Country Churches of NZ 41. St. Andrew’s, Tolaga Bay, Eastland

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 ANDREW’S, TOLAGA BAY

I especially liked the way somebody has picked out the detail of the west gable in Disneyland colours. Otherwise St Andrew’s, Tolaga Bay, built in 1913, is an unassuming Anglican church standing in a row of ordinary houses.

Through the magic of artist’s licence I have omitted an ugly concrete power pole that stands in front of the church, placed there by an insensitive electricity company.

© DON DONOVAN 
 
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