Model [Broadgreen House]
Maker and role
Phyl Greenman, Maker
Frank Greenman, Maker
Production date
1982
Object detail
Accession number
1987.39
Maker
Production period
Description
Model of Broadgreen House. Doll's house. 1:12 miniaturization of the original Broadgreen house in Nelson. Interior includes nine rooms, with contents. House is wooden, with white stucco on exterior walls. Roof of doll's house has dark grey faux shingles. Red painted eaves under roof. All windows are glass. Front door is painted red with stained glass panels and can be opened. Window above front door can be opened. "1853" above window. Proper right side of house has veranda and porch with red painted exterior doors. Near back of house on this side is a lean-to with glass walls and roof. Front left and right of house can be opened outwards on hinges, as can back left and right of house. House has electrical components - transformer sits below house with two yellow insulated wires extending from top. House sits on a wooden platform covered with green velvet. Platform sits on a wooden frame structure.
Brief History
This model is of Broadgreen House, in Stoke near Nelson. It is a ‘cob’ house, made of rammed earth, and it was built in 1853 for Edmund Buxton. Broadgreen was lived in by two families, the Buxtons and then the Langbeins who sold the house to Nelson City Council in 1965. Today the Council looks after the house along with the Broadgreen Society. The outer downstairs walls of the original house are up to 60 cm thick.
This 1:12 scale model was built in 1982 by Phyl and Frank Greenman of Auckland for their children, grandchildren and friends. It took 1000 hours to build. All the interior decoration, dolls and furniture are handmade, many are reproductions of the originals in the house at Stoke.
This 1:12 scale model was built in 1982 by Phyl and Frank Greenman of Auckland for their children, grandchildren and friends. It took 1000 hours to build. All the interior decoration, dolls and furniture are handmade, many are reproductions of the originals in the house at Stoke.
Marks
Reg 20 Inscribed
"Broadgreen" / built 1982 / by / Phyl & Frank Greenman / Labour of Love / for / All our Children Maker's Plate
"Broadgreen" / built 1982 / by / Phyl & Frank Greenman / Labour of Love / for / All our Children Maker's Plate
Media/Materials
Other name
dollhouse
Collection
Credit Line
Phyl Greenman et al. 1982. Model [Broadgreen House], 1987.39. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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