Church of St John the Evangelist, Westport
Church of St John the Evangelist | |
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St John's Anglican Church | |
41°45′10″S 171°36′5″E / 41.75278°S 171.60139°E | |
Location | 67 Queen Street, Westport |
Country | New Zealand |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | www |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedication | John the Evangelist |
Consecrated | 1924 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Church |
Completed | 1924 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Timber |
Administration | |
Province | Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
Diocese | Nelson |
Deanery | Mawhera |
Parish | Buller |
Clergy | |
Minister(s) | Reverend Matt Watts |
Designated | 21 September 1989 |
Reference no. | 5027 |
The Church of St John the Evangelist, also known as St John's Anglican Church, is an heritage-listed Anglican church located in Westport, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Completed in 1924, the timber and weatherboard church was listed as a Category 2 Heritage building by Heritage New Zealand in 1989.
Background
[edit]The first Church of St John the Evangelist in Westport was consecrated on 28 August 1869 by the Bishop of Nelson, Andrew Suter.[1] However, by 1911, the church was considered to be too small, and plans were drawn up for a replacement church, designed in brick by noted ecclesiastical architect Frederick de Jersey Clere. However, World War I intervened and the scheme did not proceed. Bricks that had been purchased for the construction of the new building were sold in 1923.[2]
Construction and architecture
[edit]The present Church of St John the Evangelist was built in 1924 on the site of the previous church.[2] Constructed in timber with weatherboard cladding, the church is designed in a simplified Gothic revival style with minimal exterior ornament. The building features a steeply pitched gable roof, lancet windows (either singly or in groups of three), and buttresses to provide lateral stability.
Heritage status
[edit]On 21 September 1989, the Church of St John the Evangelist was designated as a category 2 historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.[3] The building remains in use as one of three parish churches within the Buller Anglican Parish.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Consecration of St. John's Church, Westport". Nelson Evening Mail. 2 September 1869. p. 2. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ a b Donovan, Don (2002). Country Churches of New Zealand. Auckland: New Holland. p. 122. ISBN 1869660153.
- ^ "Church of St John the Evangelist (Anglican)". Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "St. John's Anglican Church, Westport". Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Buller". Anglican Diocese of Nelson. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
External links
[edit]Media related to St John's Anglican Church, Westport at Wikimedia Commons