Dux de Lux
| Dux de Lux | |
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Dux de Lux in 2010
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| Former names | Llanmaes |
| General information | |
| Type | Residential, converted to a restaurant and bar |
| Architectural style | English Domestic Revival style |
| Location | corner Hereford and Montreal Streets, Christchurch Central City |
| Address | 41 Hereford Street |
| Town or city | Christchurch |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 43°31′54″S 172°37′49″E / 43.5318°S 172.6302°E |
| Current tenants | nil (closed due to earthquake damage) |
| Completed | 1883 |
| Renovated | 1928/29 |
| Client | John Lewis |
| Owner | Art Centre Trust |
| Landlord | Art Centre Trust Board |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | two |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Francis Petre |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect | Collins and Harman |
| Website | |
| official website | |
| Official name | Arts Centre of Christchurch Old Student Union Building |
| Designated | 26-Nov-1981 |
| Reference no. | 4907 |
| References | |
| "Dux de Lux". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. | |
The Dux de Lux (Latin: Masters of the Finest), originally called Llanmaes, was a popular beer garden and restaurant in Christchurch, New Zealand, that is part of the Arts Centre. The building, initially a private home, became the home of the student union of the University of Canterbury at this central city site before the tertiary institution moved to the suburb of Ilam. It is listed as a Category II heritage building (register number 4907) by Heritage New Zealand. The building was closed following the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, with the restaurant and bar moving to various suburban premises.
The Dux de Lux is located in a stand-alone building, on the corner of Hereford and Montreal Streets in the central city. It is these days part of the Arts Centre that occupies that whole block and is thus located in the cultural precinct.
The merchant John Lewis commissioned the building with Francis Petre as his private residence, and it was constructed in 1883, in a Tudor Revival style similar to Pinner House in Dunedin, another Petre design. Lewis gave it the Welsh name of Llanmaes, which means 'the church in the meadow'. The house changed ownership to Dr Colin Graham Campbell in 1899, who onsold it to Dr Charles Chilton in 1904. Chilton was a zoologist, the first rector to be appointed in Australasia, and the first person to be awarded a D.Sc. degree in New Zealand. He lived in the building until 1911 and sold it to Eliza Vincent. When Vincent died, the building was purchased by the University in 1926. For the next three years, the building was used as the rector's residence.
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