The building was registered by Heritage New Zealand as a Category 2 Historic Place on 25 November 1982, with registration number 1421.

[1] The timber church was designed by Joshua Charlesworth in the Gothic Revival style and opened in 1899.

It suffered fire damage in 1924 and the repairs were designed by Frederick de Jersey Clere.

The church is part of the parish of Roseneath and Oriental Bay in the Diocese of Wellington.

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