Warren Crescent in the suburb of Hillmorton, Christchurch

Warren Crescent in Hillmorton – Named after the Rev. Alwyn Warren (1900- 1988). Warren was the Bishop of Christchurch 1951- 1966 and, because of this, a warden of Christ’s College. One of the streets in the area formed on land belonging to Christ’s College. First appears in street directories in 1964.A small amount of information from the library website and not a lot that I can add. The street runs from Halswell Rd and curves around back to Halswell Rd and it is a fairly long street for a crescent. Was leasehold land as it was owned by the church. I don’t know how much is still leasehold and how many owners have been able to buy the freehold. Most houses are from 1960s and 1970s but a few from 1980s and 1990s. None of them stood out for me and most were brick or summerhill stone and typical for the era. I had an uncle who live here for the last few years of his life but I couldn’t figure out which was his place. I thought I knew where it was but it looked different. There was one huge house that stood out as it was much larger than the other houses and I couldn’t remember it from when I lived in the area. I checked google maps and it wasn’t on street view. It was starting to get dark otherwise I would have taken a photo. I used to know people on this street when I was on kindergarten committee but that is a long time ago.