On site is the unique stone cottage Glencoe, built c1860. This is unique in the Lyttelton area in that the first owner and occupier, Patrick McDonald Fletcher, built it with double stonewalls from local stone quarried from a site 20 metres along the road; it was kept in the same family for 4 generations, a total of 115 years.
Henry, born here in 1876, and his son Claude, born here in 1908, lived in the original 1870 stone house, that was attached to the original stone cottage built by Patrick, their father/grandfather.
Claude was the great grand son of Francois Le Lievre who first came to Akaroa with whalers in 1838, returning to settle in 1840.
Claude Fletcher was Manager of Kinsey and Co, Lyttelton, where he worked for 43 years. Claude was also a respected peninsula historian, famous model ship builder and foundation member of the Lyttelton Museum. The Fletcher albums are now in Lyttelton Museum.
The stone cottage is now attached to the 1926 dwelling that replaced the 1870 house; this was built by Henry and Claude (now adapted/extended to an award winning design), it has the original 1926 Lych-style gate. A carved stone head similar to those carved by the prisoners from Lyttelton's gaol is on a garden wall; Claude Fletcher carved this in 1926. Other features are a stone bench, the old well, the original water pump and stonewalls.
The present owners: Jardine-Coombes, bought the property from Claude Fletcher's widow Isobel in 1995. They are keen to carry out conservation work to the stone cottage.
