Country Churches of NZ 141. St. Paul's, Collingwood, Tasman

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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, COLLINGWOOD

I sketched St Cuthbert's from a number of angles before settling upon this one, which gives a hint of its commanding view across Golden Bay.

To my great delight I found that it was designed by a hero of mine, Thomas Brunner, that courageous man who explored the Buller Gorge in 1846-48. He had trained as an architect and surveyor before coming to New Zealand in 1841 and designed the church after he retired.

It was built mainly of pit-sawn rimu for £140 by a Mr Granger and opened in 1873.

© DON DONOVAN  

donovan@ihug.co.nz

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