Shand's Emporium

[5] Shand leased his town sections to William Sefton Moorhouse who at the time was the Superintendent of Canterbury Province.

Johnstone's lease agreement stipulated that he had to build a house, and a photo by Dr Alfred Barker from September 1860 shows what is now known as Shand's Emporium having been erected.

Whilst some alterations were carried out over the years, the small footprint of the two-storey building did not give scope to substantial changes.

Its owner, Antony Gough, wanted to comprehensively redevelop his land holdings and tried to give Shand's Emporium away for relocation.

The building was placed just south of the former Trinity Congregational Church, known for many years as the Octagon, and also registered as a Category I heritage structure.