Girvan St -Named after Girvan, a coastal resort in Strathclyde, southwest Scotland. Named to continue the theme of naming Riccarton streets after places in Ayrshire, Scotland, from whence the Deans family had originated. First appears in street directories in 1943. [In June 1948 the Waimairi County Council wanted to rename this street University Street when 24 streets in the County were re-named. This did not happen after protests from residents, among them John Deans.]
A reasonable amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add to it. Papers Past had sections for sale in 1943. Sections were part of Deans estate.This was a short street that runs off Kahu St and some larger lovely wooden villas here but there were a couple of houses that were very ordinary looking. One modern house which will be a rebuild. There was a house for sale on an As is Where is basis.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 