Anglican Vicarage and Church Hall

Most of the block between Arthur Street and Church Street was granted to the Anglican Church by Governor George Grey to form a ‘glebe’ (land providing income for the clergyman). Similar land grants were made to the other denominations represented in the Fencible Corps. Over time, much of this land was sold, and the profits were spent on a new plot of land in 1903. This was on the corner of Grey Street and was intended to host a new vicarage, a new church hall, and eventually a new church to replace the one on Church Street. In December 1904, the builder E. Morton was contracted to build a vicarage for £918 (the vicar’s stipend at the time was £4 a week), and Rev. Hasleden moved in on 17 May 1906. The hall next door was built in the same year for £375 and enlarged in 1910 for another £372.

As it turned out, the congregation proved reluctant to move from their original place of worship, so when the new church was built in 1930, it remained on Church Street. The parish hall was later sold to an order of Freemasons: the Grand Lodge of Scotland is distinct from Freemasons NZ and has only eleven lodges in the country. The Grand Lodge of Scotland is not to be confused with the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry or the Royal Order of Scotland.

Continue to Onehunga Mall and then turn right. Cross Onehunga Mall at the indicated crossing.