St Paul's Anglican Church is an heritage-listed Anglican church located in the suburb of Papanui, Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand. The church was listed as a Category II heritage building by Heritage New Zealand on 9 December 2005.
St Paul's Anglican Church | |
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St Paul's, Papanui | |
43°29′49″S 172°36′23″E / 43.49703°S 172.60649°E | |
Address | 1 Harewood Road, Papanui, Christchurch, South Island |
Country | New Zealand |
Language(s) | English; Spanish |
Denomination | Anglican |
Churchmanship | Evangelicalism |
Website | stpaulspapanui |
History | |
Status | Church |
Founder(s) | The Canterbury Association |
Dedication | Paul the Apostle |
Events | 2011 Christchurch earthquake |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Benjamin Mountfort |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Completed | 1877 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Timber |
Administration | |
Province | Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
Diocese | Christchurch |
Parish | St Paul’s Papanui |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Rev Dr Tim Frank |
Designated | 9 December 2005 |
Reference no. | 7635 |
St Paul's Anglican Church was built in 1877 and replaced an earlier church built on the site in 1852-3 to serve the settlers who clustered around the stand of bush in the Papanui area, now a suburb of Christchurch. Designed by Benjamin Mountfort in the Gothic Revival style, the building was commissioned by The Canterbury Association.[1]
The timber church was badly damaged in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. After an extensive restoration process the church was reopened in September 2013.[2]
Ernest Rutherford married his wife here in 1900.[3]
The graveyard at St Paul's Church is the last resting place for numerous notable Cantabrians including:
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