Churches
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State: Tasmania
Jericho, TAS - St James Anglican
Year Built: 1888
The first services were held in a house. Church News of June 1883 states that St. James' was erected in 1826 or 27 but Church News of January 1947 says that building commenced in 1829. The church which was designed by John Lee Archer, was consecrated on the 10th of May, 1838. A plaque on the church reads, "The original church on this…
Kettering, TAS - Church of the Holy Spirit Uniting
Year Built: 1969
Address: Channel Highway, , Kettering Tasmania, 7155
In 1863 Dr Crowther and Mr M. Holmes made land available for a place of public worship and a cemetery. The resulting building served as a schoolroom as well as a chapel. This Union Chapel, for protestants of any denomination, serviced the scattered rural environment. The structure survived the 1897 bushfires, but in 1900 was replaced…
Kingston Beach, TAS - Christ the Priest Catholic
Address: 2 Jindabyne Road, , Kingston Beach Tasmania, 7050
Kingston, TAS - St Aloysius Catholic
Year Built: 1874
Address: Church Street, , Kingston Tasmania, 7051
The church was established in 1873 and opened in 1874. The Architect was Henry Hunter.
Kingston, TAS - St Clements Anglican
Year Built: 1894
Address: Corner Channel Highway & Beach Street, , Kingston Tasmania, 7051
The first church was designed by James Blackburn and was dedicated in October 1852. It was consecrated in December 1856. It was repaired in S89,, but by 1892 it was falling down, so it was pulled down. A new church of wood, designed by George Fagg, was built and opened in 1894 and consecrated in February 1895. The choir and vestry were…
Koonya, TAS - St Alban's Anglican
Year Built: 1905
Address: Henry Street, , Koonya Tasmania, 7187
On July 23 1894 a public meeting was held and the initial steps were taken to erect an Anglican Church in Koonya. Mr J.R. McClymont kidley donated three acres of land for that purpose and for a cemetery. This was supplemented with a quantity of materials. On March 6 1904 the Church was opened and dedicated to St Alban by the Right…
Latrobe, TAS - Baptist
Year Built: 1892
Address: 125 Gilbert Street, , Latrobe Tasmania, 7307
The work of the Baptist Union was commenced at Latrobe on December 19, 1886, when Pastor Wood of Longford introduced Mr. H. G. Blackie. Extract from first Minute book. On March 28, 1887, a meeting was held in the Oddfellow Hall when the Church of the baptised believers in Latrobe was formed by Launceston. There were 1 Rev A. Bird of…
Latrobe, TAS - St David's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1879
Address: 7 Hamilton Street, , Latrobe Tasmania, 7307
Churches in circuit covered by the Latrobe Minister were Latrobe, Sassafras, Harford, Melrose, Aberdeen & Greenbanks. First Mission was held in Latrobe Circuit in 1910 by Rev. V. Trigge. The Church is built of brick, with freestone facings and a slate roof, after a design by William Gadsby, and has seating for 200 people. The Foundation…
Latrobe, TAS - St Luke's Anglican
Year Built: 1906
Address: 2 Cotton Street, , Latrobe Tasmania, 7307
The first Anglican services in the Latrobe district were held at Ballahoo on the western bank of the Mersey River. In 1868 Latrobe School Church was opened at a cost of £145 and in 1871 it was still a school church. A Church was consecrated in 1887 and in 1892 Church News stated that there were plans for a new Church. Plans for a new…
Latrobe, TAS - St Patrick's Catholic
Year Built: 1871
Address: 195 Gilbert Street, , Latrobe Tasmania, 7307
Bishop Willson applied for two acres at Latrobe, on October 22, 1864, as the site for a church, school and cemetery. The following February, he asked for another block in lieu of a section of land not granted "on account of the proposed tramway running near the land". The total land grant to the Catholics of Latrobe was five acres.…
Launceston, TAS - Apostolic
Year Built: 1898
Address: 80 Margaret Street, , Launceston Tasmania, 7250
The church was built in 1898 for the Catholic Apostolic Church. In 1913, it was purchased by the Church of Christ, which had been active in the Launceston since 1884. A Foundation stone reads, "This stone to commemorate church extension laid by Mrs D Shields 1913". The building remains a church and now operates as the Bible Salvation…
