designed by john sydney swan and built in 1904-6, the convent of the sacred heart, a catholic girls' boarding school, was renamed erskine college in the late 1960s after the former superior general mother janet erskine stuart. the adjacent erskine chapel of the sacred heart, also designed by john sydney swan, was built in 1930 in the french gothic style. erskine chapel is considered to have one of the finest chapel interiors in new zealand, and is listed as category i in new zealand's historic places trust. the school closed in 1985 and today the complex is privately owned. erskine college was used as a location in peter jackson's 1996 film the frighteners. the chapel was refurbished in 2003, and is now a popular venue for weddings and concerts.