St Paul's Anglican Church, Papanui

St Paul's Anglican Church is an heritage-listed Anglican church located in the suburb of Papanui, Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand. The church was listed as a Category II heritage building by Heritage New Zealand on 9 December 2005.

St Paul's Anglican Church
St Paul's, Papanui
St Paul's Church in 2013
43°29′49″S 172°36′23″E
Address	1 Harewood Road, Papanui, Christchurch, South Island
Country	New Zealand
Language(s)	English; Spanish
Denomination	Anglican
Churchmanship	Evangelicalism
Website	stpaulspapanui.org.nz
History
Status	Church
Founder(s)	The Canterbury Association
Dedication	Paul the Apostle
Events	2011 Christchurch earthquake
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Benjamin Mountfort
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1877
Specifications
Materials	Timber
Administration
Province	Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Diocese	Christchurch
Parish	St Paul’s Papanui
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Rev Dr Tim Frank
Heritage New Zealand – Category 2
Designated	9 December 2005
Reference no.	7635

History

St Paul's Anglican Church was built in 1877 and replaced an earlier church built on the site in 1852–1853 to serve the settlers who clustered around the stand of bush in the Papanui area, now a suburb of Christchurch. Designed by Benjamin Mountfort in the Gothic Revival style, the building was commissioned by The Canterbury Association.^[1]

The timber church was badly damaged in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. After an extensive restoration process the church was reopened in October 2013.^[2][3]

Ernest Rutherford married his wife here in 1900.^[4]

St Paul's graveyard

The graveyard at St Paul's Church is the last resting place for numerous notable Cantabrians including:

• William Guise Brittan, a government official and philanthropist^{[5][6]: 16–20}
• George Dunnage, the first vicar of St Paul's^[6]: 6
• Edward Dobson, an engineer
• Tony Foster, a teacher^{[6]: 22–23 [7]}
• Kenneth Macfarlane Gresson, soldier, lawyer, university lecturer, and judge^{[6]: 61–63}
• Sir (Robert) Heaton Rhodes KCVO, KBE, a barrister, farmer, army officer, politician, and philanthropist
• William Thomson, a politician, auctioneer, accountant, and commission agent^[6]: 2
• Captain Charles Upham VC & Bar, a farmer and army officer