Roy Building (1885)

This building at 48 Brougham Street (Old town section 682) is nestled between the old Salvation Army Citadel and the Grand Central Hotel.

Tenders for the building were called by the architect James Sanderson in January 1885 on behalf of the solicitor J.B. Roy. Another report in April describes the building in reasonable detail. This makes it one of the oldest buildings remaining in the Central Business District. 

John Barton Roy is listed as the occupier in the 1897-98 Stone's Directory and he continued to run his legal practice from these premises for a number of years - as a partnership with Nicholson and later White. 

Taranaki Land Deed Index Section 682 (part), I3 page 241.

Related plans:

Parts Town sections 668 and 662_DP809 (1895), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)

Part Of Town Section 682 DP1156 (1898), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)