The Building
Flock House is located at 1427 Parewanui Road, Parewanui, 14 km out of Bulls. The homestead was built by Russell & Bignell Ltd. in 1908, as a three-storey residence for Lyn McKelvie, and is now under the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. The building has an 'L' shaped plan, and early elements of the Arts and Crafts style that became popular in New Zealand in the 1930s. McKelvie was the owner of an estate of over 3,000 acres (12 km2). The property, including the Homestead was sold in 1923 to the was sold to the Fund, that would use it as an agricultural training farm from then on.
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