Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Auckland

Chapel of St John the Evangelist
Collegiate Chapel of St John the Evangelist
The chapel in c. 1900
36°52′25.61″S 174°50′29.18″E
Address	188–226 St Johns Road, Meadowbank, Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Denomination	Anglican
History
Status	Chapel
Dedication	John the Evangelist
Consecrated	1847 by Bishop Selwyn
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Frederick Thatcher
Architectural type	Church
Completed	1847
Construction cost	NZ£330
Specifications
Materials	Kauri and tōtara timber
Administration
Province	Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Diocese	Auckland
Heritage New Zealand – Category 1
Designated	23 June 1983
Reference no.	13

The Chapel of St John the Evangelist, formally, the Collegiate Chapel of St John the Evangelist, is an heritage-listed Anglican chapel that forms part of St John's College in the suburb of Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand. It is the oldest surviving church building in Auckland.

Overview

Built from March 1847 and consecrated by Bishop Selwyn later that year, it was registered on 23 June 1983 by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category I historic place with registration number 13.

The chapel was designed by Frederick Thatcher and built at a cost of NZ£330. The belfry was added in the early 1870s. In 1959, the Chapel was enlarged by extending it to the west and matched the original kauri and tōtara timber. The altar dates from 1934 and the altar candlesticks are made from wood from St Botolph's Church, Boston, Lincolnshire. The bell is made from metal from bells originally in York Minster.

External links

Media related to St John's College Chapel, Auckland at Wikimedia Commons