Stepney, SA - Church of the Holy Name Catholic

History and Architecture:

An extract taken from the cdn.environment.sa.gov.au website reads, "The Church was opened on 26 April 1959 on land which was originally the bed of Second Creek, replacing a nearby church-school that was no longer capable of accommodating its growing congregation.

The Catholic Church of the Holy Name is an outstanding representative of International Style Modernism, demonstrating many of the key elements of the style. It also demonstrates a high degree of creative and aesthetic accomplishment that has been recognised both at the time of construction and now.

A large sunken garden area with a lawn, located several metres below road level, is located on the south-western side of the church. A retaining wall along the Payneham Road side of the sunken garden is capped by a simple welded steel fence, contemporary to the church. Another, low wall comprised of Carey Gully sandstone is offset from the south-eastern wall of the church".