St Barnabas Church
St Barnabas' Church
St Barnabas' Church viewed from north
45°42′24″S 170°35′40″E / 45.706643°S 170.594310°E / -45.706643; 170.594310
Address266 Coast Road, Warrington, Otago
CountryNew Zealand
DenominationAnglican
Websitestbarnabas.today
History
StatusChurch
DedicationSaint Barnabas
Dedicated11 November 1872
Specifications
MaterialsTimber
Administration
DioceseDunedin
ArchdeaconryCoastal Otago
Official nameSt Barnabas Anglican Church[1]
Designated9 September 2004
Reference no.2354

St Barnabas' Church is a heritage listed Anglican church, located at 266 Coast Road, Warrington, Otago, New Zealand. The small wooden church was built in 1872.[2]

History

Anglicans met at the Pitt residence in Warrington until Mrs Pitt donated 2 acres (0.81 ha) of land for a church. The building was built by Benjamin Smith, opening on 11 November 1872.[2]

The church building and its community are named after St Barnabas, one of the first prophets and teachers of the Christian Church at Antioch. In 2018, St Barnabas' Church was in the Archdeaconry of Coastal Otago, part of the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin.[3]

Building

The church is set in woodland and is surrounded by a cemetery. Otago's first Anglican Bishop, Samuel Tarratt Nevill was buried here in 1921.[2] A traditional lych gate marks the entrance from Coast Road. The church is built in board and batten with a wooden shingle roof and a small copper-tipped tower, fitted with a bell inside. The stained glass windows are unusually elaborate for such a small building. They depict among others St. Joan of Arc and Christ the Redeemer. They have been said to have been ordered for a Roman Catholic church in Brisbane but diverted to Dunedin following a waterfront dispute.[2] However recent research has found this to be mythical, and the real story of their original destination is even more complicated and interesting. The building is listed as a Category II Historic Place.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "St Barnabas Anglican Church". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Church, Ian (2007). Blueskin Days. Waitati.
  3. ↑ Archdeconry of Coastal Otago on Dunedin Anglican diocese website, viewed 2018-02-20

Further reading

  • Hamilton, Derek; Hamilton, Judith (2009). Early Churches in and Around Dunedin (Paperback). Christchurch, NZ: Self-published. ISBN 978-0-473-15950-4.

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