Darling Point, NSW - St Mark's Anglican

Year Built: 1852

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: Mark

Address: 57A Darling Point Road, Darling Point, New South Wales, 2027

Architect: Edmund Blacket

Architectural Style: Gothic Revival

Traditional Owners: Cadigal people

Last Updated: 14/03/2024

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History and Architecture:

Built of Pyrmont sandstone in the Gothic Revival style with a shingle roof, the church has a spire, porch, gallery and vestries. It was designed by Architect Edmund Blacket on land donated by T.S. Mort. The spire was added in 1875 and donated by William Laidley. St Mark's was opened for Divine Service on November 7, 1852.

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
1847 - 1847	Rev Francis Thomas Cusack Russell		1823	1876
1851 - 1859	Rev George Fairfowl Macarthur		1825	1890
1876 - 1876	Rev Septimus Hungerford	Locum	1825	1927
1884 - 1886	Rev Ernest Wootton	Curate	1852	1935
1885 - 1885	Rev Henry Glasson	Curate	1828	1906
1887 - 1888	Rev Robert Brooks Egan	Curate	1855	1903
1889 - 1889	Rev Edward Meeres	Curate	1848	1920
1890 - 1892	Rev Stanley Hinson	Curate	1855	1939
1893 - 1895	Rev Herbert Claude Vindin	Curate	1863	1919
1895 - 1897	Rev John Joseph Thomas Gailey	Curate	1864	1932
1898 - 1901	Rev Alfred Ernest Jones Ross	Curate	1868	1935
1903 - 1904	Rev Edward Lampard	Locum	1866	1956
1905 - 1907	Rev Leo Rubie Connell	Curate	1880	1928
1908 - 1912	Rev William Merredith Holliday	Curate	1883	1964
1913 - 1915	Rev Alfred Manning Levick	Curate	1882	1971
1914 - 1937	Rev Edward Howard Lea		1869	1941
1915 - 1922	Rev Solomon Clive Wiseman	Curate	1889	1956
1919 - 1920	Rev Egerton Augustine North Ash	Curate	1888	1954
1923 - 1927	Rev Arthur George Rix	Locum 25 - 26	1880	1953
1927 - 1933	Rev Terence Frederic Norrie Naughton	Curate	1900	1972
1928 - 1930	Rev Frank Edmund Elliott	Curate	1904	1967
1933 - 1935	Rev Frederick Thomas Perkins	Locum	1877	1960
1936 - 1938	Rev Edwin John Davidson	Curate	1899	1958
1938 - 1938	Rev Horace William Alexander Barder		1888	1949
1938 - 1938	Rev Edward Lampard	Locum	1866	1956
1938 - 1938	Rev George Thorold Earp	Locum	1905	1970
1939 - 1939	Rev Oswald Bruce McCarthy	Curate	1915	1978
1939 - 1942	Rev Allan Thomas Pattison	Curate	1910	1982
1950 - 1964	Rev Clive Andrew Goodwin		1908	1981
1953 - 1970	Rev Coles Alexander Osborne	Locum	1896	1994

Organ:

The original organ for St Mark's was built in 1859 by J W Walker and was installed in 1860. After a generous gift from Lady Nancy Fairfax (a long time member of the congregation in thanksgiving for her husband Sir Vincent Fairfax, church warden 1948-49, 1951-71), a contract was signed with the Canadian firm of Orgues Létourneau Ltée for a new instrument of 38 speaking stops.
For a complete description and photos click here.

Source:

1. Cable Clerical Index with permission.
2. Organ Music Society of Sydney with permission.