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St Alban's Church
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St Alban's Church
41°6′25″S 174°55′4″E / 41.10694°S 174.91778°E / -41.10694; 174.91778
Country New Zealand
Denomination Anglican
History
Status Church
Dedicated 1898
Architecture
Architect(s) Clere, Fitzgerald, Richmond
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Years built 1895-1898
Administration
Parish Pāuatahanui
Diocese Wellington
Province Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

St Alban's Church is an heritage-listed Anglican church located in Pāuatahanui, Porirua, New Zealand.

History

Built in 1898 and designed by Frederick de Jersey Clere in the Gothic Revival style, the current church is the second church to be built in Pāuatahanui. The church was listed in 1983 by Heritage New Zealand as a Category 2 historic place.

The building is on the old site of the Matai Paua pā, that was built by Te Rangihaeata, the Ngāti Toa leader in 1846.

Services are held weekly on Sundays at 11am.

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