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Architectural Style: Gothic Revival
Adelaide, SA - St Francis Xavier Catholic Cathedral
Year Built: 1851
Address: 33 Wakefield Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
Built progressively, from the laying of the original foundation in 1851 to the completion of the bell-tower in 1996, this cathedral is considered a major Australian work of the Gothic Revival style. It is linked with a number of designers and builders, including the eminent English architects Charles Francis Hansom and Peter Paul Pugin.…
Adelaide, SA - St Stephen's Lutheran
Year Built: 1848
Address: 152 Wakefield Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
This congregation was founded by about 20 families from Mecklenburg and Hanover and remnants of the older congregation. The original congregation of this church was formed in Klemzig in 1848. They remained there until 1862 when their first church was built in Pirie Street. The congregation increased again in size and it was at this point…
Albion Park, NSW - All Saints' Anglican
Year Built: 1875
Address: 253 Tongarra Road, , Albion Park New South Wales, 2527
This Gothic Revivalist church was built from sandstone quarried at Yellow Rock. The architect was Mr. E Blacket of Sydney, and the builder Mr. Schadel. The Reverend’s wife, Mrs. Rowsell, laid the foundation stone in the north east corner of the building in 1875. Under the stone was placed a glass bottle time capsule containing a copy of…
Angaston, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1878
Address: Corner Fyfe & Sturt Street, , Angaston South Australia, 5353
Formerly a Congregational church the first church was a red brick chapel built in 1861 at the rear of the current church. The foundation stone of this church was laid by Mr J H Angas Esq J.P. on 13 May 1878. It cost £2162.00. It is of Gothic Revival style with bluestone walls and rendered dressings. The leadlight windows were shipped…
Auburn, SA - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1862
Address: 17 St Vincent Street, , Auburn South Australia, 5451
A Historical wall plaque reads, " A Gothic Revival church constructed form Auburn bluestone with quoins and dressings of Watervale sandstone it was built by Pike and Dale in 1862. Joseph Meller and James Scott cut the stone and Joseph Jones was one of the stone masons employed on this project. The roof is of Welsh slate while the steps…
Ballarat East, VIC - St Alipius Catholic
Year Built: 1874
Address: Victoria Street, , Ballarat East Victoria, 3350
The Church is part of the Parish of Ballarat East and the Diocese of Ballarat. The Church dates from November 1852 when Father Matthew Downing arrived on the Ballarat gold fields. The original St Alipius church had walls made from timber slabs and a canvas roof. Although a humble structure, it was the largest building on the goldfields.…
Ballarat, VIC - Uniting
Address: Corner of Dana & Lydiard Streets, , Ballarat Victoria, 3350
Formerly a Methodist church the foundation stone was laid December 11 1883 by the Honourable James Campbell M.L.C. A Gothic Revival church, listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, and constructed in 1883-1884 to a design by prominent local architects, Terry and Oakden. The elaborate structure of polychromatic brickwork with…
Bears Laggon, VIC - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1911
In the 1890s Bears Lagoon was part of the Raywood Parochial District that stretched from Campbells Forest to Jarklin. In 1908, Bears Lagoon joined with Serpentine and Calivil to become the Serpentine Parochial District. The first minister of the Serpentine Parish was the Rev. John Douglas Watsford who continued to serve the district until…
Beechworth, VIC - St Andrew's Uniting
Year Built: 1857
Address: Corner Ford & Williams Streets, , Beechworth Victoria, 3747
The foundation stone of the Beechworth Presbyterian Church was laid by the Rev. James Nish, of Sandhurst, on 6th July, 1857. St Andrew's Church was built by the Scottish and Ulster Presbyterians who settled in north-east Victoria in the mid-nineteenth century. The church is a five-bay Gothic Revival design of cement stucco, built in 1857.…
Blampied, VIC - St Joseph's Catholic (Former)
Year Built: 1869
Address: 3478 Midland Highway, , Blampied Victoria, 3364
Of Gothic revival and constructed of bluestone the Church consists of a nave of five bays, a large chancel and lateral sacristies with a double gable, not often seen on country churches. The Church was sold in 2021.
