Tudor revival
Tudor Revival architecture, also known as mock Tudor in the UK, first manifested in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture, in rea ...
Anglican
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church
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located in Howick, Auckland, New Zealand. Constructed in 1847 to a designed from
Frederick Thatcher
The Reverend Frederick Thatcher (1814 – 19 October 1890) was an English and New Zealand architect and clergyman.
He was born at Hastings to a long-established Sussex family. He practised as an architect in London from 1835 and was one of th ...
and located on a site picked by Bishop
George Augustus Selwyn
George Augustus Selwyn (5 April 1809 – 11 April 1878) was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand. He was Bishop of New Zealand (which included Melanesia) from 1841 to 1869. His diocese was then subdivided and Selwyn was metropolitan bishop ...
, it is one of the oldest churches in Auckland and is registered as a category 1 historic building by
Heritage New Zealand
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.
Description
All Saint's Church is a timber
Tudor revival
Tudor Revival architecture, also known as mock Tudor in the UK, first manifested in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture, in rea ...
church. It has a unique look due to a duplicated aisle and both a belfry and tower. The church is situated on an elevated position that overlooks the
Hauraki Gulf
The Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. It has an area of 4000 km2,
History
In 1847, Howick was established as a Royal New Zealand Fencible Corps, fencible settlement. In preparation for the settlement the government gave a grant of an acre to the Anglican Church. Bishop Selwyn picked the site himself and had
Frederick Thatcher
The Reverend Frederick Thatcher (1814 – 19 October 1890) was an English and New Zealand architect and clergyman.
He was born at Hastings to a long-established Sussex family. He practised as an architect in London from 1835 and was one of th ...
design it. The church was a prefabricated construction, with this taking place at the nearby St John's College before being moved via boat and later by hand to the site to be put together. It was the first building in Howick to be constructed and was completed before the fencibles arrived.
Originally built to a
cruciform
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Cruciform architectural plan
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plan with equal span
transepts
A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In cruciform ("cross-shaped") churches, in particular within the Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architectu ...
,
chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the Choir (architecture), choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may termi ...
and
nave
The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...
, with a
tower
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. In 1862 the church was too small and the
aisle
An aisle is a linear space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides. Aisles with seating on both sides can be seen in airplanes, in buildings such as churches, cathedrals, synagogues, meeting halls, parliaments, courtrooms, ...
was duplicated to extend it. In 1893 a
belfry
The belfry /ˈbɛlfri/ is a structure enclosing bells for ringing as part of a building, usually as part of a bell tower or steeple. It can also refer to the entire tower or building, particularly in continental Europe for such a tower attached ...
was added separate the existing tower. These modifications give All Saints' Church a unique look.
All Saints' Church is the only extant prefabricated Selwyn church.