Daresbury Lane in Fendalton -Formerly Korari Street. Named after korari, a native New Zealand flax plant, Phormium tenax. Re-named Daresbury Lane. Named after Daresbury, a house in Fendalton Road with another entrance off Daresbury Lane. Named to commemorate the Deans families’ efforts to conserve the native forest trees in Riccarton. The naming was also designed to showcase the Maori names of trees. Named in 1892 when John Deans (1853-1902) split up 150 acres of the Deans Estate into 105 lots which were auctioned. Korari Street first appears in street directories in 1911. Re-named Daresbury Lane in 1962. Daresbury is a 50- room house, originally on 25 acres, built between 1897 and 1901 for George Humphreys (1848-1934).
A reasonable amount of information on the library website. In Papers Past in 1910 there were sections for sale from the Deans Estate plus drainage was mentioned. In 1954 there were 20 sections from the Daresbury Estate. Many death and engagement notices. The street name change was mentioned in April 1960 and the name change was by special order. Daresbury House in the 1960s held many events for charity. I found an article from 1974 which talked about a Rookery at Daresbury House which existed in 1930s and 1940s.
The oldest house on the street is Daresbury House which was built about 1900 and I believe that it’s original address was Fendalton Rd. The rest of the houses date from 1905 to 2015 and some are really lovely. Daresbury House is gorgeous and the property is being subdivided again. The planned houses just look so wrong as the designs are too modern and will look out of place.
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