Hobsonville's iconic Clark House, completed in 1902 by well-known English ceramics entrepreneur and pioneer RO Clark II as a technological showpiece for his company's transformational products, is offered to the market for the first time in 72 years via the NZ Defence Force, enabling discerning buyers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to acquire an outstanding technological and archaeological example of New Zealand history on approximately 1.935 hectares of prime land.
Built using ground-breaking experimental hollow ceramic blocks made by Clark's adjacent Limeburners Bay earthenware pipe manufacturing plant, the 723 sq metre two-storeyed bay villa with extensive garaging is an outstanding example of ornate Italianate appearance with iron-lace verandas, elaborate internal tiling, pressed metal ceilings, papier mache dado panels of Art Nouveau design and kauri features.
An Historic Places category 1 building, the mansion now needing restoration includes at least ten very large living rooms and bedrooms, along wit
