Temple Gallery auction extended

Change inevitably occurs to buildings over time. It's normal and expected. There are appropriate conservation and adaptive reuse methodologies available to meet individual building requirements and assessments of heritage significance, in ways that provide for sympathetic ongoing and future building use and redevelopment.
In Dunedin there's a very experienced, interconnected sector of the building industry devoted to successful outcomes for the retention of historic heritage. There's also a significant number of motivated owners bringing their buildings up to code requirement for building performance. Enhancing performance and attending to cyclical maintenance - irrespective of central government 'frighteners' arising from the disaster in Canterbury - is what responsible building stewardship is all about. No need to panic if you're in receipt of appropriate structural engineering advice taken together with expert building conservation advice - in tracking due diligence for your property investment and, where commercial, attracting long-term leases through sensible business planning. Most costs can be staged.
New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) is able to provide pointers, outlines and 'where-to-start' options for how to obtain best advice for the care of heritage buildings, structures and sites - there's little mystery involved. Phone or visit the NZHPT Otago/Southland Area Office in Princes St. Google their contact information. Their services are free. Why be a stranger.

The Temple's interior (in particular) is magnificent and a wonderful space, but personally I would be a bit terrified to take it on becasue of the implications of earthquake strengthening and any renovation work required, coupled to the historic building status.  

I can't help wondering how much violence would need to be done to the building's fabric to bring it up to an appropriate earthquake resistance - and at what cost?   I wonder what the views of the Historic Places trust are on that, given the substantial changes in the building's original structure in the 1930s and the 1990s.

Thank you for the site reference. With it's European Old World associations, different from Scots heritage, the building is a treasure.

The building (item B402) is listed in Schedule 25.1 of the Dunedin City District Plan. Protection required: synagogue facade to Moray Place, stone wall on street front and wrought iron fence and gate.

The building (originally built c.1864) is registered as a Category I historic place (Regn no. 9606) by New Zealand Historic Places Trust. You can read the registration report here which explains its history and significance.

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Is the Temple building an historic place and are there restrictions on structural redevelopment?