Built 1877 and restored 2003/2004 

Allandale's former two cell lock-up is on display for all, viewable alongside the Governors Bay - Teddington road. Constructed of four layers of wood, with a steel plate sandwiched in-between.

The original school and school house were erected in 1868, in its first year it served 25 pupils. The school later outgrew its site and the school moved to its current site in 1963. The original buildings have subsequently been restored, with the school now housing the collection of Governors Bay Heritage Trust while the school house is leased as a private residence.  

Built C.1860, located on Bamfords Road, restored in 2019

Even locals of the early 1900s did not know who built this cottage. It was most probably built for a farm worker by C.K. Vigers, the first land owner, C. 1850. An old quarry at a site next door provided stone for this house. Later housed the Garlick family, Mr Garlick was a road worker. Present road devided up orignial property, the cottage is located beside the Main Road, and Allandale Reserve. 

The Teddington Smithy was built sometime in the 1880s. In 2015/2016 with the help of the Parkinson Family Trust, David Bundy project managed the restoration of the old blacksmiths shop. Retired blacksmith Les Schenkel agreed to take on the running of the smithy, it is now one of the few operating blacksmiths forges in New Zealand.

St Cuthbert's church was erected in 1862 and is located on the Governors Bay - Teddington Road. 

The Ōtoromiro Hotel was established in 1870, originally named the Ocean View Family Hotel. The hotel was renamed The Smugglers Arms around 1980, then the Governors Bay Hotel in 2000, and finally renamed the Ōtoromiro Hotel in 2020 to honour its 150th anniversary and Governors Bay's original name, Ōtoromiro. 

The local Governors Bay "Pairman" Library of 1928. Building was previously situated on Merlincote Cresent below the old school and moved to present site about 1960. The building has since been put to good use by a local pottery group. 

Boat Building shed and slipway built by Lionel Jefcoate, 1958.  

Burnt down May 2000 in an act of arson by Stephen Curnard. 

A range of visual sources recording some significant historic buildings in the Governors Bay area 

Pictured: earlier part of Taunton being demolished