Church of St Alban the Martyr St Bathans, Otago. Registration Proposal. Supporting Documents

Otago/Southland Area Office, New Zealand Historic Places Trust ( 2006 ) Church of St Alban the Martyr St Bathans, Otago. Registration Proposal. Supporting Documents , NZHPT Registration Report, Last revised 7 February 2007

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Preview	Image (PNG) (APPENDIX 1 – Current Certificate of Title) 64.9KB
Preview	Image (PNG) (Figure 3: Extent of Registration Section 7 Block I Town of St Bathans) 253KB
Preview	Image (PNG) (Figure 4: Plan extracted from Chris Cochran’s Conservation Report for St Alban’s Church, St Bathans, Central Otago 1999) 85KB
Preview	Image (PNG) (Figure 5: Half Section, extract from Chris Cochran’s Conservation Report for St Alban’s Church, St Bathans, Central Otago 1999) 66KB
Preview	Image (PNG) (Figure 6: Wall Structure, extract from Chris Cochran’s Conservation Report for St Alban’s Church, St Bathans, Central Otago 1999) 68KB
Preview	Image (PNG) (Figure 7: Roof Ridging Motifs, extract from Chris Cochran’s Conservation Report for St Alban’s Church, St Bathans, Central Otago 1999) 53KB
Preview	Image (PNG) (Figure 26: Deed of Consecration) 399KB

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Abstract

The Church of St Alban the Martyr is located on St Bathans Downs Road, a continuation of the main thoroughfare of the small Central Otago settlement of St Bathans. The timber-framed, corrugated iron Church was prefabricated in Britain, and erected in St Bathans in 1883. Absentee runholder Frederick Dalgety, founder of the stock and station agency Dalgetys, arranged for its prefabrication and donated the Church for the benefit of his employees and the wider community. This special structure, rare in its prefabrication, and significant in its long term association with its Dalgetys, is an illustration of the importance of Christianity in the lives of St Bathan’s residents, and as the town’s first church it is a reminder of the interdenominational community support that continues in 2006.