Stacy Squires/Stuff
They were designed in the 1950s by Sir Miles Warren when he was a young architect.
The council will pay for the grant out of its Heritage Incentive Grant fund, which has annual budget of about $1.5 million for the 2021 financial year.
During a debate, some councillors questioned the purpose of the fund if a category-1 building could not access it, while others did not back giving the owners a helping hand with ratepayer money.
Sam MacDonald said he did not want an attitude of “because there’s money in a budget, we should therefore spend it”.
“It does become frustrating, because it becomes a constant excuse.”