Brigid Place in Mt Pleasant – Named after Brigid Dowsett, née Davis, (1967-).Brigid Dowsett is a daughter of Michael John Wood Davis, a surveyor and chairman of Cannon Estate Ltd., developers of the subdivision where this street was formed. First appears in street directories in 1978.
A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. Papers Past mostly only had ads for sections but was an article about the naming of the street.
There are 16 houses here and most were built between 1970 and 1990. The house at the end of the street has been rebuilt and it is now only one level so that it no longer blocks the view and the locals are happy with this. I quite liked this street and it has great views. There was also a footpath on both sides of the street. I took a photo of a really interesting house and I regret that I didn’t take a photo of the letterbox as it looked like a Japanese pagoda. I ended up chatting to a couple of locals here and they hate this house and wish that it had been destroyed in the earthquakes. The house is on several levels and my new friends said that interior style is terrible. It is owned by an Aucklander who never visits and I assume that it is rented out. I personally quite liked it as it was quirky.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 