Bothwell, TAS - St Michael's and All Angels Anglican

Year Built: 1891

Denomination: Anglican

Address: 2 Dennistoun Road, Bothwell, Tasmania, 7030

Architect: Alexander North

Architectural Style: Gothic Revival

Last Updated: 04/04/2024

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History and Architecture:

The Church was consecrated by Bishop Montgomery in 1891. The French Gothic revival small country Cathedral was designed by Alexander North and built by Lewis and Son and Hallet. The sandstone for this church was quarried locally. The tower was added and dedicated in 1923 however is un finsiehd due to costs.

Before construction of the present church, the Anglican and Presbyterian congregations met in the same building, which survives today as St Luke's Uniting Church.. A stone staircase leads to the belfry and there are stone seats in the porch.

The corner stone was laid in October 1887 and the church opened and was consecrated in 1891. The Architect was Alexander North and the church is of Bothwell stone in modifiled Gothic style.There is a fireplace at the west end of the nave, and one in the sacricty.

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
1841 - 1844	Rev Thomas Wigmore		1793 / 1794	1870
1844 -	Rev Edward John Pogson		1815	1846
1850 -	Rev Charles Peter Bardin			1911
1854 - 1868	Rev Wickham Mayer Hesketh		1807	1868
1868 - 1875	Rev Arthur Wayn		1830	1901
1869 -	Rev William Henry Dunning	Curate	1835	1896
1879 - 1893	Rev Alfred Richard Beresford		1851	1935
1893 - 1896	Rev Joshua George Morling		1855	1906
1895 -	Rev John Kidd Wilmer		1849	1928
1896 - 1899	Rev William Henry Webster		1850	1931
1900 - 1902	Rev Arthur John Greenwood		1868	1957
1903 - 1908	Rev Walter Jeremiah Dodson		1869	1940
1908 - 1911	Rev Stephen Percy Hatherton Martin		1872	1957
1911 -	Rev Edward Sigismund Woolley		1881	1933
1914 - 1916	Rev Leslie Underwood Alley		1882	1966
1916 - 1918	Rev Launcelot Coulston Ferris		1878	1946
1918 - 1922	Rev William Greenwood		1884	1962
1923 - 1926	Rev John William Davidson	Curate	1861	1934
1926 - 1933	Rev Bertram Stanley Hammond		1885	1962
1934 - 1947	Rev Walter Walters		1892	1983
1949 - 1952	Rev Howard Castleton Russell		1885	1973
2020 -	Rev John Langlois

Organ:

Built by Samuel Joscelyne in 1862 and installed in 1869 at St Luke's Church, Bothwell. Installed in present location in 1891. Restored in 1967 by K.R. Davis & Son. A renovation was carried out in 2001 by Gibbs & Thomson. It has 1m., 9 sp.st., pedal pulldowns, tr. Man: 8.8 divided.8.8.4.4.2. 16.8.
A full description can be seen here.

Source:

1. Church plaque.
2. Cable Clergy Index
3. The Anglican Church in Tasmania, A Diocesan history to mark the Sesquicentenary 1992 by Geoffrey Stephens
4. Organ Historical Trust of Australia with permission.