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![Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (with Avon River punter in foreground)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/CanterburyProvincialCouncilBuildings2_gobeirne.jpg/300px-CanterburyProvincialCouncilBuildings2_gobeirne.jpg)
The Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings, designed in 1858 by Benjamin Mountfort, is a stone building today regarded as one of Mountfort's most important works. From the exterior, the building appears austere, as was much of Mountfort's early work: a central tower dominates two flanking gabled wings in the Gothic revival style.