St. Hilda's Collegiate School
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Saint Hilda's Collegiate School is a girls' secondary school in Dunedin
, New Zealand
. Founded as an Anglican school in 1896 by Bishop Samuel Tarratt Nevill
and staffed by the Sisters of the Church, it is now integrated into the state school system. It has a roll of about 400 girls and is named after Saint Hilda, a 7th century English nun remembered for her piety and support of poets.
Occupying a site bounded by Cobden Street, Heriot Row and Royal Terrace, the original buildings have been demolished and the site redeveloped from the mid 20th century. Some of the new buildings were designed by Ted McCoy
.
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Founded as an Anglican school in 1896 by Bishop Samuel Tarratt Nevill
Samuel Tarratt Nevill
The Most Reverend Samuel Tarratt Nevill, DD was the first Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Dunedin in Dunedin, New Zealand....
and staffed by the Sisters of the Church, it is now integrated into the state school system. It has a roll of about 400 girls and is named after Saint Hilda, a 7th century English nun remembered for her piety and support of poets.
Occupying a site bounded by Cobden Street, Heriot Row and Royal Terrace, the original buildings have been demolished and the site redeveloped from the mid 20th century. Some of the new buildings were designed by Ted McCoy
Ted McCoy
Edward John "Ted" McCoy ONZM is a retired Dunedin, New Zealand architect. He designed the sanctuary of St Pauls Cathedral, completed in 1970 and the Richardson Building of the University of Otago, completed in 1979, among many others...
.