St Paul's Anglican Church is a Category II listed heritage building in the Christchurch, New Zealand suburb of Papanui.
St Paul's Anglican Church is a Category II listed heritage building in the Christchurch, New Zealand suburb of Papanui.
St Paul's was registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust on 9 December 2005 as a Category II heritage building, with registration number 7635. The current church, built in 1877, was designed by Benjamin Mountfort. [1]
The timber church was badly damaged in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. After an extensive restoration process the church was reopened in September 2013. [2]
Ernest Rutherford married his wife here in 1900. [3]
The graveyard at St Paul's Church is the last resting place for numerous notable Cantabrians. The first person to be buried in the cemetery was George Dunnage (ca 1803 – 19 May 1853), who was the first vicar of St Paul's. [4] Other notable burials include:
Papanui is a major suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated five kilometers to the northwest of the city centre. Papanui is a middle socio-economic area with a population of 3,645 consisting predominantly of Pākehā 86.9%, Asian 7.6%, Māori 5.3%, Pacific peoples 3.1%, Middle Eastern/Latin American/African 0.7%. The suburb is located at the junction of three busy thoroughfares; Papanui Road leading to the city, the Main North Road that leads to North Canterbury and Harewood Road that leads to Christchurch International Airport. However, as with most Christchurch suburbs, Papanui has no defined borders.
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