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This former Baptist church in Glendowie has been transformed into an legendary dwelling.
NZ Property & Garden’s Intelligent Conversions unique version features exceptional residences across Aotearoa, including this former Baptist church in Auckland. Words by Ellen Dorset, photographs by Emma Bass.
Iconic architecture and a vibrant previous influenced the renovation of this former Baptist church.
With its putting white steeple spearing the sky, sheltered at the rear of an imposing metal fence in the east Auckland suburb of Glendowie, it is as significantly a landmark currently as it was when crafted in 1964.
The constructing has had a selection of incarnations – church, kindergarten and later on a hat manufacturer’s warehouse. The house owners, who purchased it now converted then renovated it, say they are frequently conference people who have a link to the area.
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Color, texture and pattern have been applied with vigour throughout the residence.
“There have been instances when we’ve been released to anyone who was baptised or married listed here, or whose youngsters went to the kindergarten the church held downstairs.”
The peak and house of the constructing, and the particulars of the structural layout ended up desirable.
“The matters that truly bought me about the spot were being the light, the excellent of the timber joinery and the glazing – they ended up all just unbelievable.”
When renovating they set out to have the church motif in the course of the two-storey household, beginning with a corten metal plate, laser slash with the text The Steeple on the fence outside the house.
Elsewhere, there are crystal clear references to the Baptist connection to drinking water, these types of as with the primary embossed glass window panels which were created to give the illusion of raindrops. The drinking water topic was carried by way of to the exterior, in which metallic finishes glisten in the sunlight and stained-glass home windows and coloured lights illuminate the house by night.
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The residence in Glendowie sits at the rear of an imposing metal fence marked with a cross.
Inside of, the first 1970s teal patterned Axminster carpet remains – inspiration for the colour plan of blues and greens, repeated in the cork tiles and stained-glass home windows.
“Before the church put in the carpet it was just a timber floor, and you could see all the stiletto marks in the lines of the pews.”
Colour, texture and sample have been used with vigour throughout. A multicoloured striped wallpaper accentuates the peak of the space connecting the residing region to the bedrooms on the upper stage and the grasp bedroom options a daring pink textured paper.
Structural alterations tightened up some of the vacant spaces and created the dwelling a lot more liveable. The kitchen area was redesigned, a new entranceway and sunshine-drenched deck extra, and the authentic annex foyer was converted into a cosy media space. The decreased stage now serves as an place of work space, incorporating to its lengthy list of previous lives.
“It was in which they held Sunday school and they ran a kindergarten right here for a although. Later on it was utilized by Lady Guides, knitting teams and apparently even a rock band.
“The fantastic matter about vintage conversion projects is that aspect of the original zeitgeist stays. You cannot fake it is a usual kind of home, so you just have to variety of go with it.”
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