Christ's College Chapel is part of

Christ's College, Christchurch Christ's College, Canterbury is an independent Anglican secondary day and boarding school for boys, located in the city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand. Founded in 1850 by Reverend Henry Jacobs in Lyttelton as a school for early settlers, ...

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The chapel was designed by

Robert Speechly Robert Kelfull Speechly (17 September 1840 – 17 September 1884) was a 19th-century British architect. Life and work Speechly was born in 1840 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, the son of Thomas Kelfull Speechly and Sarah, née Bellars, and a youn ...

and was built in 1867. Its simple style was in harmony with

Christ's College Big School Christ's College Big School is a building of Christ's College in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is registered as a Category I heritage building with Heritage New Zealand. History Even before the first settlers came out to Canterbury on the Fi ...

, which is four years older. The chapel was extended in 1884 to a design by

Benjamin Mountfort Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort (13 March 1825 – 15 March 1898) was an English emigrant to New Zealand, where he became one of the country's most prominent 19th-century architects. He was instrumental in shaping the city of Christchurch's unique ...

, who added transepts and a chancel; an earlier design by William Armson was rejected. In 1888, a Mountfort-designed organ chamber was added. The chapel more than doubled in size in 1955 based on a design by

Paul Pascoe Arnold Paul Pascoe (26 September 1908 – 11 September 1976) was a New Zealand architect. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1908; John was his twin brother. He designed airport terminal buildings for Christchurch International Airport ...

, who did not interfere with the Gothic Revival appearance of the school's quadrangle. The chapel was used for the funeral service for Christchurch architect

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in June 2012. The chapel was registered as a heritage building by the

New Zealand Historic Places Trust Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (initially the National Historic Places Trust and then, from 1963 to 2014, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust) ( mi, Pouhere Taonga) is a Crown entity with a membership of around 20,000 people that advocate ...

on 27 June 1985 with registration number 3277 classified as A. With the change of the classification system, the building later became a Category I listing.

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