Seacliff Lunatic Asylum Site
22, 36 Russell Road and Coast Road, Seacliff · Dunedin City
Seacliff Lunatic Asylum Site is a Category 1 historic place on the New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero, entered on 19 April 2012. It was built in c. 1880, designed by Robert Arthur Lawson.
- List entry
- Historic Place Category 1
- List number
- 9050
- Entered on the list
- 19 April 2012
- Status
- Listed
- Built
- c. 1880
- Architects and builders
- James Gore (Builder); Robert Arthur Lawson (Architect)
- Used as
- Recreation Reserve/Scenic Reserve, Historic Landscape, Vacant
- Formerly
- Psychiatric hospital/Mental institute/Asylum
- Also known as
- Seacliff Mental Hospital (Former); Seacliff Psychiatric Hospital (Former); Truby King Recreation Reserve; Truby King Park
- Public access
- Private/No Public Access
- Council
- Dunedin City Council
- Region
- Otago
Later work
Other 1879 · Other 1886 · Demolished - Other 1959 · Demolished - Other 1967 · Demolished - Other 1974 · Other 1974 · Other 1991 · Other 1991 · Other 1996 · Demolished - additional building on site 2000–2010
The property
- 36 Russell RoadSeacliff, WaikouaitiCapital value $1,100,000 (2025)Land 3.84 haFloor 2,900 m²