Carcoar, NSW - St Paul's Anglican

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: Paul

Address: Collins Street, Carcoar, New South Wales, 2791

Architect: Edmund Blacket

Last Updated: 10/05/2023

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History and Architecture:

The foundation stone was laid in January 1845. Constructed in brick, the building was designed by Edmund Blacket in a simple Decorated Gothic idiom and is said to have been derived from a medieval church at Cassington, outside Oxford. The building was first used for worship in 1848. The Architect was Edmund Blacket. The Church was purchased by the local community in 2021.

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
1844 - 1872	Rev William Lisle		1809	1872
1858 - 1867	Rev John Allman Burke		1824	1909
1876 - 1877	Rev Frederick Matthew Dalrymple		1836	1915
1877 - 1885	Rev Alfred Cawley Hirst		1850	1926
1890 - 1894	Rev Francis William Clarke		1857	1920
1894 - 1896	Rev Robert Livingstone		1866	1902
1894 - 1898	Rev George Thomas Geer	Rural Dean	1844	1918
1897 - 1898	Rev William Cowan		1865	1915
1898 - 1901	Rev Charles Hamilton Shedden		1860	1931
1898 - 1903	Rev William King Howell	Rural Dean	1862	1933
1905 - 1907	Rev Alfred James Gardner		1871	1955
1907 - 1909	Rev Stanley Adolphus Thomas Champion	Rural Dean	1876	1923
1915 - 1917	Rev Leonard Arthur Marina		1882	1950
1935 - 1936	Rev Edwin John Davidson		1899	1958
1947 - 1952	Rev Edward Alfred Homfray	Locum	1878	1955
2021 ? -	Rev Anastasia Webster-Hawkes

Organ:

The Organ was built by Charles Richardson of Sydney, c.1897. It was restored in 2001 by Roger H. Pogson of Orange. It has 1 manual, 4 speaking stops, 2 couplers, mechanical action.
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Source:

1. Organ Historical Trust of Australia with permission.