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Longbeach Estate
| Address | 1754 Longbeach Road, Ashburton |
| Region | Canterbury |
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| Phone | (03) 302 6646 |
| Fax | (03) 302 6694 |
| Contact Person | Penny Tomas |
| Website | www.longbeachestate.co.nz |
| Hours | By arrangement , group bookings only welcome. |
| Entrance Fee | Price by arrangement. |
| Brochure Available? | No |
| Parking | Off street parking for buses coaches and cars. |
| Toilets | Toilets are provided for staff, guests and other visitors conducting business with the Cookshop on the premises. There are no public facilities available. |
| Food Available | Morning, afternoon tea and lunch by arrangement. |
| Cafe/Restaurant available? | Yes |
| Seating | Yes |
| Picnics | Yes |
| Wheelchair Access | The Longbeach Cookshop is accessible to wheelchairs. |
| Dogs Allowed | Yes on a leash please. |
| Children Allowed | Yes but please supervise as we have ponds. |
| Accommodation | No |
| Sales/Shop | No |
| Other Facilities | Within The Cookshop the large Drawing Room is ideal for wedding receptions, special family events, product launches and corporate functions for up to 80 guests.
Wedding: 50-80 guests
Dinner: 20 - 80 guests
Garden parties, garden weddings: 50-150 guests
Marquee functions: up to 120 guests seated
The facility can be hired out with your own caterers or can be booked with the catering being done in house. It is fully licensed.
There is a Chapel in the garden, which can be used for weddings.
If you would like to use the grounds or the interior of The Longbeach Cookshop for private/wedding or commercial photography, filming, business meetings or other small functions, please contact us for more information.
Along with the Cookshop there is also a 7-hectare garden and pond which Penny opens to groups.
Check www.gardenstovisit.co.nz for other gardens to visit in the area.
Kakahu Farm is only 40 minutes from Long Beach. |
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About our AttractionThe Longbeach Cookshop is an historic building which is part of the Longbeach Estate Farm. The building was built from bricks made on the property in 1887, recently it has been fully restored with a commercial kitchen installed and amenities added.
The present Homestead is the third on about the same site, it was finished in 1938 after the second was burnt down in 1937. It is constructed from bricks originally made on the property and salvaged from the fire that destroyed the second Homestead.
Longbeach has remained in the same family, passing from John Grigg to J.C.N. Grigg to his son J. H. Grigg, who in turn passed it on to his daughter and son in law Virginia and David Thomas, and today is farmed by their son Bill Thomas, his wife Penny and their children James, Georgina, Rosa, and Henrietta.
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The Longbeach Cookshop is an historic building which is part of the Longbeach Estate Farm. The building was built from bricks made on the property in 1887, recently it has been fully restored with a commercial kitchen installed and amenities added.
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The present Homestead is the third on about the same site, it was finished in 1938 after the second was burnt down in 1937. It is constructed from bricks originally made on the property and salvaged from the fire that destroyed the second Homestead.
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The historic Chapel is located in the garden provides the perfect wedding venue for couples of all denominations. Religious services are able to be held in the chapel with couples arranging a minister of their choice. Civil services or garden weddings using a marriage celebrant can be held in one of the many secluded areas of the garden.
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The Station was a self-supporting Community with its own Post Office, School, General Store, Flourmill, Brickworks, Church, Smithy, Bakery, Cookhouse as well as Stables, Cowsheds, Pig Sties, Woolshed, most of these buildings still remain today.
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You can also see cowsheds, pig sties, and a woolshed, Most of these buildings still remain today.
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