{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox building | name = Taylor-Stace Cottage | native_name = | image = Taylor-Stace Cottage.jpg | caption = | former_names = | building_type = Cottage | architectural_style = | structural_system = | location = [[Pāuatahanui]], [[Wellington]], New Zealand | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | coordinates = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = 1847 | demolished_date = | height = | diameter = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = 80m² | main_contractor = | architect = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = | embedded = {{designation list|embed=yes|designation1=NZ Category I|designation1_offname = Taylor-Stace Cottage|designation1_date = 1986|designation1_number = 4108}} }} '''Taylor-Stace Cottage''', built in 1847, is the oldest surviving house of European origin in the [[Wellington]] region of New Zealand.<ref name=2010Restoration>{{cite web|title=Taylor Stace cottage foundations secure, now for the future|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/kapi-mana-news/5612178/Taylor-Stace-cottage-foundations-secure-now-for-the-future|publisher=stuff.co.nz|accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref> The cottage is classified as a Category I historic place (a place of "special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") by the [[New Zealand Historic Places Trust]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4108|title=Search the List {{!}} Taylor-Stace Cottage {{!}} Heritage New Zealand|website=www.heritage.org.nz|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> Taylor-Stace Cottage was built by immigrants William and Anne Taylor, who had come to New Zealand in 1840.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/5627842/New-look-for-oldest-house|title=New look for oldest house|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref> [[File:Taylor-Stace Cottage 13.JPG|left|thumb]] The back portion of the cottage was completed in 1847 and was sold to Alfred Stace the following year. It's debated whether the front part of the cottage was built during the 1850s or in 1906 after the Stace family moved on.
During the 1970s the cottage was used as a craft gallery,<ref name=nzhpt>{{cite web|title=Taylor-Stace Cottage|url=http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4108|publisher=New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga|accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref> and in the 2000s it was an art gallery for a couple of years.<ref name=2009Sale>{{cite web|title=Historic cottage up for sale|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/kapi-mana-news/2759972/Historic-cottage-up-for-sale|publisher=stuff.co.nz|accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref>
In 2010 and 2011 combined funding and effort by the new owners, [[Porirua City Council]] and the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, saw the cottage restored and raised to protect it from flooding. Its current use is as a beauty salon.<ref name=2010Restoration />
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