I wrote and illustrated Country Churches of New Zealand. It was published in 2002 by New Holland, Publishers and is still on sale in bookshops. The publishers have kindly agreed to me re-publishing some of the book’s images and descriptions in this blog.
ST CUTHBERT'S, KAUKAPAKAPA
High and boxy on a grassy knoll above a steep roadside bank screened by agapanthus and, today, closely surrounded by suburban homes, St Cuthbert's, Kaukapakapa was opened as an inter-denominational church on Sunday 16 January 1881.
They held three services that day: one for the Unionists, one for the Presbyterians and one for the Methodists.
Its design, which originally included an elegant belfry since rotted and removed, was the work of Matthew Henderson of Auckland. It was built for £210 by a Mr Keyes.
I'm not sure how old the outside dunny round the back is, but it, too, has an air of dereliction. Architecturally designed? Possibly.
© DON DONOVAN
donovan@ihug.co.nz
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