The Church occupies a prominent site on the corner of Jed and Yarrow Streets in Invercargill. The Church is constructed of brick, with a steel roof and timber floors. It is strongly rectilinear in design, with asymmetrical massing, with strong clearly expressed shapes, including a tower, and restrained ornamentation. The memorial stained glass windows, featuring children coming to Jesus, Christ as a baby, a child and a man, and John Wesley preaching to his parish (the world), were donated by parishioners. The three sets each comprise of three slender windows with vertical mullions.
The Methodist congregation worshiped in the building for over fifty years. The Church was sold into private ownership in the mid 1990s, and has been used as a second hand shop since that time.
List Entry Information
Status
Listed
List Entry Status
Historic Place Category 2
Access
Private/No Public Access
List Number
2449
Date Entered
24th November 1983
Date of Effect
24th November 1983
City/District Council
Invercargill City
Region
Southland Region
Legal description
Secs 11/12 Blk LX Invercargill Town
Status
Listed
List Entry Status
Historic Place Category 2
Access
Private/No Public Access
List Number
2449
Date Entered
24th November 1983
Date of Effect
24th November 1983
City/District Council
Invercargill City
Region
Southland Region
Legal description
Secs 11/12 Blk LX Invercargill Town
Construction Professional
Name
Smith, E.H.
Type
Architect
Biography
No biography is currently available for this construction professional
Construction Details
Start Year
1935
Type
Original Construction
Type
Other
Description
Ceased use as a church due to falling attendances
Period
mid 1990s
Construction Materials
Brick construction with a steel roof and timber floors.
Construction Professional
Name
Smith, E.H.
Type
Architect
Biography
No biography is currently available for this construction professional
Construction Details
Start Year
1935
Type
Original Construction
Type
Other
Description
Ceased use as a church due to falling attendances
Period
mid 1990s
Construction Materials
Brick construction with a steel roof and timber floors.
Historical and Associated Iwi / Hapū / Whānau
Completion Date
30th June 2006
Report Written By
Heather Bauchop
Information Sources
Toms, 1995
Jim Toms and Iris Lankshear (compilers), 'Methodists in the South' - Land Story of Invercargill Methodist Parish properties, unpublished, September 1995 [copy held Otago/Southland Area Office Library)
Other Information
This place was identified as significant under previous legislation with different information requirements. It remains significant under the current legislation. There is opportunity under our legislation and policies to add to this information. Further information about this place may be available from the Otago/Southland Office of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. Please note that entry on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rarangi Korero identifies only the heritage values of the property concerned, and should not be construed as advice on the state of the property, or as a comment of its soundness or safety, including in regard to earthquake risk, safety in the event of fire, or insanitary conditions.
Historical and Associated Iwi / Hapū / Whānau
Completion Date
30th June 2006
Report Written By
Heather Bauchop
Information Sources
Toms, 1995
Jim Toms and Iris Lankshear (compilers), 'Methodists in the South' - Land Story of Invercargill Methodist Parish properties, unpublished, September 1995 [copy held Otago/Southland Area Office Library)
Other Information
This place was identified as significant under previous legislation with different information requirements. It remains significant under the current legislation. There is opportunity under our legislation and policies to add to this information. Further information about this place may be available from the Otago/Southland Office of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. Please note that entry on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rarangi Korero identifies only the heritage values of the property concerned, and should not be construed as advice on the state of the property, or as a comment of its soundness or safety, including in regard to earthquake risk, safety in the event of fire, or insanitary conditions.
Current Usages
Uses: Trade
Specific Usage: Shop
Former Usages
General Usage: Religion
Specific Usage: Church
Current Usages
Uses: Trade
Specific Usage: Shop
Former Usages
General Usage: Religion
Specific Usage: Church
