Dromana, VIC - St Mark's Anglican
Year Built: 1892
Denomination: Anglican
Saint: Mark
Address: Corner Point Nepean & Odonohue Roads, Dromana, Victoria, 3936
Architect: Unknown
Traditional Owners: Bunurong people
Last Updated: 14/02/2022
History and Architecture:
Construction of St Mark's of Dromana was commenced in 1892. Prior to this, regular services had been held in private homes. Between 1885 and 1892, the Union church on the corner of Heales Street and Point Nepean Road was used by the Anglican congregation. In August 1892 George Morce won the tender for the building of the new church to the design of Hyndman and Bates, architects.
The Foundation stone was laid on 7 November 1892 by the Bishop of Melbourne.
George Morce and his brother Tom originally came from Cardiff in Wales. George arrived in Queensland in 1862 and later moved to Williamstown before moving to Sorrento in 1873 to work on St John's Anglican Church. Other buildings completed by Morce, include the Mornington Hotel and the Sorrento Police Station.
The Anglican congregation celebrated their first service in St Mark's in April 1893. From this date until 1960 St Mark's was included in the parish of Mornington and Sorrento. The parish hall was added in 1958 and in 1989 the parish office and opportunity shop were added.
St Mark's Church is a simple Neo-gothic design constructed in rusticated limestone with red brick quoins. It consists of a nave with a smaller chancel section and a single porch entrance wing to one side including a bell tower. The windows are stained leadlight with the exception of the two front side windows. The gable end has rendered parapets. A new extension to the rear of the church is constructed of concrete and red brick in an attempt at harmony.
Clergy:
This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.
Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
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1876 - 1888 | Rev Thomas Quinton | |||
1879 - | Rev Alexander Maxwell | 1856 | 1933 | |
1886 - 1890 | Rev Arthur Pelham Chase | 1858 | 1947 | |
1891 - 1898 | Rev Frederick William Willcox | 1859 | 1905 | |
1898 - 1902 | Rev Mervyn Moss Whitton | 1842 | 1921 | |
1902 - 1914 | Rev Edwin Charles Rodda | 1844 | 1917 | |
1914 - 1916 | Rev Richard Sherwood | 1880 | 1970 | |
1916 - 1918 | Rev Eric Thomas Thornton | 1889 | 1981 | |
1918 - 1920 | Rev William Henry Henderson | 1887 | 1968 | |
1920 - 1923 | Rev Edwin Warner | 1887 | 1967 | |
1923 - 1924 | Rev Frank Ellis Thornton | 1885 | 1978 | |
1924 - 1926 | Rev Harry Joseph Harvey | 1865 | 1950 | |
1926 - 1932 | Rev Charles Parker Lee | 1881 | 1937 | |
1927 - 1928 | Rev George Cox | 1871 | 1946 | |
1932 - 1935 | Rev Alexander Falconer | 1886 | 1968 | |
1935 - 1941 | Rev Frederick Godfrey Hughes | 1889 | 1966 | |
1941 - 1947 | Rev Clifton Plessy Brown | 1882 | 1963 | |
1959 - | Rev Wilfred Lansdell Clarke | Locum | 1887 | 1967 |
1960 - 1974 | Rev John Davies | 1914 | 2002 | |
1974 - 1984 | Rev Edward Charles Smith | |||
1983 - 1987 | Rev Murray J. Morton | |||
1988 - 1991 | Rev William Bernard Peacock | |||
1995 - | Rev Peter Victor Williams | PiC | 1956 | |
2019 - | Rev Paul Woodcock |
Organ:
No information currently available, submissions welcomed
Source:
1. St Mark's in Time. Rosemary Kerr. ISBN 0 646 11693 2
2. Cable Clergy Index.