Launceston, TAS - Baptist
Address: 81 Cimitiere Street, , Launceston Tasmania, 7250
The Church is in the Victorian Free classical style, built of yellow brick, stucco and freestone. The side walls are of brown brick divided into bays by plain brick pilasters, and a decorated brick frieze. Each bay has a narrow arched window with a moulded head and string course. The front facade has a stuccoed entablature, with a dentil…
Launceston, TAS - Baptist
Address: 11 Frederick Street, , Launceston Tasmania, 7250
A Gothic-Revival designed church built of red brick to the design of Melbourne Architect Granger & D’Ebro in 1883-5. It replaced an earlier chapel (St John's-now Milton Hall next door). External details are Gothic with turrets, buttresses, and pointed label moulded windows. It has a side tower supporting an octagonal spire with…
Launceston, TAS - Church of the Apostles Catholic
Year Built: 1865
Address: 44 Margaret Street, , Launceston Tasmania, 7250
The foundation stone for the St Joseph's church was laid on 19 March 1839 by Rev. Gentleman, and the church was inaugurated in October 1842. Two decades later, St. Joseph's Church began to show signs of decay, and it was decided to replace it with a larger church. The plans for the new church were drawn by the Tasmanian architect Henry…
Launceston, TAS - Gateway Baptist
Year Built: 1885
Address: 22 Wellington Street, , Launceston Tasmania, 7250
Work began on the Church building in 1883, it was to seat 1200 and was built under the guidance of Mr. F. Tyson (Architect) and J. T. Farmilo (Builder) at a cost of £17,500 . It was first called “The Temple” but its name was then changed to “The Memorial Church.” It was officially opened in July, 1885, when 1200 people are said to have…
Launceston, TAS - Holy Trinity Anglican
Year Built: 1901
Address: 32 Cameron Street, , Launceston Tasmania, 7250
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…
Launceston, TAS - Lutheran
Address: 25 Frankland Street, , Launceston Tasmania, 7250
The first divine service was conducted in St. Andrew’s Sunday School hall. The first divine service was conducted in St. Andrew’s Sunday School hall. In the early fifties, services were conducted once a month, in German and English. There were only five members then. Some of the early attenders were Mrs A Woodman, Mrs Bartley, Mr H Trey…
Launceston, TAS - Pilgrim Uniting
Year Built: 1866
Address: 34 Paterson Street, , Launceston Tasmania, 7250
Built in the Gothic style the church is made from polychrome brick with stucco dressings and was designed by the notable firm of Melbourne architects Crouch & Wilson and based upon St Peter's Church, Woolwich in the UK. Opened 21 February 1868, after the congregation outgrew the original Wesleyan Chapel next door, which is now the…
Launceston, TAS - Presbyterian
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…
Launceston, TAS - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1849
Address: 36 St John Street, , Launceston Tasmania,
It was the second Presbyterian church to be built in the city of Launceston following the Scotch National Church on Charles Street (built 1831). The land was secured with a petition to Lieutenant-Governor, Sir William Thomas Denison for a lot of land occupied by one of the colony's original watch houses. The Building Committee…
Launceston, TAS - St John's Anglican
Address: 157 St John Street, , Launceston Tasmania, 7250
The first foundation stone was laid on the 28th of December 1824 by the Governor of Van Dieman's Land, Sir George Arthur, on land consecrated by the Reverend Samuel Marsden of New South Wales. Construction of the first church was carried out by convict labour. The bricks were made from clay dug n the area opposite the church. The tower…
Launceston, TAS - St Paul's Anglican (Former)
Year Built: 1861
Address: Cleveland Street, , Launceston Tasmania, 7250
The first recorded meeting of parishioners was held November, 1854, those present being the Chairman Rev G.B. Smith, Austin, Barnes, Cleveland, Henty, Palmer and Turnbull. Cleveland and Turnbull were appointed Churchwardens. At a meeting on 9th February, 1855, it was proposed that school be opened in the temporary Church in Frankland…
Lawitta, TAS - Methodist
Year Built: 1837
Address: 49 Larwitta Road, , Lawitta Tasmania, 7140
The Church is one of the oldest in Tasmania, opened in 1837.
