St Mark’s Church of England rear, Pontville, Tasmania
Anglican, arrow slit, James Blackburn, blind doorway, buttress, Celtic cross, cemetery, Church of England, column, convict, John Franklin, garden, Joseph Moir, Neo-Norman, Pontville, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, St Mark’s Church of England, semi-circular arch, stained glass, Tas, Tasmania, tower.
<p>St Mark’s Church of England (now Anglican) is in the small Tasmanian town of Pontville. The ashlar stone church was built between 1839 and 1841 by Joseph Moir and the foundation stone (no longer visible) is thought to have been laid by Governor Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). Due to a dispute over the ownership of the land the church was not consecrated until 1884. St Mark’s was designed by the convict architect James Blackburn (1803-1854) in the Romanesque Revival, or Neo-Norman, style. It is one of the oldest remaining buildings in the style in Australia. It features semi-circular arches on the doorways and windows, Celtic crosses at each gable end, four small square corner towers with arrow slits and pyramid-shaped roofs of iron, stained glass, and buttresses along the sides of the building. Additional features at the rear of the building are blind doorways with semi-circular arches on the towers, a large stained glass window (with protective covering), and an unusual Romanesque square garden feature (or tomb?) in the cemetery with columns and semi-circular arches.</p>
<p>Romanesque Revival architecture is sometimes referred to as Neo-Norman due to the Normans influence in spreading the Romanesque style through England after their conquest in 1066.</p>
<p>For the rest of the exterior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1233">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1233</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
November 21, 2012
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<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1233">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1233</a>
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St Mark’s Church of England, Pontville, Tasmania
Anglican, arcade, arrow slit, James Blackburn, buttress, capital, Celtic cross, Church of England, column, convict, John Franklin, Joseph Moir, Neo-Norman, Pontville, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, St Mark’s Church of England, semi-circular arch, stained glass, Tas, Tasmania, tower, trefoil window.
<p>St Mark’s Church of England (now Anglican) is in the small Tasmanian town of Pontville. The ashlar stone church was built between 1839 and 1841 by Joseph Moir and the foundation stone (no longer visible) is thought to have been laid by Governor Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). Due to a dispute over the ownership of the land the church was not consecrated until 1884. St Mark’s was designed by the convict architect James Blackburn (1803-1854) in a distinctive Romanesque Revival, or Neo-Norman, style. It is one of the oldest remaining buildings in the style in Australia. It features semi-circular arches on the doorways and windows, Celtic crosses at each gable end, four small square corner towers with arrow slits and pyramid-shaped roofs of iron, stained glass, and buttresses along the sides of the building. Of particular note is the entrance, consisting of a decorated semi-circular entrance arch supported by two substantial columns with capitals, and smaller arches and columns forming an arcade on either side of the entrance. Above the entrance are two trefoil windows.</p>
<p>Romanesque Revival architecture is sometimes referred to as Neo-Norman due to the Normans influence in spreading the Romanesque style through England after their conquest in 1066.</p>
<p>For the rear of the building see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1238">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1238</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
November 21, 2012
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<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1238">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1238</a>
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(Former) St Matthew’s Presbyterian Church rear window, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania
James Blackburn, capital, columns, convict, John Franklin, Glenorchy, Hobart, Kirk and Fisher, Neo-Norman, Presbyterian, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, Tas, Tasmania, tracery.
<p>The former St Matthew’s Presbyterian Church is in the suburb of Glenorchy in Hobart, Tasmania. The church is in the Romanesque Revival style and is one of the earliest remaining Romanesque Revival buildings in Australia. The style is evident in the rear window of the church, made up of three narrow windows featuring tracery with semi-circular arches, above which are two small circular windows. The window frame also has a semi-circular arch, with columns and capitals on either side of the window.</p>
<p>St Matthew’s was designed by the convict architect James Blackburn (1803-1854) in 1839. The foundation stone was laid by Governor Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) in 1839 and the church was built by the Hobart company Kirk and Fisher and completed in 1841.</p>
<p>Romanesque Revival architecture is sometimes referred to as Neo-Norman due to the Normans influence in spreading the Romanesque style through England after their conquest in 1066.</p>
<p>For more of the building see</p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1213">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1213</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1211">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1211</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
November 21, 2012
No Copyright
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1213">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1213</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1211">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1211</a></p>
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St Mary’s Church of England, Kempton, Tasmania
Anglican, James Blackburn, buttress, Church of England, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Kempton, lancet window, pointed arch, Romanesque, St Mary’s Church of England, semi-circular arch, Tas, Tasmania, tower.
St Mary’s Church of England (now Anglican) is in the small Tasmanian town of Kempton. The foundation stone for the sandstone church was laid in 1839 and it opened in 1844. It is thought that the church was designed by the convict architect James Blackburn (1803-1854). The church is in the Gothic Revival style and features lancet windows (the small ones at the front are concreted up), including groups of three lancet windows at the building’s east and west, buttresses, and a pointed arch door and doorway. The square tower is unfinished, resulting in the bell being housed in a smaller structure on its top. Surprisingly, this addition has three Romanesque semi-circular arches on each side rather than the Gothic pointed arches used elsewhere on the building.
McLeod, Shane
November 21, 2012
No Copyright
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(Former) St Matthew’s Presbyterian Church entrance, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania
James Blackburn, blind arcading, columns, convict, John Franklin, Glenorchy, Hobart, Kirk and Fisher, Neo-Norman, Presbyterian, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, Tas, Tasmania.
<p>The former St Matthew’s Presbyterian Church is in the suburb of Glenorchy in Hobart, Tasmania. It was designed by the convict architect James Blackburn (1803-1854) in 1839. The foundation stone was laid by Governor Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) in 1839 and the church was built by the Hobart company Kirk and Fisher and completed in 1841. The church is in the Romanesque Revival style and is one of the earliest remaining Romanesque Revival buildings in Australia. The style is evident in the entrance to the church featuring a semi-circular arched doorway and door, and on the blind arcading above the doorway. The doorway also decorated columns and decorated molding on the doorway arch.</p>
<p>Romanesque Revival architecture is sometimes referred to as Neo-Norman due to the Normans influence in spreading the Romanesque style through England after their conquest in 1066.</p>
<p>For more of the building see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1211">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1211</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
November 21, 2012
No Copyright
<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1211">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1211</a>
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(Former) St Matthew’s Presbyterian Church, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania
James Blackburn, blind arcading, buttress, cemetery, columns, convict, John Franklin, Glenorchy, Hobart, