'Chellow Dene', 3 Fillis Street (1923)

A permit for the construction of a residence for Ernest Colin Hayton on Town Section 1088, Fillis Street, was granted by the Borough Council in November 1923 - the builder was G. S. Burton, and the estimated construction cost was £1250. 

Chellow Dene, meaning park-like area, takes its name from a park in the city of Bradford, Yorkshire, England - Hayton's home city from which he emigrated.

This home is part of a row of four 1920s-30s homes near the entrance to Pukekura Park.

Related items:

Town section 1088, Taranaki Land Deed Index I1 Page 445. (Archives New Zealand)

Living with a park in your backyard (Daily News 5 July 1997)