Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga has kindly given permission for this cache. Please treat the property with respect. It is not necessary to pay the entrance fee to sign the cache.
Highwic is a 19th-century house which is listed by Heritage New Zealand as a Category I structure. The house was built in 1862 for Alfred Buckland, a wealthy early settler and landowner. Mr Buckland fathered 21 children and the house was a busy family home until 1978.
The building included a ballroom, seven bedrooms, a boy's dormitory, a laundry, kitchen, scullery, outside stables, grooms accommodation, a billiard house, and a service yard. By the early 20th century two inside bathrooms were added with baths, hand basins, flushing toilets and hot and cold water on tap!
Opening Hours: Wed - Sun 10.30 am to 4pm
Entrance Fee: Its not necessary to pay to sign the cache. The house is full of history and an interesting place to visit, Adults $10, children and HNZPT Members free..
Other Historic places caches: Ewelme & Alberton
To retrieve the cache: Behind the pot plant LHS of the porch
