Parramatta, NSW - St John's Anglican

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: John

Address: 195 Church Street, Parramatta, New South Wales, 2150

Architect: E. T. Blacket and Son - James Houison

Architectural Style: Romanesque

Traditional Owners: Dharug people

Last Updated: 03/09/2024

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History and Architecture:

The original chapel was built 1799-1803, replacing a temporary place of worship opened in 1796. By 1846 the church building was dilapidated and by 1852 was demolished. A Foundation stone was laid on 14th August 1852 by Bishop Broughton.

Lieutenant John Watts added in 1820 twin towers of four storeys, square in plan with stuccoed brick walls, stone quoins, eaves, corbels and foundations. Each is roofed by a broached spire. Walls are unadorned except for small windows and clock. Chapel demolished 1852 and a new sandstone nave built. Transepts added in 1883. These later additions with slate roofs are both of Romanesque Revival style.

Between 1817 and 1819, a facade incorporating twin towers topped with spires was added at the western end where the vestry had been. Made out of brick, the facade, towers and spires were copied from those of St Mary's Church, Reculver, in Kent, England. The foundation stone of two transepts designed by Blacket and Sons was laid on 24 April 1883.

Clergy:

This list does not identify whether a clergy is an Assistant or Curate unless noted.

Years	Name	Annotation	D.o.B	D.o.D
1790 - 1794	Rev Richard Johston
1794 - 1838	Rev Samuel Marsden
1819 -	Rev John Cross
1822 - 1824	Rev Thomas Hassall		1794	1868
1837 - 1838	Rev Henry Hodgkinson Bobart	Asst 37	1806	1854
1854 - 1855	Rev James T. Carter	Curate	1828	1909
1855 - 1867	Rev Robert Lethbridge King		1823	1897
1868 - 1910	Rev William James Gunther	Archdeacon
1874 - 1876	Rev Henry Wallace Mort	Curate	1847	1932
1879 - 1885	Rev William A. Phillips		1847	1928
1885 - 1887	Rev Alexander I. O'Reilly	Curate	1858	1904
1887 - 1890	Rev Gerard A. D'Arcy Irvine	Curate	1862	1932
1888 - 1892	Rev Henry Tate	Curate	1859	1937
1890 - 1891	Rev Henry Gladstone Hawke	Curate	1861	1925
1892 - 1893	Rev Sydney Glanville Fielding	Curate	1856	1930
1892 - 1893	Rev Peter Presswell	Curate	1849	1929
1893 - 1895	Rev Edwin Stanley Wilkinson	Curate	1865	1944
1894 - 1896	Rev James Macarthur	Curate	1833	1919
1895 - 1899	Rev Robert Rook	Curate 95 - 00	1863	1954
1898 - 1900	Rev William Cowan	Curate Locum	1865	1915
1900 - 1904	Rev John A. Cooper	Curate	1864	1958
1901 - 1903	Rev Henry R. Pigott	Curate	1838	1904
1903 -	Rev J. R. Hefferman
1904 - 1910	Rev William Allan O’Neill	Curate	1870	1956
1904 - 1907	Rev Howard F.L. Palmer	Curate	1871	1952
1907 - 1909	Rev Herbert George Chivers	Curate	1875	1953
1910 - 1911	Rev Sidney Osbourne Goodchild	Locum	1874	1952
1909 - 1911	Rev Frederic Barker Mullens	Curate	1882	1979
1911 - 1915	Rev John Henry Willcoxson	Curate	1881	1975
1911 - 1916	Rev William Knox	Locum	1856	1916
1911 - 1935	Rev Samuel Martin Johnstone	Rector	1879	1949
1912 - 1913	Rev Frederick A. Reed	Curate	1877	1945
