Dunedin - St Joseph's Cathedral

St Joseph's Cathedral (1878-86 by FW Petre; RC). The architect seems to have taken as his models the Gothic cathedrals of Amiens and Reims.

Petre, who also designed large churches in Oamaru, Timaru, Invercargill, Wellington and Christchurch, was, along with the Scottish-born RA Lawson, who came to New Zealand by way of Australia, the leading architect working in Dunedin. His plan for the cathedral, with a tower over the crossing, proved to be too expensive. There were delays and cutbacks, and the original design was much modified.