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Coordinates: 41°1056S 174°5738E / 41.18212°S 174.96042°E / -41.18212; 174.96042
 

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Christ Church
Christ Church, Taitā
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41°10′56S 174°57′38E / 41.18212°S 174.96042°E / -41.18212; 174.96042
Address73 Eastern Hutt Road, Taitā, Lower Hutt, Wellington region, North Island
CountryNew Zealand
DenominationAnglican
Websitechrist-church.org.nz
History
StatusChurch
Consecrated1 January 1854
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Octavius Bousfield
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
Years built1853
Specifications
MaterialsTimber
Administration
ProvinceAnglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
DioceseWellington
ParishSt Matthew's, Taitā

Heritage New Zealand – Category 1

Official nameChrist Church (Anglican)[1]
Designated21 September 1989
Reference no.1325

Christ Church is a heritage-listed Anglican church located in Taitā, Lower Hutt in the Wellington region of New Zealand. The church is the oldest surviving church in the Wellington region.

History

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The church is built on land donated by Algernon Grey Tollemache. Sidney Hirst, a Yorkshire-born carpenter, constructed the building, completing it in late 1853. The timber church has significant technical interest in that the method of its original construction did not require nails.

In the 1950s, efforts to protect the church played a role in the establishment of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.[1]

An arsonist destroyed about a third of the interior of the building in 1989, but it has since been restored from photos and architectural drawings.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Christ Church (Anglican)". New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  • ^ Moor, Christopher (2003). "Little Church that would not be moved". New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
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