Dux de Lux
From cottage to brewery to home of Dux de Lux, McNeill's Cottage in Church Street, Queenstown has an interesting story to tell.
James McNeill was a Scotsman who came to New Zealand in his teenage years, later finding himself employment in Queenstown about 1882 as a contractor on the Ballarat Street Bridge. Married in 1885 he built a cottage for his family. Built to last, the original cottage was extended and refurbished in the 1980s ready for a new life as a bar and restaurant.
The stone cottage now stands resplendent flanked by iron posts coated in Resene Hi-Glo gloss acrylic, doors of Resene Lustacryl semi-gloss waterborne enamel and door frames of Resene Sonyx 101 semi-gloss in hues of Resene Karaka (blackened green) and Resene Scoria (volcanic red). Home to the award winning Dux de Lux Brewery & Bar, it is also a stone's throw from the new Dux de Lux restaurant housed in a new building topped by offices.
In keeping with the hues of the stone cottage, the new building features Resene X-200 weathertight membrane tinted to Resene Spanish White (complex neutral) on the exterior teamed with Resene Waterborne Woodsman tinted to Resene Limed Oak (whitened brown) on the Oregon doors, Resene Lumbersider tinted to Resene Canterbury Clay (beige) on the weatherboards and Resene Lumbersider tinted to Resene Scoria on trims.
Drawing the deep red into the interior colour scheme menu, Resene Lusty (deep red) has become a trademark hue for the new restaurant and an excellent appetite stimulator.
Architect: Francis Whitaker, Mason & Wales Dunedin
Building Contractor: Naylor
Love and Christine Harrison
Painting Contractor: Rod MacDonald Painters
Painting Contractor (Dux de Lux interior): Queenstown Decorating Co
Ltd
Resene: Annette Gin, Queenstown Trade Sales Representative
From the Resene News – issue 1/2005
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