Appin, NSW - St Mark's Anglican
Year Built: 1843
Denomination: Anglican
Saint: Mark
Address: 1-3 Church Street, Appin, New South Wales, 2560
Architect: Unknown
Traditional Owners: Dharawa & Gundungurra people
Last Updated: 16/12/2023
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History and Architecture:
The site was established in 1839 and the Church commenced in 1841. The Australian (9 January 1841) noted: '...a very neat Episcopalian Church of stone, also a Roman Catholic chapel, are in the course of completion at Appin'. St Mark's was opened 25 April 1843 and dedicated by the Bishop W G Broughton.
This is a small dressed sandstone Church with a three bay rectangular nave (51ft x 27ft) under a gable roof of corrugated iron (originally slate). The west end entrance is through a square bell tower capped with a pyramidal galvanised iron roof. Nave windows are rectangular with projecting sills and label mouldings and timber mullions. There is a decorated east window. There are louvred lancet arch openings on three sides of the tower. The interior has a flat timber ceiling, a stone flagged floor and contains some simple cedar fittings.
The Church was reroofed in 1913. Since 1907 it has been administered as part of Campbelltown parish.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1838 - 1862 | Rev Hart Davis Draper Sparling | 1812 | 1884 | |
| 1876 - 1877 | Rev Charles Archdall | 1808 | 1879 | |
| 1879 - 1881 | Rev Reginald Noake | Locum with Wilton | 1852 | 1923 |
| 1910 - 1911 | Rev George Edward Gibbs | 1841 | 1919 | |
| 1912 - 1919 | Rev John Ralph Hunter | Locum | 1869 | 1919 |
| 1919 - 1927 | Rev Isacc Duncan Armitage | Locum with Campbelltown | ||
| 1927 - 1951 | Rev John Frederick Rofe | 1882 | 1963 |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Source:
1. Cable Clerical Index with permisson.