St John’s Anglican Church, Kirribilli, Sydney, New South Wales
Anglican, Edmund Thomas Blacket, buttress, Church by the Bridge, Church of St John the Baptist, St John’s Anglican Church, Kirribilli, New South Wales, NSW, porch, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, spire, Sydney, tower
The Church of St John the Baptist, also known as St John’s Anglican Church is in the Sydney, New South Wales, suburb of Kirribilli. It was originally built as a church school and was designed by Edmund Thomas Blacket (1817-1883). It was built in 1884, with the vestry and sanctuary added in 1900 and the parish hall (now a kindergarten) in 1909. Due to its position close to one end of Sydney Harbour Bridge St John’s is also known as the Church by the Bridge and an evangelical group of that name meet at the church. The Church of St John the Baptist is in the Romanesque Revival style and features semi-circular arched windows and doorways, a circular window, buttresses, a porch, and a copper overlaid bell tower topped by a spire.
McLeod, Shane
18 December 2012
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St John’s Anglican Church, Kirribilli, Sydney, New South Wales
Anglican, Edmund Thomas Blacket, buttress, Church by the Bridge, Church of St John the Baptist, St John’s Anglican Church, Kirribilli, New South Wales, NSW, porch, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, spire, Sydney, tower
The Church of St John the Baptist, also known as St John’s Anglican Church is in the Sydney, New South Wales, suburb of Kirribilli. It was originally built as a church school and was designed by Edmund Thomas Blacket (1817-1883). It was built in 1884, with the vestry and sanctuary added in 1900 and the parish hall (now a kindergarten) in 1909. Due to its position close to one end of Sydney Harbour Bridge St John’s is also known as the Church by the Bridge and an evangelical group of that name meet at the church. The Church of St John the Baptist is in the Romanesque Revival style and features semi-circular arched windows and doorways, a circular window, buttresses, a porch, and a copper overlaid bell tower topped by a spire.
McLeod, Shane
18 December 2012
No Copyright
Digital Photograph; JPEG
Christ Church St Laurence Anglican Church, Sydney, New South Wales
Anglican, Edmund Thomas Blacket, William Grant Broughton, Bishop Broughton, buttress, Christ Church St Laurence, crenel, Gothic, Gothic Revival, New South Wales, NSW, parapet, pointed arch, Henry Robertson, spire, Sydney, tower, tracery.
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<p>Christ Church St Laurence Anglican Church is at 812 George Street in the inner-city suburb of Haymarket in Sydney, New South Wales. The foundation stone of the church was laid by William Grant Broughton (1788-1853), Australia’s first Bishop, on New Year’s Day 1840, and he consecrated the church on September 10, 1845. The original architect was Henry Robertson, who completed the walls of the nave and the base of the tower. Edmund Thomas Blacket (1817-1883) was responsible for much of the interior, including the stone window tracery and ceiling. Following a fire in 1905 the architect John Burcham Clamp (1869-1931) restored much of the interior. Christ Church St Lawrence is in the Gothic Revival style and the interior features pointed arch windows lancet windows with stone window mouldings, tracery, and stained glass, a timber ceiling with trusses, and a painted wall around the east window. Painted interiors of churches was common during the medieval period before the Reformation, after which many were white-washed in countries which turned from Catholicism.</p>
<p>For their very informative website of the church see <a href="http://www.ccsl.org.au/">http://www.ccsl.org.au/</a></p>
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McLeod, Shane
17 December 2012
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Christ Church St Laurence Anglican Church interior, Haymarket, Sydney, New South Wales
Anglican, Edmund Thomas Blacket, William Grant Broughton, Bishop Broughton, Christ Church St Laurence, John Burcham Clamp, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Haymarket, lancet windows, New South Wales, NSW, pointed arch, Henry Robertson, stained glass, Sydney, tracery
<p>Christ Church St Laurence Anglican Church is at 812 George Street in the inner-city suburb of Haymarket in Sydney, New South Wales. The foundation stone of the church was laid by William Grant Broughton (1788-1853), Australia’s first Bishop, on New Year’s Day 1840, and he consecrated the church on September 10, 1845. The original architect was Henry Robertson, who completed the walls of the nave and the base of the tower. Edmund Thomas Blacket (1817-1883) was responsible for much of the interior, including the stone window tracery and ceiling. Following a fire in 1905 the architect John Burcham Clamp (1869-1931) restored much of the interior. Christ Church St Lawrence is in the Gothic Revival style and the interior features pointed arch windows lancet windows with stone window mouldings, tracery, and stained glass, a timber ceiling with trusses, and a painted wall around the east window. Painted interiors of churches was common during the medieval period before the Reformation, after which many were white-washed in countries which turned from Catholicism.</p>
<p>For their very informative website of the church see <a href="http://www.ccsl.org.au/">http://www.ccsl.org.au/</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
17 December 2012
No Copyright
Digital Photograph; JPEG