Upper Riccarton

Upper Riccarton
Suburb
St Peter's Anglican Church, a landmark of Upper Riccarton, showing damage from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake
St Peter's Anglican Church, a landmark of Upper Riccarton, showing damage from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake
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Coordinates: 43°31′54″S 172°34′27″E / 43.53178°S 172.57427°E / -43.53178; 172.57427
CountryNew Zealand
CityChristchurch
Local authorityChristchurch City Council
Electoral ward
  • Riccarton
  • Waimairi
Community board
  • Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
  • Waimāero Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood
Area
[1]
 • Land220 ha (540 acres)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total8,050
Avonhead Ilam Fendalton
Sockburn
Upper Riccarton
 Riccarton
Wigram Middleton Addington
Antonio House, a heritage property built in 1909

Upper Riccarton is a suburb of Christchurch. It is due west of Riccarton.[a]

Upper Riccarton is made up of residential, retail and education areas. It includes a major intersection known as "Church Corner" (the intersection of Riccarton, Main South and Yaldhurst Roads), as well as the Bush Inn Shopping Centre and multiple schools.

A local landmark is St Peter's Church. The original wooden church, consecrated in 1858, was built by Isaac Luck. The later stone church was built between 1876 and 1929, with Benjamin Mountfort the architect for the initial work, but Cecil Wood undertaken most of the architectural design.[4] The old Māori name for Upper Riccarton is Rakipaoa.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Early Riccarton/Fendalton". Christchurch City Libraries. CCC. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  4. ^ "St. Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery, Upper Riccarton". Christchurch: Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  5. ^ Taylor, W.A (1952). Lore and history of the South Island Māori. Christchurch, New Zealand. p. 49.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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