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. PATRICK'S, LAWRENCE
Across the road from the burned-out ruin (see 116), St. Patrick's, confident and with an air of prosperity, gleams whitely with aloof dignity and a front door as red as a cardinal's hat.Completed in 1892, its foundation stone was laid on St. Patrick's Day 1891.
Its architect was Francis William Petre (who also designed the magnificent Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch). It replaced an earlier corrugated iron shed set up for the spiritual massage of the numerous Irish Catholic miners and fossickers who had flocked to Gabriel's Gully for its gold.
© DON DONOVAN
donovan@ihug.co.nz
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