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Four Cottages – Historic Places Trust

From Past Experience – Joanne Lewis

Historic Wellington – John Alexander

How Old is Our House? – G J Griffiths

The Last of Unscarred Thorndon – drawings by Ronald Burt, 1968

New Lives for Old Buildings – Historic Places Trust, 1982

The New Zealand Period House: a Conservation Guide – Stuart Arden & Ian Bowman 2004 [this link is to the National Library catalogue entry]

Resene Heritage Colours Brochure

Restoring a New Zealand House – Chris Cochran (for Historic Places Trust)

Restoring with Style: preserving the character of New Zealand houses – Martin Hill, 1985 [this link is to the National Library catalogue entry]

Seddon’s State Houses – Barbara Fill

Vintage Wellington – Charles Fearnley

Where have all the textures gone? – Charles Fearnley