Prospect, NSW - St Bartholomew Anglican (Former)
Year Built: 1841
Denomination: Anglican
Saint: Bartholomew
Address: Ponds Road, Prospect, New South Wales, 2148
Architect: Henry Robertson
Architectural Style: Georgian
Traditional Owners: Darug people
Last Updated: 21/02/2024
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History and Architecture:
It is one of few remaining buildings of pure Georgian character, has most important associations with many notable pioneering families such as Lawson, Weston, Bettington and represents a community effort in early colonial period to produce, without very skilled architectural aid, a building of Georgian character.
The building is a simple rectangular Victorian Georgian brick Church with a tower, including a porch, a vestry and choir room. The walls are brick with plastered walls inside. There are timber floors and originally shingled roof and cedar joinery. The tower is a simple geometric shape with the brick being used for integral detailing. The contract to build the Church was won by James Atkinson of Mulgoa.
The Sydney Morning Herald of 17 April 1841 reported, "On Wednesday last the Bishop of Australia laid the foundation of a Parochial Church at Prospect. There were a number of the most respectable inhabitants of the district and its vicinity who attended on the occasion, and not a few of them testified their sincerity in appearing on such an occasion by liberally subscribing in aid of the funds for the proposed edifice."
Clergy:
These names are now in the database and can be searched individually
| Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1842 - | Rev John Troughton | 1808 | 1859 | |
| 1848 - 1848 | Rev William Francis Gore | 1819 | 1885 | |
| 1849 - 1855 | Rev George Napoleon Woodd | 1810 | 1893 | |
| 1855 - 1875 | Rev Thomas Donkin | Govt appointment | 1800 | 1890 |
| 1875 - 1878 | Rev Edward Smith | 1805 | 1892 | |
| 1878 - 1880 | Rev Richard Roberts Eva | 1847 | 1907 | |
| 1880 - 1889 | Rev John Spooner | 1839 | 1920 | |
| 1889 - 1890 | Rev Herbert Guinness | 1837 | 1897 | |
| 1890 - 1891 | Rev John Howell Price | 1853 | 1921 | |
| 1891 - 1904 | Rev George Middleton | 1844 | 1915 | |
| 1905 - 1907 | Rev John William Upjohn | 1850 | 1923 | |
| 1908 - 1909 | Rev Walter Vaughan Rose | Locum | 1862 | 1910 |
| 1910 - 1913 | Rev George Mashman | 1865 | 1951 | |
| 1913 - 1922 | Rev Albert Noble Burton | 1859 | 1943 | |
| 1922 - 1929 | Rev Frederick Hugh Hordern | 1889 | 1975 | |
| 1935 - 1936 | Rev Thomas Terry | 1886 | 1936 | |
| 1936 - 1938 | Rev Robert Thomson Hallahan | 1895 | 1958 | |
| 1938 - | Rev Frederick Jones | 1901 | 1939 | |
| 1940 - 1944 | Rev Reginald Norman Langshaw | 1911 | 2001 | |
| 1945 - 1946 | Rev Eric Joseph Seatree | 1906 | 1988 |
Organ:
The Organ was built by G.M. Holdich of London c.1851-55. Organ vandalized and removed c.1968. It had 1 manual, 9 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical action.
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Source:
1. Wikipedia
2. Cable Clerical Index.
3. Australian Heritage Database.
4. Organ Historical Trust of Australia