Bothwell, TAS - St Michael's and All Angels Anglican
Year Built: 1891
Address: 2 Dennistoun Road, , Bothwell Tasmania, 7030
The Church was consecrated by Bishop Montgomery in 1891. The French Gothic revival small country Cathedral was designed by Alexander North and built by Lewis and Son and Hallet. The sandstone for this church was quarried locally. The tower was added and dedicated in 1923 however is un finsiehd due to costs. Before construction of the…
Brisbane, QLD - St Stephen's Catholic Cathedral
Address: 249 Elizabeth Street, , Brisbane Queensland, 4000
Work began on the little stone church in November 1848, using a design of Gothic revival architect, AWN Pugin. The first St Patrick’s Church in Fortitude Valley was a wooden structure built around 1860 with a frontage in Wickham Street, opposite where Duncan Street now adjoins it. The Church Cathedral is a gothic revival cathedral…
Canterbury, NSW - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1858
Address: Church Street, , Canterbury New South Wales, 2193
Built on part of Robert Campbell's Canterbury estate on land donated by his daughter Sophia Ives Campbell. The Church was designed by Edmund Blacket. Built from local sandstone it was completed between 1858 and 1859 and consecrated on 12 April 1860. Of Gothic Revival Church style with steeply pitched roof which was originally covered…
Coleraine, VIC - Holy Trinity Anglican
Year Built: 1865
Address: Cnr Church & Henty Street, , Coleraine Victoria, 3315
The foundation stone for Holy Trinity Church, Coleraine was laid on 8 February 1865 by the Rev. Dr Francis Thomas Cusack Russell and the first service held on 4 November 1866. In 1850 the Irish-born Rev. Dr Russell was sent by the Bishop of Melbourne to the District of Wannon, a large area stretching from Hamilton to the South Australian…
Darling Point, NSW - St Mark's Anglican
Year Built: 1852
Address: 57A Darling Point Road, , Darling Point New South Wales, 2027
Built of Pyrmont sandstone in the Gothic Revival style with a shingle roof, the church has a spire, porch, gallery and vestries. It was designed by Architect Edmund Blacket on land donated by T.S. Mort. The spire was added in 1875 and donated by William Laidley. St Mark's was opened for Divine Service on November 7, 1852.
Forbes, NSW - St Lawrence O'Toole Catholic
Year Built: 1880
Address: 13 Johnson Street, , Forbes New South Wales, 2871
There were two church buildings erected before the current one. The first was located in Camp street and the second was in Harold Street. Of Gothic Revival style the church was erected in 1880. The Architect was Edward Gell. A sanctuary was added in 1905 and a gallery in 1923.
Hobart, TAS - St John the Baptist Anglican (former)
Year Built: 1852
Address: Corner Goulburn & Forest Road, , Hobart Tasmania, 7000
This former church is now a set of private residences. A modest stone church in Gothic-Revival style set on irregular corner site, the major aspect of the building reveals an unusual occurrence in Gothic design - the building is visually very heavy, the result of a naturally steep site and creating a level across the contours. The…
Inverleigh, VIC - Sacred Heart Catholic
Year Built: 1933
Address: 71 - 79 High Street, , Inverleigh Victoria, 3321
The Church was built in 1933, possibly as means of providing work during the Depression, and was designed in a simple restrained Gothic Revival style using typical materials for its time. The present church replaced an earlier timber church on this site which in turn replaced another on a site near the Inverleigh Cemetery.
Launceston, TAS - Chalmers Presbyterian (Former)
Year Built: 1859
Address: 5A Frederick Street, , Launceston Tasmania, 7250
The church was named after Thomas Chalmers, the leader of the Great Disruption. In Gothic Revival style, the architect was William Henry Clayton. The foundation stone was laid in 1859, and it was built over 1859 and 1860 by Messrs Roe and Rhodes with the buiding containing about 600,000 convict made bricks. The building, including the…
Lavender Bay, NSW - St Francis Xavier Catholic
Year Built: 1881
Address: 17 McKenzie Street, , Lavender Bay New South Wales, 2060
The Church was built of sandstone with slate roof and copper spire in Gothic Revival style and was designed by William Wardell. Opened in 1881 as a Catholic school with four classrooms. Large stained glass window, some 20m x 5m, executed by Stephen Moore in 1964. Arched colonnade to Mackenzie Street added in 1964.
