Bishop's House, also called the Bishop's Palace or the Pompallier Diocesan Centre, is the residence of the Catholic Bishop of Auckland in Ponsonby, New Zealand, built between 1893 and 1894 to the Late Gothic Revival design of architect Peter Paul Pugin. The two story, H shaped, dark red brick building has housed every bishop of Auckland since its completion and is considered the finest example of Pugin architecture in New Zealand, with interior features including French encaustic tile floors, early electric lighting and a chapel with a marble altar. It was registered as a Category 1 historic place by Heritage New Zealand in 2013. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountAuckland Region, New Zealand 3 Completed Year Classification
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source Bishop's House, Auckland (Wikidata)
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1. Bishop's House, Auckland (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop's_House,_Auckland, lead definition
The Bishop's House or Bishop's Palace is the residence of the Catholic Bishop of Auckland, built 1893-1894.
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
Bishop's House, also called the Bishop's Palace or the Pompallier Diocesan Centre, is the residence of the Catholic Bishop of Auckland in Ponsonby, New Zealand, built between 1893 and 1894 to the Late Gothic Revival design of architect Peter Paul Pugin. The two story, H shaped, dark red brick building has housed every bishop of Auckland since its completion and is considered the finest example of Pugin architecture in New Zealand, with interior features including French encaustic tile floors, early electric lighting and a chapel with a marble altar. It was registered as a Category 1 historic place by Heritage New Zealand in 2013.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1894)
completion_date/completed = 1894
Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia article
There was an original timber structure on the site, which was largely replaced by the Gothic Revival two-storey brick building, apart from some timber elements that were incorporated into the rear.
View the Source2. Bishop's House, Auckland (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Episcopal palace)Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Episcopal palace)
Wikidata item Q130857816, instance of (P31): episcopal palace
3. Bishop's House, Auckland (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 386347): Auckland Region, New Zealand
Wikidata item Q130857816, property P131/P17 (location): Auckland Region, New Zealand
- In Style: Gothic Revival, Infobox style field: Late Gothic
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