Church buildings are becoming a feature of the property market as church organisations cope with changes on a number of fronts. Many older churches are up for sale as congregations dwindle, populations shift, traditional designs prove unsuitable for the uses congregations want to put them to and ageing buildings require high maintenance and possible earthquake Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Earthquake risk’
St Mary of the Angels stays, St Mary’s Blenheim goes
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
It has been decided that the continued use of St Mary of the Angels in Wellington is defensible, subject to appropriate signage and information to Church users and continued development of a credible strengthening strategy. But it is not such good news for the people in Blenheim. Parish priest Father Bill Warwick has informed them Read more
Earthquake risk notices pinned on many Wellington Catholic Churches
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
“Enter at your own risk” notices have been appearing on many of the churches in the Wellington Archdiocese. More than half of the Archdiocese’s buildings have been labelled as “immediate concern” of earthquake risk, with 25 churches deemed earthquake-prone. The Archdiocese is facing a price-tag of more than $3 million just to complete assessments and Read more
Erskine College gets an orange sticker – red one on the way
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Island Bay’s Erskine College has been orange stickered by the Wellington City Council and could face demolition. Erskine College was a Catholic Girls School which closed down in the 1980s. It was used by an Art School until Feb 2009. The chapel continues to be used for weddings. An orange sticker means that a building Read more