page_title: St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin
section_title: Building a new cathedral
hierarchical_section_title: St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin / History / Building a new cathedral
caption_attribution_description: English: The Memorial Window of St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, New Zealand, to soldiers of Otago and Southland who died during World War I. From the catheral website: "It includes eight significant panels, each with an image of an angel. The angel of death bears a scythe and the angel of peace bears leaves of peace."
context_page_description: St Paul's Cathedral is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin in New Zealand and the seat of the Bishop of Dunedin.
context_section_description: In 1904, William Harrop, a prominent Dunedin businessman, died and left the bulk of his estate to fund a new cathedral. However, release of the money was conditional on the chapter raising £20,000 towards the cost of the building. Nevill threw himself into the effort, but it was not until 1913 that the £20,000 was raised and work could begin. The first in a series of plans and modifications were submitted by Sedding and Wheatly, an architectural company based in England. The author of the final design was Edmund Harold Sedding (1863–1921). The supervising architect in Dunedin was Basil Hooper (1876–1960).
  On 8 June 1915, the foundation stone of the new cathedral was laid. Huge foundations, large piers and a tremendous vaulted ceiling, the only one in stone in New Zealand, rose from the ground, forming the new cathedral’s nave. Lack of finances, however, precluded construction of anything more. There was no money for the crossing or the chancel as originally intended. In the end it was resolved that a temporary chancel should be constructed using material saved from the old St Paul’s. The new cathedral was consecrated by Nevill on 12 February 1919.
caption: Interior view looking at the Memorial Window above the front entrance which reads "This Window was Erected To the Glory of God and in thankful and loving remembrance of those of Otago and Southland who gave their lives in The Great War 1914–1918"
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