St Matthew’s Church, Dunedin
St Matthew's Church is an Anglican church located on the City Rise in Dunedin, New Zealand. Designed by William Mason, the foundation stone was laid on 11 July 1873 and the building was consecrated on 3 December 1874.Photo: Benchill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church building in Dunedin, New Zealand
- Also known as: “St Matthew’s Church (Anglican)” and “St Matthew’s, Dunedin”
- Address: 30 Hope Street, Dunedin Central, Dunedin, 9016
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grand Casino Dunedin and Sew Hoy’s Building.
Grand Casino Dunedin
Casino
Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grand Casino opened in 1999 in the city of Dunedin in New Zealand. It is located in The Exchange, a district situated 0.5 kilometres south of the city centre, in the historic Southern Cross Hotel building, at the corner of Princes Street and High Street. Grand Casino Dunedin is situated 340 metres northeast of St Matthew’s Church, Dunedin.
St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Dunedin
Church
Photo: Benchill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church was a prominent church in Dunedin, New Zealand. Designed by pre-eminent Dunedin Robert Lawson it was constructed in 1870 to serve a rapidly developing area of the city which became notorious for its slum housing, poverty and crime which led to it being referred to as the "Devil's Half-Acre" from 1873 onwards. St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Dunedin is situated 280 metres southwest of St Matthew’s Church, Dunedin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Exchange and City Rise.
The Exchange
Locality
Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Exchange is an area of central Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. The area was the original heart of Dunedin's CBD, although that has now moved north to an area around the city's central plaza and George Street, which leads north from it.
City Rise
Quarter
Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 3.0.
City Rise is an inner suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. One of the city's older suburbs, it is, as its name suggests, centred on the slopes which lie close to the city centre, particularly those closest to the city's original heart of The Exchange.
Kensington
Quarter
Kensington is a small suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin, nestled to the south of a hilly spur between the central city and the major suburb of South Dunedin, 2.4 kilometres to the south of the city centre.
St Matthew’s Church, Dunedin
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Dunedin City, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-45.87988° or 45° 52′ 48″ southLongitude
170.49809° or 170° 29′ 53″ eastInception
1874Open location code
4V6G4FCX+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 381871973OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7590589
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In Other Languages
“St Matthew’s Church, Dunedin” goes by many names.
- French: “église Saint-Matthieu de Dunedin”
- French: “Église Saint-Matthieu de Dunedin”
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