Randell Cottage Annual Open Day
Tour our historic Thorndon cottage, listen to readings by past and present writers, enjoy afternoon tea in the garden and try your luck in a raffle.
Randell Cottage is a rare example of colonial domestic architecture still surviving in modern-day Wellington. It was built in 1867 as two gable-ended sheds by William Randell, a Dorset stonemason, for his family which eventually totalled ten children. Expanded in 1874, it eventually fell into disrepair and came close to demolition until being preserved and restored by Randell descendants in the 1990s. The Randell Price family gifted it to the Randell Cottage Writers Trust in 2001.
The Cottage is only open to the public once a year, when we join with two other historic Thorndon houses, Rita Angus and Lilburn, in hosting Open Days to celebrate the Wellington Heritage Festival.
Join us for afternoon tea, raffles and readings by past and current writers.
Health & Safety
St Mary Street is steep and uneven. Care is strongly recommended. The Cottage and its grounds are on a single level with paved pathways and lawns which could be slippery or uneven. Visitors enter at their own risk.
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Event times
1-4pm Sun 27 Oct
Free
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