St Mary's Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point
| St Mary's Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point | |
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St Mary's Anglican Church, West Front, 2009 | |
| Location | 433, 447 & 449 Main Street, Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′29″S 153°02′06″E / 27.4747°S 153.0351°ECoordinates: 27°28′29″S 153°02′06″E / 27.4747°S 153.0351°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1873 - 1931 |
| Architect | Richard George Suter |
| Official name: St Marys Anglican Church | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600244 |
| Significant period | 1873, 1879, 1889, 1892-93, 1901, 1931 (fabric) |
| Significant components | stained glass window/s, gate - entrance, church, trees/plantings, furniture/fittings, hall, wall/s, memorial/monument, residential accommodation - rectory, pipe organ, tower - bell / belfry |
| Builders | Alfred Grant |
  Location of St Mary's Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point in Queensland | |
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St Marys Anglican Church is a heritage-listed churchyard at 433, 447 & 449 Main Street, Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Richard George Suter and built from 1873 to 1931. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.[1]
History
The Church of St Marys Kangaroo Point was built in 1873 by Alfred Grant to a design by diocesan architect Richard G Suter. It replaced a timber structure built in 1849 on land closer to the river. In 1892 a cyclone caused considerable damage to the church's roof and bellcote.[1]
The pipe organ is the oldest in Queensland, dating from the early nineteenth century. It was imported from a London church in 1876.[1]
The church hall was built in 1879. The rectory, designed by diocesan architect John Hingeston Buckeridge was completed in 1889.[1]
St Marys was patronized by the governors when they resided at Old Government House. It has always been the naval chapel in Queensland and was once connected by stairs with the Naval Stores below the quarry face. The Warriors' Chapel, dedicated in 1950, contains a memorial to those who died on HMAS Voyager in 1964.[1]
Description
St Marys is a Gothic style church built on a prominent riverside site above the Kangaroo Point quarries. Constructed of Brisbane tuff, it is cruciform in shape, but with shallow transepts and a faceted sanctuary bay. The gable roof, originally timber shingled, is now in ribbed galvanized iron. It is surmounted by a small stone bellcote at the front gable.[1]
In the interior, the nave is unlined, and timber trusses, resting on small masonry pillars, support the roof. The sanctuary is lined with plaster and its ceiling features three paintings by the noted artist Godfrey Rivers.[1]
The hall is a timber structure on concrete stumps. Cruciform in shape, it has a gabled corrugated iron roof surmounted by a central ventilation lantern.[1]
The rectory is a large single-storeyed brick residence with verandahs on three sides. It stands on brick piers with honeycomb infill. Entry is through a gabled frontispiece. The verandah has timber posts and balusters. A number of bays on the rear verandah add to the complexity of the corrugated roof which is a series of hips and gables.[1]
Heritage listing
St Marys Anglican Church was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.[1]
The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.
St Marys Anglican Church is significant as having always been the naval chapel in Queensland. St Marys Anglican Church contains the oldest pipe organ in Queensland and the religious art of Godfrey Rivers.[1]
The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage.
St Marys Anglican Church is an early and intact religious precinct of church, hall and rectory and is one of the only two surviving stone churches designed by RG Suter.[1]
The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.
St Marys Anglican Church is an early and intact religious precinct of church, hall and rectory and is one of the only two surviving stone churches designed by RG Suter.[1]
The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.
The building remains as an historical and visual landmark in Kangaroo Point.[1]
The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.
St Marys Anglican Church is significant as having always been the naval chapel in Queensland.[1]
The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.
St Marys Anglican Church is an early and intact religious precinct of church, hall and rectory and is one of the only two surviving stone churches designed by RG Suter.[1]
References
Attribution
This Wikipedia article contains text from "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU license (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were originally computed from the "Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU license (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014).