Lismore, NSW - St Carthage's Cathedral Catholic
Address: 8 Leycester Street, , Lismore New South Wales, 2480
Bishop Jeremiah Doyle laid the foundation stone for the Lismore Cathedral in 1892. St Carthage's Cathedral was named after the Cathedral in Lismore, located in County Waterford, Dublin, Ireland.
Marrickville, NSW - St Clements Anglican
Year Built: 1888
Address: 90 Petersham Road, , Marrickville New South Wales, 2204
A Foundation stone was laid on 13 January 1883 by the Honourable Charles Campbell MLC. A large Gothic Revival Church built around 1888 and designed by architects Spain & Cosh. Styled in the early English style constructed of red brick with stone, brick and terracotta detailing. The tall corner spire has two tiers of windows and is clad…
Mount Gambier, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1870
Address: 26 Elizabeth Street, , Mount Gambier South Australia, 5290
The first service in this Church was held on 10 December 1871. It replaced a small Presbyterian Kirk which had been built in 1860. The Gothic revival Church was designed by George Pannell Architect and is constructed of square rock faced pink dolomite with cut limestone dressings by the mason William Webber. The spire was entirely rebuilt…
Newtown, NSW - St Stephen's Anglican
Year Built: 1871
Address: 189 Church Street, , Newtown New South Wales, 2042
The Church was designed by Edmund Blacket between 1871 and 1874 on a portion of 240 acres granted to Governor Bligh and was known as the Camperdown estate. This building is one of Australia's best Gothic Revival Churches on this scale in cruciform plan with side aisles, gallery, two vestries, porch. The walls of the church are sandstone,…
North Adelaide, SA - St Peter's Cathedral Anglican
Year Built: 1869
Address: King William Street, , North Adelaide South Australia, 5006
The first bishop of Adelaide, Augustus Short, brought with him in 1848, plans for a Cathedral. The plans had been drawn up by English architect William Butterfield and is in the Gothic Revival style. The Foundation stone was laid on 13 July 1869 by Bishop Short, the first Bishop of Adelaide. Designed by Butterfield but plans modified…
North Sydney, NSW - St Peter's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1866
Address: 234 Blues Point Road, , North Sydney New South Wales, 2060
The first stage of the church was erected in 1866. A Gothic Revival Church built of hard Freestone cut from the site, having a long buttressed nave and spire rising to 80ft over the entrance porch. Enlarged in 1870, southern extension 1881, nave extended and rose window installed 1906. Re-roofed in slate 1927.
Orange, NSW - Holy Trinity Anglican
Year Built: 1879
Address: Anson Street, , Orange New South Wales, 2800
The design is of High Victorian Gothic Revival and the Architect was Thomas Rowe. Erected in 1879 with the steeple being completed in 1924.
Pella, VIC - St John's Lutheran
Year Built: 1911
Address: Leske Road, , Pella Victoria, 3424
The Church Complex comprises three coursed limestone rubble single-storey buildings (church, school and manse), four outbuildings, and three water tanks located in an expansive rural landscape setting. The building at the centre of the complex is the church (1911). It is constructed in a Federation Gothic Revival style and uses the…
Port Adelaide, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1867
Address: 169 Charlotten Street, , Port Adelaide South Australia, 5015
The Congregationalists bought a large block of land along Commercial Road from the Port Land Company (near Dunn & Sons new Mill) in 1866, after the church they had built on the corner of St Vincent Street and Lipson Street burnt down in April of that year. The foundation stone was laid on 16 July 1867 by Mr T Graves and the church opened…
Prospect, SA - St Cuthbert's Anglican
Year Built: 1915
Address: 2 Ballville Street, , Prospect South Australia, 5082
The Foundation stone was laid on 10 April 1915. The Church is an example of late Gothic Revival. The architect was Louis Laybourne Smith. The church is of high integrity and retains the original layout except for the addition of a small altar in the sanctuary.
