Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Auckland
| Chapel of St John the Evangelist | |
|---|---|
| Collegiate Chapel of St John the Evangelist | |
 The chapel in c. 1900 | |
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| 36°52′25.61″S 174°50′29.18″E / 36.8737806°S 174.8414389°E | |
| Address | 188–226 St Johns Road, Meadowbank, Auckland |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| History | |
| Status | Chapel |
| Dedication | John the Evangelist |
| Consecrated | 1847 by Bishop Selwyn |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Frederick Thatcher |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Completed | 1847 |
| Construction cost | £330 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Kauri and tōtara timber |
| Administration | |
| Province | Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
| Diocese | Auckland |
| Designated | 23 June 1983[1] |
| Reference no. | 13 |
The Chapel of St John the Evangelist, formally, the Collegiate Chapel of St John the Evangelist, is an heritage-listed Anglican chapel that forms part of St John's College in the suburb of Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand. It is the oldest surviving church building in Auckland.
History
[edit]Building began of the Chapel of St John the Evangelist in March 1847.[1] The chapel was consecrated by Bishop Selwyn in November 1847.[1] The chapel was designed by Frederick Thatcher and built at a cost of £330.[1][2]
It was registered on 23 June 1983 by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category I historic place.[1] It is still in use as a chapel on the site of St John's Theological College.[1]
Description
[edit]The Chapel was built of kauri and tōtara timber with a stone base.[1] It is cruciform in plan with "apsidal east and west ends," and has externally exposed timber framing with Thatcher later stopped deploying in his church designs.[1][3][4] It is the earliest surviving example of a Selwyn Church, which are notable for their "steeply pitched roofs, overhanging eaves, early English fenestration and carefully calculated proportions."[1]
Modifications
[edit]The belfry, designed by Archdeacon Philip Walsh, was added in the early 1870s under John Kinder while he was warden of the college.[5] In 1959, the Chapel was enlarged by extending it to the west by 10ft and matched the original kauri and tōtara timber.[1][6] This extension was undertaken by architects Patterson, Lewis & Sutcliffe, and on the north side, an additional vestry was added.[6] There are also several memorial windows to those associated with the college.[6]
The altar dates from 1934 and the altar candlesticks are made from wood from St Botolph's Church, Boston, Lincolnshire.[citation needed] The bell is made from metal from bells originally in York Minster.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Chapel of St John the Evangelist". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ Ross, R. M. (1979). "Bishop's Auckland". In New Zealand Historic Places Trust (ed.). Historic Buildings of New Zealand North Island. New Zeland: Cassell Limited. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-908572-11-3.
- ^ Shaw, Peter; Morrison, Robin (1991). New Zealand architecture: from polynesian beginnings to 1990. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-340-53320-8.
- ^ Stacpoole, John (1976). Colonial Architecture in New Zealand. Wellington; Sydney; London: A.H. & A.W. Reed. pp. 80–81.
- ^ Ross 1979, p. 85.
- ^ a b c d Knight, C. R. (1972). Selwyn Churches of Auckland. Wellington: A G & A W Reed. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-589-00705-8.
External links
[edit]- The College Chapel. St John's College
Media related to St John's College Chapel, Auckland at Wikimedia Commons
- Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic places in the Auckland Region
- 1847 establishments in New Zealand
- Education in Auckland
- Anglican education
- Churches in Auckland
- 1840s architecture in New Zealand
- Frederick Thatcher church buildings
- University and college chapels
- 19th-century Anglican church buildings in New Zealand
- Churches completed in 1847