Cranmer Court was damaged during the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, and subsequently red-stickered. Though Cranmer Court is one of Christchurch's three last remaining 19th century public school buildings (the other two are the original buildings of Christchurch Boys' High School and Christchurch Girls' High School, which are now both part of the Arts Centre), demolition was carried out during October 2012; demolition was reported as complete on 2 November. A city council vote to pause the demolishing did not bring pause to the work. The demolition did not include nine modern town houses that are also part of Cranmer Court, which are located along Peterborough Street.