indeed appear as part of the landscape. In this way, Benjamin Mountfort's achievement was to make his favoured style of architecture synonymous with the identity of the province of Canterbury. Following his death, one of his seven children, Cyril, continued to work in his father's Gothic style well into the 20th century. Cyril Mountfort was responsible for the church of St Luke's in the City, which was an unexecuted design of his father's. In this way, and through the daily public use of his many buildings, Mountfort's legacy lives on. He ranks today with his contemporary R A Lawson as one of New Zealand's greatest 19th-century architects. Selected buildings Most Holy Trinity in Lyttelton, 1852 (demolished, 1857) Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings, 1858–1865 (partially collapsed in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake) first (wooden) synagogue, 1864 ChristChurch Cathedral, begun 1864, partially collapsed in the 2011 Canterbury earthquake) Canterbury Museum, 1869–1882 St. Augustine's Church, Waimate 1872 (photo) Trinity Church, Christchurch, 1872 (partially collapsed in the 2011 Canterbury earthquake, but will be restored) Holy Trinity Avonside Church Chancel, 1874–1877 (photo) St Paul's Anglican Church, Papanui, 1876–1877 Canterbury College Hall, Christchurch, 1882 Church of the Good Shepherd, Phillipstown, 1884–1885 St Mary's Church, Auckland, begun 1886 (relocated, 1982) St John's Cathedral, Napier, 1886–1888 Sunnyside Asylum, Christchurch, 1881–1893 St Stephen's, Lincoln 1877 St John's, Rangiora. St Bartholomew's, Kaiapoi (1855) Notes References Fletcher, Banister (1996). Sir Banister Fletcher's a History of Architecture. Architectural Press, 20th ed. . Porter, Frances (ed) (1983). "Historic Buildings of New Zealand, South Island". Auckland: Methuen New Zealand. . Smith, Phillipa M. (2005). A Concise History of New Zealand. Cambridge University Press. . Taylor, C.R.H. (1929). The Gothic Beauties and History of the Canterbury Provincial Buildings. Canterbury Provincial Buildings Board. External links Contemporary references to Mountfort's reputation Mountfort centenary The architectural heritage of Christchurch. 6, Church of the Good Shepherd Architects from Birmingham, West Midlands Gothic Revival architects New Zealand ecclesiastical architects 1825 births 1898 deaths People from Christchurch English emigrants to New Zealand Architects of cathedrals English ecclesiastical architects Burials at Holy Trinity Avonside New Zealand Freemasons Canterbury Pilgrims 19th-century New Zealand architects English Anglo-Catholics New Zealand Anglo-Catholics People associated with the Canterbury Society of Arts