Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Durham Street".
Damage to the interior of a back room of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Deep cracks can be seen in the plaster on the wall.
Damage to the interior of a back room of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the brick work.
Damage to the interior of a back room of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the brick work.
Damage to the interior of a back room of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the brick work.
Pipes from the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ, which workers from the South Island Organ Company have been dismantling for removal.
A component of the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ, which workers from the South Island Organ Company have been deconstructing for removal.
The upper section of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Scaffolding has been constructed to allow workers to retrieve the church's valuable and historic organ.
Cracks in the interior wall of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Sections of plaster have chipped off to reveal the stone and brickwork underneath.
Brickwork around a circular window inside the Durham Street Methodist Church. The brickwork has been bared because the plaster covering it has chipped away.
Cracks in the ceiling and wall inside the Durham Street Methodist Church.
The roof of the right tower on the Durham Street Methodist Church. Part of the stonework on the left has broken and fallen off the building.
The roof of the right tower on the Durham Street Methodist Church. Part of the stonework on the left has broken and fallen off the building.
The Methodist Church of Durham Street with wire fencing around the building. A red sticker on the front door indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.
A photograph of the Durham Street Methodist Church blocked off by wire fencing. The tip of the façade is damaged.
Parts of the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ, which have been wrapped in brown paper and stacked on the church floor to be transported.
The pulpit of the Durham Street Methodist Church. The scaffolding around it has been constructed to allow workers to remove the church's historic and valuable organ.
Dust and chips of plaster on the pews inside the Durham Street Methodist Church. One of the building's windows has been braced and weather proofed with timber.
The upper section of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Scaffolding has been constructed to allow workers from the South Island Organ Company to retrieve the church's valuable historic organ.
A detail of damage to the interior wall of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster and concrete have fallen away from the wall, baring the stone work.
Cracks in the plaster on the ceiling of the Durham Street Methodist Church.
23 May 2012.
File reference: CCL-2012-05-23-IMG_2819
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
23 May 2012.
File reference: CCL-2012-05-23-IMG_2820
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Site of Durham Street Methodist Church".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Demolition site of Durham Street Methodist Church".
A roof beam on the footpath outside the Durham Street Methodist Church.
Severe cracks in the plaster of an interior wall in the Durham Street Methodist Church.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Methodist Mission, 307 Durham Street".
Damage to one of the front towers of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Some masonry from the corner of the tower has collapsed, and the structure has been secured by blue straps.
Sections of the Durham Street Methodist Church's historic and valuable organ that have been put in boxes and labelled by workers from the South Island Organ Company who have been removing the organ.
