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st patrick's catholic presbytery greymouth nz . St Patrick's Catholic Presbytery was built in 1915. The building has a category 2 classification with Heritage NZ. Christchurch architects Sidney (1872-1932) and Alfred (1865-1924) Luttrell who founded their Christchurch firm in 1902, designed the new presbytery and supervised its construction. The opening ceremony was performed on Sunday, 15th March 1914 by His Lordship Bishop Grimes, Bishop of Christchurch. During his visit the Bishop also laid the foundation stone of the new Hokitika church. A newspaper report on the presbytery opening described it as follows:

-a handsome brick building two storeys high. It covers a ground space 105ft by 50ft and contains twelve lofty rooms on each floor and under the apex of the roof is a large room 57ft by 20ft. Especial care has been taken to provide for ample ventilation. The interior wood-work is of beautiful marked rimu supplied by Stratford, Blair and Co's factory. The furniture is all strong and serviceable and meant for use and not for mere ornament. There is a large verandah in front of the building, and from a balcony a splendid view is obtainable. The whole of the additions to the church as well as the construction of the presbytery were carried out by Messrs Luttrell Bros, Christchurch, to whom every credit is due for the way they carried out their work.

In addition to the parish priest, two or three curates lived in the presbytery. The female housekeeper might live in or out. Others who would stay there included visitors such as bishops, apprentice priests and relatives of the resident clergy. The parish was served by a number of notable priests apart from Very Reverend Dean Dennis Carew who served the parish from 1884 until 1917, a period of 33 years only exceeded by the Rt Rev, Monsignor James Long who was resident in the presbytery from 1921 to 1963. Another distinguished priest who later occupied the presbytery was Rt Rev Barry Jones, now the Bishop of Canterbury. During the 1950s there were usually two curates, but over the following decades with a declining congregation this was reduced until there was just one parish priest, covering a wider area.

In 1989 the presbytery was sold because the decision had been made to build a new church on freehold land in High Street,