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.
While not de-consecrated it is closed and only used once a year at Christmas when there's a candle-lit service - there being no electricity connected.
Built in 1894 by J. Milne and Robertson & Sons of Middlemarch it was (after 1969) plaster weatherproofed inside and out and now looks rather uninteresting except for its magnificent bell-cote which is as Victorian as the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens.
© DON DONOVAN
donovan@ihug.co.nz
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