Hagley, TAS - St Mary's Anglican

Year Built: 1862

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: Mary

Address: Church Lane, Hagley, Tasmania, 7292

Architect: Henry Hunter

Last Updated: 22/03/2023

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History and Architecture:

St Mary's Anglican Church is a bluestone Gothic Revival building that opened for services in 1862. The lands and a significant part of the church's funds were donated by Sir Richard Dry and later by his wife in her will..

Anglican services were first held in Hagley in a small brick church in the village which was the combined gift of Mr (late Sire Richard Dry) and the Lyttleton family, of Hagley House. This church, opened in 1848 was the first building in Hagley. While in England on a health trip form 1858 to 1860 Mr Dry commissioned Mr R C Carpenter a famous London Architect to prepare plans for a new church. The architect was Henry Hunter, working on plans drawn by Mr H. C. Carpenter, of London.

In 1932 the original plan for the church was finally completed with the tower, spire and vestry being built and consecrated.

Archdeacon A R Beresford was absent for a number of years during his tenure and several Reverends filled his position while he was away.

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
1858 - 1879	Rev Canon H. O. Irwin M.A.
1879 - 1882	Rev Edward Patten Adams		1832	1894
1894 - 1906	Rev C. J. Brammall
1895 - 1900	Rev Frederick Burnett Sharland		1846	1934
1901 - 1905	Rev Leigh Trafford Tarleton		1859	1926
1907 - 1928	Archdeacon A. R. Beresford
1909 - 1909	Rev Richard O'Brenznen Ball	Curate	1872	1916
1912 - 1915	Rev E. G. Muschamp	Locum
1915 - 1920	Rev Thomas Smith	Locum	1877	1963
1920 - 1921	Rev Clement Allen	Locum	1871	1945
1921 - 1922	Rev Charles Lewis Hamilton Cox	Locum	1860	1945
1922 - 1924	Canon Walter Hooker	Locum	1870	1936
1928 - 1929	Rev Harry Sheperd	Curate	1903	1969
1928 - 1940	Rev Henry Brune Atkinson		1874	1960
1933 - 1934	Rev Harry Sheperd		1903	1969
1958 - 1963	Rev Joseph James Cramp		1894	1970
1940 - 1955	Rev B. S. Hammond
1955 - 1958	Rev Canon F. J. McCabe
1963 - 1972	Rev Roy Albert Ezzy		1907	1977
1972 - 1975	Rev Canon Gilbert Charles Latta		1907	1976
1975 - 1981	Rev H. H. Condon M.A.
1981 - 1986	Father K A. Webster
1987 - 1992	Father R. I Maxwell
1992 -	Father P. Astley Bogg
2020 -	Rev J. M. Pyecroft

Organ:

Built in 1861 by J.W. Walker of London. It has 1 manual, 7 speaking stops, 1 coupler with mechanical action. The instrument remains unaltered from the original apart from the addition of electric blowing and diapering of the façade pipes.
A full description can be seen here.

Source:

1. St Mary's Church Hagley History on the Church and notes on the Founder. Compiled by E.G. Scott, Hagley 14th Edition. LSC P 283.94616 STM
2. Anglican Church Directory 2000.
3. Cable Clerical Index.
4. Organ Historical Trust of Australia with permission.