Christ Church, Taita
Church in New Zealand
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Christ Church is a heritage-listed Anglican church located in Taitā, Lower Hutt in the Wellington region of New Zealand. The church is the oldest surviving church in the Wellington region.
| Christ Church | |
|---|---|
Christ Church, Taitā | |
 Christ Church | |
| 41°10′56″S 174°57′38″E | |
| Address | 73 Eastern Hutt Road, Taitā, Lower Hutt, Wellington region, North Island |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | christ-church |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Consecrated | 1 January 1854 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect | Octavius Bousfield |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Years built | 1853 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Timber |
| Administration | |
| Province | Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
| Diocese | Wellington |
| Parish | St Matthew's, Taitā |
| Official name | Christ Church (Anglican)[1] |
| Designated | 21 September 1989 |
| Reference no. | 1325 |
History
The church is built on land donated by Algernon Grey Tollemache. Sidney Hirst, a Yorkshire-born carpenter, constructed the building, completing it in late 1853. The timber was donated by John Ings Daysh.[2] The timber church has significant technical interest in that the method of its original construction did not require nails.
In the 1950s, efforts to protect the church played a role in the establishment of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.[1]
An arsonist destroyed about a third of the interior of the building in 1989, but it has since been restored from photos and architectural drawings.[3]