Lindisfarne, TAS - Anglican
Address: 54 Lincoln Street, , Lindisfarne Tasmania, 7015
Early services were held in a recreation pavilion then the local Stare School until St Aiden's church hall was erected in 19
Lindisfarne, TAS - Incarnation Catholic
Address: 1 Bay Road, , Lindisfarne Tasmania, 7015
The current church was designed by parishioner and architect Lindsay Wallace Johnston. The church adopted the progressivist ideals of New Brutalism in design.
Longford, TAS - Baptist
Year Built: 2000
Address: 159 Wellington Street, , Longford Tasmania, 7301
A Foundation stone reads, " Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever, Hebrews 13 8 AD 2000".
Longford, TAS - Baptist (Former)
Year Built: 1880
Address: 7 Smith Street, , Longford Tasmania, 7301
The first services were held in what were then known as the Assembly Rooms, and are now the front rooms of the Town Hall. During Pastor Wood's ministry the Sunday School Hall, erected at a cost of four hundred pounds, was received by the pastor as a gift from Mrs. Gibson. The main church building had previously been provided as a gift by…
Longford, TAS - Christ Church Anglican
Year Built: 1839
Address: 2 William Street, , Longford Tasmania, 7301
The first services were held in the open in 1826, then in a two roomed cottage for five people. The first small church was built in 1829 to 1832 and named St Augustine's. This brick church which had a tower was demolished in 1842. The corner stone was laid by Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Franklin on March 16, 1839. The church was…
Longford, TAS - Christ Church Anglican
Year Built: 1842
Address: 1179 Ilawarra Road, , Longford Tasmania, 7291
The Church was built by Captain Edward Dumaresq with Government assistance as a school cum chapel in 1841-2. The chancel was added in 1888 and the church was consecrated in February that year. Mr Dumaresq gave the land and the ironstone and freestone church to the Diocese. In 1905 a new chancel was added at a cost of £350 and dedicated in…
Longford, TAS - St Augustine Catholic
Year Built: 1867
Address: 24 Goderich Street, , Longford Tasmania, 7301
The first of the imposing bluestones which bind St Augustine's Church at Longford was laid in 1864 under the guidance of Longford's energetic parish priest, Fr John Butler. It was a simple act yet a grand occasion, bringing to an end a 50-odd year battle for land and funding for a church to serve the growing number of Catholic families in…
Longford, TAS - Uniting
Year Built: 1879
Address: 3 High Street, , Longford Tasmania, 7301
The first Church was built in Wellington Street on land donated by Joseph Heazlewood. By 1870 it had been demolished and a new church built in High Street. A full history at the website Churches of Tasmania can be viewed here.
Longford, TAS - Wesleyan Chapel (Former)
Year Built: 1887
Address: 107 Wellington Street, , Longford Tasmania, 7301
Opened in 1887 the Longford Methodist Church, or, as it was then known, the Wesleyan Methodist Society, was founded in 1834. Now in private hands.
Lower Barrington, TAS - Baptist
Address: 1056 Sheffield Road, , Lower Barrington Tasmania, 7306
Lower Sandy Bay, TAS - St Stephen's Anglican
Address: 520 Sandy Bay Road, , Lower Sandy Bay Tasmania, 7005
The Church was sold in 2021.
Margate, TAS - All Saints Anglican
Year Built: 1933
Address: Corner Channel Highway & Van Morey Road, , Margate Tasmania, 7054
The Foundation stone was laid on 9 July 1933 by D.B. Blackwood Archdeacon and the church was consecrated the following November.
Marrawah, TAS - St Oswalds Anglican
Address: 773 Comeback Road, , Mallawah Tasmania, 7330
Frederick Wilbraham Ford of Marrawah gifted this land for the purposes of erecting a church building as a Memorial to those residents of Marrawah who lost their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918. The Church known as St Oswalds was erected and consecrated on the site and the building remains a Memorial to those residents of the Marrawah…
Mole Creek, TAS - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Address: 49 Caveside Road, , Mole Creek Tasmania, 7304
The Church was consecrated on the 12th of September 1932 and celebrated its 40th Anniversary in 1972.