This lovely church wasn’t far from our accommodation, The Postmasters House, in Clyde. St Dunstan’s was built of local stone in 1903. It replaced a previous church built in the 1860s that had been destroyed in a storm.
Nigel particularly admired the orange reflection cast on the wall from the orange roof tiles. You can see this effect in the following photos, the first two taken by me and the last photo taken by Nigel.
In the above photo I particularly liked the rose bush shadows along the path. You can see the orange reflection effect just above the lower roof, on the right.
According to the Promote Dunstan website “It is a fine example of early English Gothic, roofed with Marseilles tiles. It was restored and rededicated on October 18, 1989.”
The above link takes you to a lovely web page that outlines a summary of the historic buildings in Clyde. If you hold the mouse over one of the cute drawings you get a colour photo!
Text by Liz, Photos by Liz and Nigel as attributed; Exploring Colour (2018)
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This is so beautiful, thank you for sharing. Finding churches and shrines like this is one of my favorite thing to do!!!
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Its lovely to hear from you. There’s a lovely little rural village church at this other post of mine, https://exploringcolour.wordpress.com/2018/03/23/out-in-the-countryside/
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Beautiful pictures. The orange glow looks so divine..
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Love your choice of words – ‘divine’ is perfect! Thank you – your comment is much appreciated!
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Benjamin loves the orange tiles and the orange glow they cast, orange is his favorite color. St. Dunstan’s Catholic Church with the rose bush path is beautiful. Is it possible to go inside? Thank-you x 2!!
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I love orange too so I’m happy to hear Benjamin is so fond of this colour! We didn’t walk up to the doors but I was just thinking last night that next time we’re in Clyde it would be nice to try and go inside!
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Such a lovely little church. The orange glow is surely something quite special.
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What a beautiful, sturdy building that isn’t likely to be brought down by any future storm. I like the lines of trees they planted along the entry path.
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I was surprised how nice the garden area is around the church. Something that often gets neglected in NZ.
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What a beautiful little church in a lovely setting. I agree with Nigel, the orange reflection on the wall highlight the impression. Now I´ll follow the link 🙂
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As far as I know, the church isn’t used regularly anymore but is used for special services. Its heartening to see they’re maintaining the church and grounds so nicely.
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