Launceston, TAS - Holy Trinity Anglican

Year Built: 1901

Denomination: Anglican

Address: 32 Cameron Street, Launceston, Tasmania, 7250

Architect: Alexander North

Last Updated: 12/06/2023

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History and Architecture:

Of Gothic-Revival design and built of red brick and sandstone in 1901 replacing an earlier building. It was opened in the following year. One of Alexander North's most successful architectural works. It has the chancel, transepts and crossing. He was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England.

The building incorporates a five-bay aisled nave, with immense western tower and flanking apses, but only the transepts, chancel, chapel and vestries were initially built. The present narthex was built in the 1980s on the site of the intended nave.

A Foundation stone reads, "Glory to God this stone was laid by Charles Kent Esq February 9th 1899 F. Hales Archdeacon of Launceston took charge of the Parish February 1st 1854".

Clergy:

These names are now in the Database and can be searched individually.

Years	Name	Annotation	D.o.B	D.o.D
1840 - 1846	Rev W. L. Gibbon
1846 - 1848	Rev Thomas Reibey		1821	1912
1848 - 1853	Rev John Yarker
1854 - 1900	Archdeacon Frances Hales
1857 - 1859	Rev Edward P. Adams	Asst	1832	1894
1877 - 1885	Rev William Hogg	Asst	1846	1913
1885 - 1894	Rev Charles Herbert Young	Asst	1853	1938
1893 - 1895	Rev William Henry Webster	Asst	1850	1931
1894 - 1895	Rev William Henry Webster	Asst Curate	1850	1931
1895 - 1900	Rev William Harry Edwards	Asst	1862	1953
1898 - 1900	Rev Edmund Gibson Barry	Asst	1866	1950
1898 - 1900	Rev William Alfred Best	Asst	1868	1941
1900 - 1903	Rev Cecil Anderson Fawns	Asst	1864	1951
1900 - 1914	Rev E. G. Barry
1903 -	Rev James Tweedie	Asst	1871	1940
1903 - 1904	Rev George Wim Batten	Asst	1857	1929
1904 - 1906	Rev Henry Brune Atkinson	Asst	1874	1960
1911 - 1914	Rev Reginald Fenwick Brown		1887	1960
1913 - 1914	Rev Thomas A. Moore Campbell	Asst	1880	1934
1914 - 1915	Rev Ernest Albert Salisbury	Asst	1881	1950
1914 - 1916	Rev Christopher Lumsden	Asst	1859	1918
1914 - 1921	Canon R. J. Coetlegon
1916 -	Rev Richard Charles Nugent Kelly	Asst	1858	1936
1916 -	Rev Fresewick Burnett Sharland	Asst	1846	1934
1917 - 1919	Rev Charles Frederick Emery	Asst	1882	1937
1919 -	Rev Gilbert Everard Moore	Asst	1870	1925
1920 -	Rev Phillip Charles Lee	Asst	1893	1969
1921 -	Rev Francis Lionel Hadrill	Asst	1889	1957
1922 -	Rev George Wilfred Scholefield	Asst	1885	1969
1922 - 1942	Canon E. G. Muschamp
1922 - 1942	Rev Alan Mattheson	Asst	1902	1987
1940 - 1941	Rev John Lovett May	Curate	1914	2010
1941 - 1942	Rev William Leslie Verrall	Asst	1913	1977
1942 - 1951	Rev Magnus James May	from 1949 Archdeacon	1881	1960
- 1951	Rev Charles Sidney Brammall	Asst	1905	1977
1951 - 1952	Rev G. Browne	Asst
1951 - 1953	Rev T. B. McCall
1952 - 1953	Rev Russell Earls Davis	Asst	1928
1953 - 1955	Rev Edward Carr Rowland	Asst	1909
1953 - 1957	Rev A. E. Palmer
1957 - 1971	Rev A. McDonald
1966 - 1971	Rev Ivor Henry Betts	Asst
1967 -	Rev Ivor Herbert Clark	Asst
1971 - 1976	Rev A. G. Adams
1973 - 2003	Rev Ronald Doug Stancombe	Asst	1923	2003
1977 - 1996	Archdeacon W. T. Letchford
1982 - 1984	Rev Robert Kenneth Archer	Asst	1947
1986 -	Rev Austin Phillip Brehaut	Asst
1989 - 1990	Rev Robert Leslie Graue	Asst	1950
1990 - 1991	Rev John Alistair Goodwin	Asst	1959
1992 -	Rev Charles Whitton	Asst
1993 -	Rev Dennis Webster	Asst
1996 - 2002	Rev M. Varnish
2004 - 2009	Canon D. G. Edmonds	Canon from 2005
2006 - 2007	Rev Helen Eliz Malcolm	Asst
2008 -	Rev Kenneth John Box	Asst	1945
2009 - 2010	Rev Craig Jerome Arnold	Asst	1949	1991
2010 - 2016	Rev Warwick James Cuthbertson
2017 - 2023	Rev Dane Courtney

Organ:

First organ was installed by James Eagles of London at a cost of £445. Present organ built in 1887 by George Fincham & Sons and incorporating pipework from first organ. Installed in present church in 1902. Restored in 1959 y Davis & Laurie; new pedal action in 1991 by Hans Meijer. It has 2m., 14 sp.st., 3c., tr. Gt: 8.8.8.4.4.2. Sw: 16 divided.8.8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.16.
For a complete description click here.

Contributions:

1. Marian May information on Magnus & John May

Source:

1. Anglican Directory 2000
2. Cable Clergy Index
3. Organ Historical Trust of Australia with permission.
4. Church web site. For a full history click here