A photo published in the Otago Witness in 1900 shows 4 Pitt St before the bay window was added upstairs. The Knox Church grounds are in the foreground. PHOTO: OTAGO WITNESS : Growing old gracefully

''Lots of people who lived here over the decades will remember this house and the fun they had.'' Marguerite McKellar prepares to leave the home that has been in the McKellar family for 120 years and which has also been rented to students. PHOTO:... : Growing old gracefully

A large dome-shaped skylight lights the upstairs foyer. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN : Growing old gracefully

A stained-glass sidelight beside the front door. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN : Growing old gracefully

A califont and sink in the former ground floor GP’s surgery. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN : Growing old gracefully

Stained glass fanlights feature on the ground floor in the space under the turret. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN : Growing old gracefully

From the 1880s on, several Dunedin doctors built substantial homes and surgeries in Pitt St, which was near to, but above, the main street and becoming a fashionable part of town. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN : Growing old gracefully