The Castor Bay Presbyterian Church on Auckland’s North Shore was put on the market in September after its dwindling and ageing congregation accepted it was impractical to keep it.
The church has ocean views, and sits beside a separate hall on a 1133sq metre block of prime real estate valued at $1.125 million. It was marketed as a property which could be turned into a family home or removed for a new building.
It ended up being sold to a Buddhist group for $1.55m.