'Great old rambling house': Katherine Mansfield's childhood home for sale
The historic Karori home where author Katherine Mansfield spent her childhood is listed for sale for approximately $2 million. The property, known as Chesney Wold, has served various roles including a boarding school and an embassy.
Why it matters
The sale of this culturally significant property highlights the preservation of literary history and the evolution of urban real estate.
<p>The Karori house where Katherine Mansfield spent her early childhood, and where she set her famous short story The Doll's House, is for sale for the first time in more than a decade.</p> <p>The homestead at 372 Karori Rd, known as Chesney Wold, was expected to sell for around $2 million. Offers close on Thursday.</p> <p>Mansfield moved there with her family in 1893, aged four, and started school in Karori. At the time the house sat among paddocks on Wellington's rural fringe.
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