Cathedral Grammar School
History
History
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A history of the school – *Jubilate: The Story of a Choir School* – was written in 2006 by the Rev. Canon Roger Couper, Headmaster 1984–2001, and published by the Cathedral Grammarians' Association to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the school. In 1976, [St Saviour's Chapel](/wiki/St_Saviour%27s_Chapel "St Saviour's Chapel") was relocated from [Lyttelton](/wiki/Lyttelton%2C_New_Zealand "Lyttelton, New Zealand") onto the school grounds and served as the school's chapel until the February [2011 Christchurch earthquake](/wiki/2011_Christchurch_earthquake "2011 Christchurch earthquake"), when the building suffered slight damage. The building was then relocated to Lyttelton again to serve as the Anglican church, so that the ground could be remediated.

### Inveresk

[thumb\|Inveresk in May 2011](/wiki/File:Inveresk_93.jpg "Inveresk 93.jpg")
In 1972, the school acquired Inveresk, a heritage building located at 17 Armagh Street, and incorporated it into the school. The cottage was originally constructed between 1863 and 1878 on land that was originally granted to Church Property Trustees (i.e. the Anglican Church) in 1858, but sold to a private person in 1863\. The cottage was purchased in 1879 by John Anderson Jr, the son of the former [Mayor of Christchurch](/wiki/Mayor_of_Christchurch "Mayor of Christchurch") and iron foundry founder [John Anderson](/wiki/John_Anderson_%28mayor%29 "John Anderson (mayor)"). The mayor's family home in Cashel Street was called Inveresk after his [birthplace](/wiki/Inveresk "Inveresk") near [Edinburgh](/wiki/Edinburgh "Edinburgh") in Scotland. It is assumed that when Anderson senior's house was sold in 1907, that Anderson junior transferred the name to his house in Armagh Street. One of Anderson's daughters lived in the house until 1967 and after her death, the house was sold to the Church Property Trustees, which passed it on to the school.

Cathedral Grammar intended to demolish the building, but after intervention by [Christchurch City Council](/wiki/Christchurch_City_Council "Christchurch City Council") and the [New Zealand Historic Places Trust](/wiki/Heritage_New_Zealand "Heritage New Zealand") (since renamed to Heritage New Zealand), it was retained. A further application some years later in 2001 to demolish part of the building to make room for a two\-storey structure was withdrawn after opposition was received. On 14 April 2005, the NZHPT registered the building as a Category II heritage structure with registration number 3117\. Inveresk closed after the [2011 Christchurch earthquake](/wiki/2011_Christchurch_earthquake "2011 Christchurch earthquake") and after renovation and structural upgrade, it was opened again on 25 May 2012 by rugby coach [Todd Blackadder](/wiki/Todd_Blackadder "Todd Blackadder") and Bishop [Victoria Matthews](/wiki/Victoria_Matthews "Victoria Matthews").


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