Ivanhoe, VIC - St James Anglican
Year Built: 1908
Denomination: Anglican
Saint: James
Address: Corner Upper Heidelberg Road & Noel Street, Ivanhoe, Victoria, 3079
Architect: North and Williams
Traditional Owners: Wurundjeri people
Last Updated: 14/11/2023
History and Architecture:
1908 was the year St James became a parish in it's own right sixty years after the establishment of the City of Melbourne. The Foundation stone was laid by the Governor of Victoria on 21 October 1908. The Vicarage in Noel Street was erected at a cost of £631.The original Rose window was replaced in 2003 with one that commemorates the centenary of the Ivanhow Girls Grammar School.
Designed in freely modified Gothic style, the Church is of face red brick, with contrasting rendered bands, window dressings and plinth, and a gabled Marseilles pattern tiled roof. Surmounting the ridge of the roof is a metal clad fleche with a flared base. Tall narrow windows are arranged in groups on the north and west elevations, separated by deep rendered brick mullions. Those on the west gable end have trefoil bas-relief window heads. Other features include a pointed arched doorway and half-timbered gabled end on the north elevation.
The church was extended to the east and south under architect Louis Williams in the late 1930s, including the addition of a number of Christian Waller stained-glass windows. The church holds one of the best collections of her work. Major internal renovations were done in the late 1970s. In the early 1990s windows from St Stephen's Darebin were relocated to St.James' after the closure of St. Stephen's.
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 |
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1908 - 1912 | Rev Alfred Roscoe Wilson | 1882 | 1964 | |
1912 - 1913 | Rev Horace Crotty | 1886 | 1952 | |
1913 - 1919 | Rev Sydney Leonard Buckley | 1882 | 1964 | |
1917 - 1919 | Rev Robert Hamilton | Locum | 1864 | 1946 |
1919 - 1922 | Rev Stephen Percy Hatherton Martin | 1872 | 1957 | |
1922 - 1928 | Rev Frank Lynch | 1868 | 1929 | |
1927 - 1935 | Rev Godfrey Hull Smith | 1869 | 1938 | |
1932 - 1935 | Rev Allen Ernest Winter | Curate | 1903 | 1997 |
1935 - 1949 | Rev Thomas Cole | 1884 | 1975 | |
1938 - | Rev Albert George Church | Reader | 1914 | 2011 |
1941 - 1942 | Rev Egan Moulton Eggleston | Curate | 1907 | 1992 |
1942 - 1945 | Rev Henry James Bondfield Stephens | Curate | 1863 | 1950 |
1945 - 1946 | Rev Donald Kinglake Dunn | Curate | 1914 | 1988 |
1945 - 1947 | Rev Herbert Douglas Campbell | Curate | 1887 | 1960 |
1948 - 1948 | Rev Albert George Church | Locum | 1914 | 2011 |
1948 - 1950 | Rev R. J. McCall | |||
1949 - 1964 | Rev Canon Raymond Mansfield Hudson | 1899 | 1999 | |
1956 - 1958 | Rev John Richard Kainey | Asst | ||
1957 - | Rev Frank Ellis Thornton | Locum | 1885 | 1978 |
1961 - 1962 | Rev N. L. Curtis | |||
1965 - 1977 | Rev J. Shilton | |||
1970 - 1972 | Rev Peter James Hedderwick Adam | Asst C | ||
1972 - 1974 | Rev Adrian Roberts Moore | Asst C | 1940 | |
1977 - 1982 | Rev Howard Frederick Dillon | 1939 | ||
1981 - 1983 | Rev David James Powys | Asst C | 1954 | |
1982 - 1993 | Rev Edward Charles Smith | |||
1993 - 2002 | Rev John Clarke | 2023 | ||
2002 - 2008 | Rev D. Bassett | |||
2009 - 2013 | Rev Richard Bruce | |||
2013 - 2022 | Rev Stephen May | |||
2023 - | Rev Mike McNamara |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Contributions:
1. 2023 Louise Ryan with additional building and clergy details.
Source:
1. Cable Clerical Index with permission.
2. Banyule Heritage Study.