St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Ipswich

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Ipswich
Location Mary Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates 27°36′36″S 152°45′22″E / 27.61°S 152.7561°E / -27.61; 152.7561Coordinates: 27°36′36″S 152°45′22″E / 27.61°S 152.7561°E / -27.61; 152.7561
Design period 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century)
Built 1874 - 1970s
Official name: St Marys Roman Catholic Church Precinct, Convent, formerly St Brigids Convent, St Marys Roman Catholic Church, Presbytery, Parish Hall and
Type state heritage (built)
Designated 21 October 1992
Reference no. 600577
Significant period 1874-1884, 1887-1889, 1900-1904, 1909, 1915, 1954, 1970s (fabric)
1850s ongoing (historical)
Significant components convent/nunnery, church, tower, trees/plantings, tomb, wall/s, garden - ornamental/flower, hall, school/school room, pipe organ, driveway, tower - bell / belfry, residential accommodation - presbytery, hitching post
Location of St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Ipswich in Queensland
Location of St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Ipswich in Queensland

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church is a heritage-listed church precinct at Mary Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1874 to 1970s. It is also known as the former St Brigids Convent. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.[1]

History

St Mary's church and convent are on the top of the hill to the right, the Bremer River is on the left, circa 1900
Father Andrew Horan

The first presbytery, a timber cottage, was built in 1860, but by the 1870s was in extremely poor condition. The congregation of St Mary's and the parish priest at the time, Father Andrew Horan, agreed to build a more substantial building. The present presbytery, built in 1876, was designed by the Italian architect Andrea Stombuco who had moved to Brisbane in 1875. This structure is the oldest building in the St Mary's Precinct. The Neo-Classical style building was built of stone and plastered inside and out with Portland cement.[1]

Description

St Mary's Presbytery is a two storeyed stone building constructed in the manner of an Italian villa, to the design of the architect Andrea Stombuco. It is rectangular in plan with a stair hall leading to four rooms at each level.[1]

Heritage listing

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church Precinct 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.

This extensive precinct was established in the late 1850s as the central site of the Roman Catholic Church in Ipswich. Development of St Mary's Catholic Church Complex reflects the principal phases of development and growth in Ipswich, particularly during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[1]

Convent, 2009

The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.

Boys' school, 2012

The complex is a good and substantially intact example of a nineteenth and early twentieth century Roman Catholic Complex with a prominent church, presbytery, parish hall, school buildings and convent. The prominence of the site and architectural quality of the buildings make this a particularly good example of an ecclesiastical precinct in Queensland.[1]

The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.

St Mary's Complex is a landmark in Ipswich and has, for this reason, considerable aesthetic and social value. The site has a number of significant buildings and elements which, individually, have aesthetic and architectural value. St Mary's Church is a good and substantial example of early twentieth century Gothic Revival churches. The presbytery is a fine example of building designed in the Italian villa style, appropriate to the sub tropical climate of Brisbane. Further this building is important as a good example of the work of the renowned Catholic architect, Andrea Giovanni Stombuco. The school buildings, parish hall and convent are also fine buildings of considerable architectural merit.[1]

The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.

St Mary's Catholic Church is significant for its association with Father Andrew Horan, Parish Priest of St Mary's from 1872-1924. Father Horan supervised construction of the church and is buried and commemorated inside the church.[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 Mary's Catholic Church is significant for its association with Father Andrew Horan, Parish Priest of St Mary's from 1872-1924. Father Horan supervised construction of the church and is buried and commemorated inside the church.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "St Marys Roman Catholic Church Precinct (entry 600577)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (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 licence (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014).

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