[1] She created the Tabernacle Screen Doors for Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch and her works are held in several New Zealand art galleries.
Born in England in 1907, as an adult she moved to Canada to work as a television designer and display artist.
[3] After studying art in Italy, it was only after moving to New Zealand that Bancroft began to focus on her sculpture work.
[24] In the 1980s she assisted in the refurbishment of St Mary’s Catholic church in New Brighton (where she attended) with sculptor Bing Dawe.
In addition to work on the altar, lectern, font, and sanctuary, Bancroft created and gifted a sculpture of the Virgin Mary to the church.