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Tree Information x

Identifier: OR/1953
Tree Type: Single
Registered By: Cadwallader, B.G.
Registration Category: Notable tree/s – Local interest
General Notes:
This fine weeping Wych elm is situated at Pen-y-bryn (Welsh for “top of the hill”), a Victorian mansion that was built in 1889 for successful local businessman John Bulleid and his wife Fanny.
Pen-y-bryn, one of Australasia’s largest single storey timber dwellings, has been fully restored and modernised and now operates as a boutique lodge. Visit the website at www.penybryn.co.nz for more information (Cadwallader, B.G., 2023).

Single Tree Details

Genus: Ulmus
Species: glabra 'Horizontalis'
Common names: weeping Wych elm, weeping elm, horizontal elm
Height: 6.80m
Height measurement method: Laser Nikon Forestry 550
Height Comments: (none)
Girth: 307 cm
Girth measurement height: 0.5 m
Girth Comments: (none)
Diameter: 97.7 cm
Crown Spread A: 16.00m
Crown Spread B: 21.00m
Avg. Crown Spread: 18.50m
Actual Planting Date: actual date not specified
Approx. Planting Date: c1900
e.g. circa. 1860
Current Age: 124 years
Tree Health Description: In fine condition.
Tree Form Type: Single Trunk
Number of Trunks: 1
Tree Form Comments: Scion wood has been grafted onto a short 1m standard.
Champion Tree Score: 158
Local Protection Status: Yes
Tree Present: Yes
STEM Score: 0

Observations

Date Observer Action
06 Nov 2024 Cadwallader, B.G.

Location

Lat/Long: -45.10578349333359 / 170.9558508325409
Location Name: Pen-y-Bryn
Address: 41 Towey St
Suburb: Holmes Hill
City/Town: Oamaru
Region: Otago
Location Description: At the southeast corner of the lodge. No public access.
Public Accessibility: Private-Garden
Local Authority: Waitaki District Council

Images

Preview Credit Date
Brad Cadwallader 06 Nov 2023
Brad Cadwallader 06 Nov 2023
From a Bulleid family album of photographs taken the year the house was put up for sale.Collection of the Waitaki Archive. Id 109013 01 Jan 1922
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