the bluegum plantations which Mr. George Humphreys caused to be preserved as a home for the rook colony of which, he was so proud.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 66, 15 September 1941, Page 6
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115VICEREGAL HOME Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 66, 15 September 1941, Page 6
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