NEW CHURCH WILL BEAR THE NAME OF ST NINIAN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17854, 24 May 1926, Page 9

NEW CHURCH WILL BEAR THE NAME OF ST NINIAN.

The first stone Presbyterian church built in Canterbury, the church of St. Xinian, shortly to be erected at Riccarton, promises to be a pretty structure possessing several novel featured. Because St. Xinian was responsible for the erection of the first stone church in Scotland, it was decided to give this, the premier Presbyterian < hurch of the kind in the province, his name. Possessing a square tower with a fiat top and two buttresses at each corner, the church will be built of rubble and Oamaru stone, the two combining to give the structure a finished and harmonious appearance. The tow.er will be installed with electric lights throwing a mellow glow through the lead-light windows at the evening sessions of the church. Below will be the minister’s vestry or session house. Above the entrance porch, in the nave, there will be a round window bearing the cross of St. Andrew in stone tracery. Accommodation will be provided for a choir of thirty-six, while there will be seating provision for a congregation of 270 people in the body of the church. To be located at the extreme end of the chancel, the organ will command an imposing view, and will be admirably situated as far as acoustics are concerned. The pulpit will be situated in the corner of the nave with a small window overhead for lighting purposes. In the opposite corner the font will be located with a small baptismal window nearby.