Busch's Bush? (Nelson/Marlborough) Traditional Cache
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Busch's Bush? (Nelson/Marlborough)
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The cache is placed on a public bush walk in the grounds of Melrose House.
Melrose House, designed by Mr J Scotland, was originally built about 1876 for Mr Charles Fowell Willett Watts. He arrived at Nelson on the ship "Will Watch" in 1841 and worked as a surveyor for the New Zealand Company.
After his death in 1881 it became the home of his daughter, Francis, and her husband Percy Boland Adams, a prominent Nelson lawyer. It was at this time that much of the planting of the grounds was carried out by Mr Adams’ manservant, Joseph Busch. Garden parties were held in the rose garden at the back of the house where Melrose Terrace runs today.
Percy and Francis had one son, Noel Percy Adams, who eventually inherited the property. His wife became very interested in the Women’s Division of Federated Farmers and was at one time a Dominion President. This association was acknowledged by Colonel Adams when he arranged for the Women’s Division to have the use of the property, and for a number of years they used the house as a holiday-rest home.
The once ornate interior however was stripped in 1973 when the Women's Division of Federated farmers stopped using it as such. In the same year the property was gifted to the City Council for the use of the citizens of Nelson.
Melrose is still owned by Nelson City Council who maintain the exterior of the house and grounds which have an historic places rating. The interior is managed by the Melrose Society who has worked to preserve and refurbish the interior since 1974. Very recently, an amnesty has been called on the items stripped and sold from the house in an attempt to restore it to its former glory.
A public carpark is situated off Trafalgar Street but it quicker to park on Trafalgar Street on the town side of Brougham Street or in Brougham Street by Fairfield Park.
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