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The Church of St Michael and All Angels is an Anglican church in Christchurch, New Zealand. The church building at 84 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch, is registered as Category I by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Its freestanding belfry is registered separately. ==History== The structure stands on the site of the first church built by the Canterbury Association settlers in 1851. St Michael & All Angels served as the pro-cathedral until the completion of ChristChurch Cathedral in 1881. The architect was William Fitzjohn Crisp (1846–1924). He had came out from England in 1864 as the pupil of Robert Speechly who had been appointed by George Gilbert Scott to supervise the building of the Christ Church Cathedral.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.christchurchcathedral.co.nz/Discover/Overview/Cathedral-History )〕 The cornerstone of the church was laid in a ceremony on the Feast of St Michael & All Angels, 29 September 1870. However, problems with the construction of the building led to Crisp returning to Britain in 1871 and Frederick Strouts (1834–1919) was appointed as supervising architect in June of that year. The church was opened on 2 May 1872. Because of a lack of money the chancel was not completed until 1875, and the planned bell tower and spire were never constructed. The church is constructed mostly of mataī timber on rubble stone foundations. It is one of the largest timber Gothic Revival churches in the Southern Hemisphere.〔 The only alteration to the church structure has been the removal of a tie-beam and secondary arch to give a better view of the east window in 1896.〔(Church history )〕 The belfry is a survival of the previous church building. It was designed by Benjamin Mountfort and constructed in 1861. The bell it houses was brought out with the First Four Ships in 1850 and was rung every hour of daylight to indicate time to the first settlers.〔(S. Michael and All Angels, Oxford Terrace on http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/ )〕 Alfred Averill came to New Zealand in 1894 to be vicar of St Michael and All Angels and rose to be Archbishop of New Zealand. Associated with the church is St Michael's Church School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Church of St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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