1912 - 1917	Rev Reginald Charles Blumer	Curate	1889	1971
1915 -	Rev Reginald H. Pitt Owen		1879	1947
1915 - 1918	Rev Canon John Alldis		1849	1930
1918 - 1918	Rev Horace William Barder	Curate	1888	1949
1919 - 1923	Rev Kenneth Wellesley Pain	Locum	1889	1959
1924 -	Rev Lancelot Stokes Dudley	Curate	1895	1957
1924 - 1925	Rev James L. Watt
1925 - 1926	Rev Frank Wilde
1926 - 1928	Rev Joseph Price Owen		1882	1935
1929 - 1930	Rev Willie V. Gurnett		1884	1964
1930 - 1931	Rev Walter Valantine Thomson	Curate	1878	1940
1932 - 1935	Rev Colin E.B.H. Burgess	Curate	1907	1987
1930 - 1933	Rev Robert Frederick Charles Bradley	Locum	1894	1960
1936 - 1937	Rev Arthur W. Setchell		1883	1936
1937 - 1939	Rev Frank A.S. Boyden	Curate	1890	1952
1937 - 1940	Rev Lionel M. Swindlehurst	Curate 37 - 39	1907	1978
1939 - 1941	Rev Donald Ridley S. Begbie	Archdeacon	1912	1980
1940 - 1940	Rev John A. Price	Curate	1907	1988
1940 - 1941	Rev Arthur N. Johnson	Curate	1908	1978
1940 - 1960	Rector William George Hilliard		1887	1960
1941 - 1943	Rev John Addison Dahl	Curate	1913	1971
1942 - 1947	Rev John Frederick W. Mason
1943 -	Rev Cyrus R. Flatau
1948 - 1951	Rev Leo R. Buckman
1949 - 1950	Rev Robert C. Ingham
1949 - 1958	Rev Alfred Henry Gallop	Curate	1887	1973
1952 - 1953	Rev Thomas E. Champion
1954 - 1956	Rev Geoffrey J. Ward
1956 - 1960	Rev William J. Dumbrell
1958 - 1961	Rev Bruce A. Woolcott
1960 - 1961	Rev Duncan S. Richardson
1960 - 1983	Canon Kenneth Lawrence Loane
1961 - 1962	Rev Richard E. Lamb
1961 - 1963	Rev Brian G. Higginbotham
1963 - 1965	Rev Clive A. Way
1965 - 1968	Rev Geoffrey W. Grimes
1968 -	Rev Colin G. Dundon
1969 -	Rev Robert E. Hockley
1970 - 1972	Rev Deryck K. Howell
1973 - 1977	Rev Michael T. Holz
1974 - 1981	Rev Herbert M. Arrowsmith
1978 - 1979	Rev Robert J. Haynes
1980 - 1981	Rev Stephen W. Abbott
1982 - 1984	Rev Mark Harding
1983 -	Rev Boyce R. Horsley	Canon
1983 - 1991	Rev Raymond Joseph Bomford	Canon
1985 - 1987	Rev Lindsay M. Stoddart
1986 - 1995	Rev Robert W. Dowthwaite	Sen Asst
1988 - 1990	Rev Richard F. James
1988 - 1991	Rev James A. Judge
1990 - 1995	Rev Michael J. Crichton
1991 - 1999	Canon Peter Scott Kemp
1993 - 1995	Rev Zachary Vernon
1995 - 1998	Rev Donald C. Barker
1996 - 1997	Rev Andrew N. Monk
1997 -	Rev Irene Mok	Sen Asst Chinese
1998 -	Rev Edmond Bagheri	Persian Ministry
1999 - 2000	Rev Charles C. Brammall
2001 -	Rev Andrew J. Heron
2002 -	Rev Nigel C. Webb
2024 -	Rev Bruce Morrison

Organ:

The present instrument, of national significance, is one of the most substantial and best-preserved J.W. Walker organs of its period, and installed in 1863 at a cost of £359. In 1880-81 three prepared-for stops (Great Trumpet 8, Swell Oboe 8 and Pedal Open Bass 16) were added and in c.1903 the instrument was moved from a west-end gallery to its present position.
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Source:

1. Cable Clerical Index with permission.
2. Organ Historical Trust of Australia with permission.
3. A Short History of St Johns Parramatta Janes Jervis 283.9441 JER
4. St John's Anglican Parish Parramatta Celebrating 200 years 1802 - 2002. LS 283.9441 SAI.