Nau mai, haere mai ki te Whare o Huriu Welcome to Julius House
He Waka Eke Noa
I look forward to meeting you all over the next few months and making 2024 an unforgettable year. This booklet will answer questions you may have about the House system at College and Julius House in particular.
The History of Julius House Julius House is named after Bishop Churchill Julius, second Bishop of Christchurch (1890– 1925) and third Warden of Christ’s College. The House tie shows the mitre with lappets or ribbons worn by bishops as a symbol of their office. Julius is one of seven dayboy Houses and one of the oldest at College, beginning in 1909. Originally known as North Town, it was the House for boys who lived in the northern part of town. The building started life as part of the new classrooms designed by Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort and was completed in 1886. In 1931 the bottom floor was converted to become Julius House, while the upstairs remained as classrooms. The House was completely renovated in 1962 and again in 1981, but its main architectural features have remained unaltered. The stone step to the locker room and the hardwood of the low wall of the cloisters, carved by hundreds of boys’ shoes over the years, are the physical evidence of past generations. Julius House lost its chimneys in the September 2010 earthquake, which damaged the iconic cloisters area. It was fixed only to suffer again in February 2011 when the Harper House chimneys damaged both Houses and the cloisters area. With great pleasure we returned to a fully functioning House in 2013.
If you have any further questions we can discuss these when I meet with you. Please make contact if there is anything I can help you with between now and the start of the new school year. – Mike Field, Housemaster
01 – Christ’s College Julius House
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