Alberton House, in the Auckland suburb of Mt Albert, has a special celebration this month. The Victorian mansion, built in 1863, was bequeathed to the Historic Places Trust in 1972.
The following year, the doors to the vast residence – which had been home to the wealthy Kerr Taylor family for the previous 100 years – were opened to the public for the first time. December 8 marks the 50th anniversary of Alberton’s