page_title: Sacred Heart Basilica, Timaru
section_title: Glass
hierarchical_section_title: Sacred Heart Basilica, Timaru / Features / Glass
caption_attribution_description: English: Craigie St view of state-integrated Catholic school Sacred Heart Primary School in Timaru in 2015.
context_page_description: The Sacred Heart Basilica or Timaru Basilica, as it is popularly known because of its style of architecture, is a Catholic church in Timaru, New Zealand. It was designed by the prominent New Zealand architect, Francis Petre and is one of his most celebrated works. Its great size and beauty make it one of the most important historic buildings of Timaru and of the South Canterbury region. The Basilica's twin towers and copper cupola are highly visible features of the Timaru skyline, especially from the south. The Basilica is also one of the "most noteworthy examples of ecclesiastical architecture" in New Zealand with elements of "Roman and Byzantine architecture with touches of Art Nouveau decoration." It is a registered historic place, category 1.
context_section_description: Installed between 1911 and Silver Jubilee in 1936, the windows are "some of New Zealand’s finest." Before their installation the windows, which number over 100, were glazed with Cathedral glass. The creators of the windows and their windows were:
  F.X. Zettler, Munich, Germany  (on the north side of the Basilica - St Joseph's altar): the Sermon on the Mount, Christ the Good Shepherd, the Annunciation and the Nativity.
  H. Credington, Catholic Art Gallery Melbourne (above the altar): the Crucifixion and the Coronation of Our Lady.
  Matheson and Gibson, Melbourne (on south side of the Basilica – Our Lady's altar): Calming the waters, Loaves and Fishes, Presentation in the Temple, The finding the child Jesus in the temple.
  James Watson and Son, Éire (Nave windows): St Margaret Mary, St Therese, St Ita, St Michael, St Matthew, St Vincent de Paul, St Colmcille (Columba).  "To the 'purist' the superb Irish glass in these seven windows make them the pick of all the windows in the church."
  John Hardman and Company, Birmingham (baptistry) John the Baptist (memorial window) and the Sanctuary windows: St Aloysius, St Bridget, St Patrick, Mother Immaculate, Sacred heart, St Joseph, St Anne, St John the Evangelist.
  The donors and those commemorated by the windows are named on marble tablets at the head of the nave, and in other parts of the Basilica.
caption: The neighbouring Sacred Heart Primary School, directly opposite across Craigie St
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