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ChurchesGreywacke Church - Peel Forest The Church of the Holy Innocents at Mt Peel Station, South Canterbury, is built out of greywack boulders from the Rangitata River bed. The facings are of Mt Somers limestone. It was built under the supervision of William Brassington, an experience Christchurch stonemason. All the boulders were shaped by hand - not an easy job, as grewacke does not split easily. The Church was a gift to the community by J B A Acland, an early runholder. It commemorates three infants who died between 1864 and 1869.
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Worship each Sunday Traditional Worship 9.30am Contemporary Worship 11.00am With a Kids Alive programme and creche Youth Contact: john@standrewsgld.org.nz Children's Contact: lorraine@standrewsgld.org.nz www.standrewsgld.org.nz
Ph: + 64 3 693 9261 | 10 Cox Street, Geraldine |
St Anne's - Anglican Church
Built in 1863, St Anne's is the oldest Church in use in South Canterbury. The timber used in the building being matai, kahikatea and totora was felled from the bush behind the church. Originally the roof was of totora shingles. The inside timber rafters and pew still bear the marks of the pit saw and adze whilst the interior walls are the original clay and tussock pug. The baptismal font and lectern are of excellent workmanship.
St Mary's Church
St Mary's Geraldine is regarded as the "mother church" of the Parish. It has five stained glass windows including the fine window by Joseph E Nuttgens. One a memorial window commemorating parish men who died in World War One with eight shields at the base depicting Great Britain and the Allies.
Ph: + 64 3 693 8380 | 63 Talbot Street, Geraldine |
The Anglican Church of St Thomas Woodbury
The Church of St Thomas, an Anglican Church at Woodbury and was built as a memorial church in memory of Mr & Mrs Charles George Tripp, pioneer settlers. A Norman styled slate roofed building of local boulders, designed by Cecil Wood and built by members of the Tripp family, the church reflects a style of architecture prevalent in Devon, where Mr C G Tripp came from in 1855. The massive tower is built to his memory, and the nave was given as a memorial to his children, Charles Howard and Eleanor Howard Tripp. Oak fro the carved furniture and for memorial tablets is from the Tripp homestead at Orari Gorge.
The Immaculate Conception - Geraldine
20 Peel Street, Geraldine |
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