Historic Places of the Te Anau Basin Southland NZ.
Beneath the Takatimu Mountains sits a an old Homestead from a bygone era known as Redcliffs Station. Once the Proud home of the Speight Family it now lies derelict. less than a century on since The Grandson of James Speight the Famous Dunedin Brewer Allan Speight purchased the property
to turn his hand to sheep farming in 1919 after the great war. Eventually the property was passed on to
Sons Bill Jim and David with Bill being given the Redcliffs Homestead and the Property being divided into three parts, Tower Peak to the West and Cheviot Downs to the East with Redcliffs in the Centre
The Department of Lands an Survey also took over a large portion of the Speight's land in the 1970s
to re-develop as smaller Farm Units as well as Neighboring Manapouri Station.
Tower Peak and Cheviot Downs are still farmed today but Sadly Redcliffs was turned into a Forestry Block in the late 1990s and the new owners live in Auckland and the lights no longer shine from the old House and only wild animals forage the home paddocks these days.
Beneath the Takatimu Mountains sits a an old Homestead from a bygone era known as Redcliffs Station. Once the Proud home of the Speight Family it now lies derelict. less than a century on since The Grandson of James Speight the Famous Dunedin Brewer Allan Speight purchased the property
to turn his hand to sheep farming in 1919 after the great war. Eventually the property was passed on to
Sons Bill Jim and David with Bill being given the Redcliffs Homestead and the Property being divided into three parts, Tower Peak to the West and Cheviot Downs to the East with Redcliffs in the Centre
The Department of Lands an Survey also took over a large portion of the Speight's land in the 1970s
to re-develop as smaller Farm Units as well as Neighboring Manapouri Station.
Tower Peak and Cheviot Downs are still farmed today but Sadly Redcliffs was turned into a Forestry Block in the late 1990s and the new owners live in Auckland and the lights no longer shine from the old House and only wild animals forage the home paddocks these days.
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