http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1149
http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1145
http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1160
http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1163
http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1179
http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1166
http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1155
http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1168
http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1184
http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1174
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George Bodley was a well-known architect working in the Gothic Revival style, and in particular he was influenced by late medieval architecture from England and northern Europe. His best known work is perhaps Magdalen College, Oxford.
For the cathedral tower see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1145
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
]]>The main entrance to St David’s Cathedral is on Murray Street, Hobart. The cathedral was designed by English architect George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907) in 1865 in the Gothic Revival style. The foundation stone was laid in 1868 by Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the nave was consecrated in 1874. The work was supervised by Henry Hunter (1832-1892). The pointed-arch doorway is entered through an arcade consisting of three pointed-arch entrances. The large west window above the entrance includes tracery, five lancet windows, and leadlight made in Melbourne by Brooke Robinson and installed in 1965. The entrance is flanked by two additional pointed-arch windows featuring three lancet windows each, as well as buttressed turrets.
George Bodley was a well-known architect working in the Gothic Revival style, and in particular he was influenced by late medieval architecture from England and northern Europe. His best known work is perhaps Magdalen College, Oxford.
For the cathedral tower see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1145
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
For the exterior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1138
For the Norman font see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1133
]]>The building of St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania, was instigated by Tasmania’s first Catholic bishop, Robert William Willson (1794-1866). The building was designed by William Wardell and built between 1860 and 1866, supervised by Henry Hunter (1832-1892). It was opened by Willson's successor Bishop Daniel Murphy (1815-1907). However the building was found to be faulty and had to be largely dismantled and rebuilt to a modified design by Hunter between 1876 and 1881. The building is in the Gothic Revival style. The interior includes pointed arch windows and columns supporting pointed arch openings within the nave. A survival from the original cathedral is the Hardman window. The stained glass window was made by the Hardman Studio run by John Hardman in Birmingham, England. It is based on Gothic windows of the fourteenth century and features five lancet windows and tracery. It is a memorial to Bishop William and his Vicar-General William Hall (1807-1866). Below the window is the tabernacle. It is made from the remains of the high alter carved by Byron Malloy that was installed at the re-opening of the cathedral in 1881.
For the exterior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1138
For the Norman font see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1133
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1140
For the Norman font see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1133
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The building of St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania, was instigated by Tasmania’s first Catholic bishop, Robert William Willson (1794-1866). The building was designed by William Wardell and built between 1860 and 1866, supervised by Henry Hunter (1832-1892). It was opened by Willson's successor Bishop Daniel Murphy(1815-1907). However the building was found to be faulty and had to be largely dismantled and rebuilt to a modified design by Hunter between 1876 and 1881. The sandstone building is in the Gothic Revival style with blind arcading, buttresses, a rose window, niches, pointed arch doorways and windows (with tracery), pointed finials, lancet windows. The tower of the original cathedral did not survive the redesign. The extension to the right of the cathedral was added in 2010.
For the interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1140
For the Norman font see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1133
For the exterior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1125
For more on St Joseph’s see http://www.passionistshobart.org.au/
]]>St Joseph’s Catholic Church is on the corner of MacQuarie and Harrington Streets in Hobart,
Tasmania. The foundation stone for the sandstone church was laid in 1840 and it was opened by Fr. John Joseph Therry (1790-1864) on Christmas day, 1841. It was the principal Catholic church in Tasmania until St Mary’s Cathedral was completed in 1866, so Tasmania’s first Catholic bishop, Robert William Willson (1794-1866), was installed there when he arrived from England in 1844. The church was designed by ex-convict James Alexander Thompson (1805-1860), and it was built using convict labour. Alterations to the interior were made under the direction of Bishop Willson in 1856 by Henry Hunter (1832-1892). The interior is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and doorway, blind arcading, a gallery supported by rounded clustered gothic columns, and lancet windows. The timber trusses of the roof were painted brown to make them resemble English oak. The large brass electric lights were designed in the Gothic style by Fr Walter McEntee and added in 1972.
For the exterior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1125
For more on St Joseph’s see http://www.passionistshobart.org.au/