Seven Hills, NSW - St Andrew's Anglican (Former)
Year Built: 1879
Address: 313 Seven Hills Road, , Seven Hills New South Wales, 2147
The land for the church was donated by Phillip Pearce who was the son of Matthew Pearce, a pioneer settler of the area and after which Matthew Pearce School is named. The construction is Gothic Revival Style, although simple and unpretentious, the interior features are impressive with high beamed ceilings. The Church was built and…
Stawell, VIC - St Patrick's Catholic
Year Built: 1873
Address: 37 Patrick Street, , Stawell Victoria, 3380
The building was designed in a Victorian Gothic Revival style typical of the influential English architect, Charles Hansom. This design has been attributed to Henry Richard Caselli who was greatly influenced by Hansom. The building is largely intact both externally and internally, and represents one of few extant Hansom-influenced…
Surrey Hills, VIC - St Stephens Presbyterian
Year Built: 1910
Address: Corner Canterbury & Warrigal Roads, , Surrey Hills Victoria, 3127
The first divine worship at Surrey Hills 6 February 1887 took place in a Recreation Hall in Windsor Crescent. These services continued until a wooden church was built in Boundary Road (now Warrigal Road) and opened for use in March 1889.* In September, 1909, the committee reported that tenders had been called for, ( a new church) and…
Surry Hills, NSW - St Michael's + The Vine Anglican
Year Built: 1854
Address: 209 Albion Street, , Surry Hills New South Wales, 2010
St Michael’s began in the late 1830s the way all church begin – as a church plant! The first services were held in the Albion Brewery.2 Following this, the church met at a number of other locations including a school-house and the Darlinghurst Courthouse. The Church was designed by Edmund Blacket in 1854 in the Gothic Revival style.…
Sydney, NSW - St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral
Address: Corner George & Bathurst Streets, , Sydney New South Wales, 2000
A small but pleasant Gothic Revival Cathedral in Sydney Freestone of late Colonial and early Victorian periods. Original portion of nave designed by Hume. Substantially completed under Blacket. Exterior has weathered to warm brown colour. Delicate Gothic windows, well proportioned towers and buttressing and a multiplicity of decorated…
Sydney, NSW - St Mary's Catholic Cathedral
Year Built: 1869
Address: College Street, , Sydney New South Wales, 2000
William Wilkinson Wardell was commissioned by Archbishop Polding to design a new St Mary's following the fire of 1865 which ruined the original Cathedral. It was constructed of dressed local sandstone in the "Gothic Revival" style. There were to be two intermediate stages. A temporary wooden church was constructed, which was also…
Tarrington, VIC - St Michael's Lutheran
Year Built: 1927
Address: 7901 Hamilton Highway, , Tarrington Victoria, 3301
The first, built about 1854, was a pug and timber framed church with a thatched roof, the second was a bluestone church, built in 1858 and the third, also bluestone, built in 1863, which was burnt down in 1944. The present church was erected in 1927. It is built of pressed red bricks with unpainted render details in a late but…
Wangaratta, VIC - St Patricks Catholic
Address: 1 Ford Street, , Wangaratta Victoria, 3677
This is an example of the Gothic Revival style. The original sanctuary and nave are a typical example of Wardell's work and are notable for their simplicity and liturgical correctness. The superb triple lancet stained glass window is a distinctive feature of this section. The west front and tower are elaborately composed and although…
Watsons Bay, NSW - St Peter's Anglican
Year Built: 1864
Address: 331 Old South Head Road, , Watsons Bay New South Wales, 2030
A simple sandstone Gothic Revival chapel designed by Edmund Blacket and completed and consecrated in 1864. Built of dressed and picked stone and plain timber shingle roof. The pitched roof diagonally bordered internally and polished as is the fine pointed timber arched trusses. The interior has small but excellent stained glass windows.…