This was the second Anglican Church to be built in Inglewood. The first opened for worship on 16 October 1877, a wooden building designed by Archdeacon Walsh, the then vicar of Waitara. It was situated in Cutfield Street and at some stage was doubled in size and a bell-tower added. In 1918 the church and the vicarage were moved to the present site on Rata Street.
The foundation stone for the present church was laid by Bishop Averill on 30 November 1922 (St Andrew's Day). It was opened and dedicated by him on 28 June 1923.
The church was designed by Messenger, Griffiths and Taylor of New Plymouth and built by Mr A.O. Brown of Wanganui. The final cost was slightly under the £3,300 estimate.
Further reading: "A Short History of the Parochial District of Saint Andrew's Inglewood" (TRCT283 BRO), "St Andrew's Anglican Church Inglewood: Historical Notes 2009" (TRCT283.93482 WIL) and "All About St Andrew's Anglican Church" (TRCT993.482 LAM). All available in the Taranaki Research Centre.
* St Andrew's Church closed in January 2019 as a result of a seismic assessment report giving the building only 20% of the new building standard.
Related documents:
Special year for Anglicans (Taranaki Herald 21 January 1975)
Bell gong without a trace (Taranaki Daily News 12 July 2013)
St Andrew's Church To Be Closed (Moa Mail 16 January 2019)
Demolition threat for old church (Taranaki Daily News 21 January 2019)
Please do not reproduce these images without permission from Puke Ariki.
Contact us for more information or you can order images online here.
