Gunning, NSW - St Edmond's Anglican

Year Built: 1866

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: Edmond

Address: Biala Street, Gunning, New South Wales, 2581

Architect: Alberto Dias Soares

Last Updated: 12/03/2024

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History and Architecture:

The first Church was built in 1859 and was blown down and replaced by the present Church in 1866, It was consecrated 27/3/1873. It is of stone with a tiled roof. A chancel was added in 1912and a porch later.  The Church was thoroughly restored and largely refurbished in 1933. The pulpit and lectern are in memory of members of the Lyell family, the alter rails of F. W. C. and R. G. Timmis. Two sanctuary chairs commemorate John Muller, the Litany desk Louisa Cartwright.

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 - Rev Robert Cartright 1771 1856
1864 - 1865 Rev Daniel Paul Hulbert 1815 1893
1866 - 1869 Rev H Ross
1868 - 1871 Rev R T Earl
1873 - 1879 Rev Herbert Edward Taylor 1848 1924
1878 - 1879 Rev W Scott
1884 - 1885 Rev J. L Taylor
1887 - 1896 Rev James Herbert Williams 1847 1913
1897 - 1904 Rev W.J. Ellis
1904 - 1911 Rev Augustus Rutherford Shaw 1860 1936
1911 - 1916 Rev H C Crigan
1916 - 1919 Rev T.A. Cato
1921 - 1923 Rev D. D. Carruthers
1932 - 1935 Rev Charles Ernest Burgess 1865 1958
1935 - 1943 Rev Cyril Ashley Wilson 1890 1968
1943 - 1944 Rev K J. Clements
1945 - Rev Bertram Douglas Cyril Simpson 1895 1980
1945 - 1950 Rev James George Donoghue 1907 1961
1951 - 1956 Rev B. Boddington
1958 - Rev C. A. Wilson
1961 - 1964 Rev James Lewis Tregea 1929 2022
1965 - 1966 Rev Douglas Johnson Dickinson 1931
1966 - 1970 Rev Desmond Albert Pritchard 1934
1970 - 1971 Rev Barry Warren Green 1937
1980 - 1985 Rev David Dougls Bannerman 1938
1990 - 1994 Rev Peter Joseph Guy 1939
1994 - 1998 Rev I. S. Marshall
1999 - Rev Helen Victoria Cullen
2011 - Rev John Barnes
2020 - Rev Ian Marshall

Organ:

The Organ was acquired initially by All Saints' from St Peter's Burwood East when that church was sold to another denomination in 1992. It had been acquired from St Paul's Chatswood in 1908. Its a Chamber organ built c.1863, and restored by Mark Fisher in 1995 (1/4 mechanical)
A full description can be seen here.

 

Contributions:

1. 2024 Paul Soares ref to the book 'Gods Architect' by Graeme Barrow, as to name of Architect

Source:

1. History of the Diocese of Goulburn. Ransome T. Wyatt
2. The Australian Anglican Directory 2000.
3. Cable Clerical Index