Mansion House, Kawau Island

Name: Mansion House
Address: 5 Schoolhouse Bay Rd, Kawau Island, 0920, New Zealand
Telephone: +64 9-422 8903

#1 among attractions in Kawau Island

Top attraction, Historical place, Boat or ferry, Museum

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Mansion House on Kawau Island, New Zealand, is a house that was owned by Sir George Grey from 1862 to 1888. Built in 1845 as the house for the manager of a copper mine on the island, it was extended significantly by Grey during his ownership. Mansion House is a heritage listed building. It is open to the public as part of the Kawau Island Historic Reserve administered by the Department of Conservation. ()

Completed: 1845 (179 years ago)Coordinates: 36°25'50"S, 174°49'8"E

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5 Schoolhouse Bay RdKawau Island 0920 New Zealand

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+64 9-422 8903

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Mansion House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Smelting House ruins, Scandrett Regional Park, Pumphouse ruins, Snells Beach.

1.2 miNE
Ruins
Smelting House ruins, Kawau Island
32 min walk • The Smelting House ruins on Kawau Island, New Zealand, belong to the copper mine established in 1844. As there were problems with combustion of the copper ore during the sea voyage to Wales or Australia, tenders were called in 1848 for the erection of a copper mine smelter.
2.6 miW
Park
Scandrett Regional Park
68 min walk • Scandrett Regional Park is a regional park located on the north east tip of the Mahurangi Peninsula, north of the city of Auckland, New Zealand.
0.8 miSE
Ruins
Pumphouse ruins, Kawau Island
22 min walk • The Pumphouse ruins on Kawau Island, New Zealand, belong to the copper mine established in 1844. The mine had ongoing problems, including legal, mismanagement, and flooding. To address the latter issue, a pumphouse was built in 1854.
5.3 miW
Town
Snells Beach
137 min walk • Snells Beach is a small coastal town in the north of Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the eastern coast of the Mahurangi Peninsula and its namesake beach faces east across Kawau Bay to Kawau Island.
5.4 miS
Island
Motuora
138 min walk • Motuora is an 80 ha island nature reserve in the western Hauraki Gulf, on the north-eastern coast of New Zealand's North Island. It lies some 6.2 km south-west of Kawau Island, 5 km east of Mahurangi Heads and 35 kilometres north of the city of Auckland.
3.3 miS
Island
Moturekareka Island, Warkworth
85 min walk • Moturekareka Island is a small island off the southern edge of Kawau Island in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, approximately 43.7 km north of Auckland. It is separated from nearby Motuketekete Island by Blanche Channel.
4.1 miW
Locality
Algies Bay
106 min walk • Algies Bay is a northern coastal suburb of Auckland, in New Zealand. It is on the Mahurangi Peninsula about 68 kilometres north of the city centre. Highfield Garden Reserve is an area of public land just north of Algies Bay. Until 1985, it was a privately owned flower-growing and orchard business, which also had donkeys.
4.3 miN
Locality
Tāwharanui Peninsula
110 min walk • Tāwharanui Peninsula is a finger of land projecting into the Hauraki Gulf from the east coast of the much larger North Auckland Peninsula of New Zealand. It separates Omaha Bay to the north from Kawau Bay and Kawau Island to the south. The nearest sizable town is Warkworth.