St James' Church, Kerikeri

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St James' Anglican Church
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St James' Anglican Church
35°13′06″S173°57′41″E / 35.21836°S 173.961379°E / -35.21836; 173.961379
Address209 Kerikeri Road, Kerikeri, North Island
CountryNew Zealand
Denomination Anglican
Website stjameskk.org.nz
History
Status Church
Dedication James the Great
Dedicated5 December 1878
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect Marsden Clarke
Style Gothic Revival
Construction cost NZ£235
Specifications
Materials Kauri weatherboard
Administration
Diocese Auckland
Parish St Paul's, Whangaroa
Designated6 June 1985
Reference no.68

St James' Anglican Church is an heritage-listed Anglican church located in Kerikeri, in New Zealand's Bay of Islands. The church dates to 1878 and replaced a larger chapel from 1829. Due to the buildings association with the establishment of Christianity and Anglicanism in New Zealand it is registered as a category 1 building with Heritage New Zealand.

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Description

St James' Church is a small Gothic Revival kauri timber Latin cross church. The church has a corrugated iron roof, replacing an earlier shingle roof. The church forms part of the Kerikeri Basin historic area alongside the Stone Store and Mission House. [1]

The church is dedicated to St James the Greater of Compostela. [2]

History

The first chapel in Kerikeri was built in 1824 on a different site. In 1829 a Georgian chapel was constructed at the current site that could seat around 200–300. This chapel hosted Hone Heke's marriage ceremony. Kerikeri's importance had diminished in the late-19th century and in 1878 a smaller church was constructed for £235 to a Gothic Revival design from Marsden Clarke. The church was dedicated in December that year by the Archdeacon of Waimate, Edward Clarke. [1]

Initially the church only measured 41 ft (12 m)by 18 ft (5.5 m) and seated just 75 as the Kerikeri congregation had shrunken, although by the 1960s Kerikeri started to grow as a centre of horticulture and in 1963 the nave, porch, and vestry were extended with the chancel being extended in 1969. [1]

History of the church on a plaque near the church building. St James' Church, Kerikeri Historical Plaque.jpg
History of the church on a plaque near the church building.

Cemetery

The cemetery of St James is the oldest cemetery still in operation in New Zealand. Several graves are dated before 1840. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jones, Martin; McKenzie, Joan (25 June 2008). St James' Church (Anglican) (Report). Heritage New Zealand.
  2. ↑ "History »St James Web Site" . Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. ↑ John, O'Hare (February 2024). Adrienne, Hannan (ed.). "Grave eras: The changing face of New Zealand cemeteries". Heritage Quarterly. No. Summer 2023/2024. Heritage New Zealand. pp. 12–13. ISSN   2324-4267.


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