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. BARNABAS, WARRINGTON
On the Otago coast north of Dunedin, St Barnabas, built in 1872, is another archetypal country church.
ST. BARNABAS, WARRINGTON
It has a pleasant, leafy churchyard where tui and fat kereru perch safely in old trees above mossy tombstones that range downhill into long grasses and deep shadows.
The church is beside the main railway but hidden from it and so a mournful hoot from a passing train is startling.
Inside, it has beautiful stained glass, especially the west window which is crafted by C.E. Tute of London. The window is dated 1870 - it pre-dates the church by two years.
© DON DONOVAN
donovan@ihug.co.nz
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