Wyllie Cottage
Wyllie Cottage
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gusc
Hastings, New Zealand3 contributions
Feb 2022
It’s amazing how such an old house can survive and provide so much history in little space. For those who want a quick glimpse, do visit the cottage.
Written 23 February 2022
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Inspiration456650
Russell, New Zealand163 contributions
Nov 2020
Hard to believe that so many people can live in such a small space. The cottage is well maintained and worth going to.
Written 23 November 2020
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Abhishek S
Bengaluru, India386 contributions
Aug 2019 • Couples
I thought this was a museum but it’s not exactly like that. The place is more of an open house where you go around and look at all historical things around. It was worth it.
Written 30 August 2019
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kpiddy
Brisbane, Australia12,256 contributions
May 2019 • Couples
Wyllie Cottage is located in the grounds of the Tairawhiti Museum it is reported to be the oldest European house still standing in the Gisborne area. It was built in 1872 for the Whyllie family and its history has been recorded and is on display inside the cottage. From the street it looks like a single storey home and yet it is not, there is a small narrow wooden staircase leading up to a second level, it was fascinating to think the cottage housed a large family. Each of the rooms were interesting to visit and were filled with display cases of memorabilia and information boards. The colours of the cottage have been well researched to its original colours. As paying guests to the museum we wandering through the cottage but it did appear that you could just walk in off the street and browse.
Written 14 July 2019
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Sally Cale
Gisborne, New Zealand80 contributions
Jan 2019 • Family
Love the way they have restored the cottage, unfortunately visited after they did it up, and was Dissapointed that the furnishings and artefacts weren't put back in so you could see how they would've lived. Not very interesting to look in now.
Written 13 July 2019
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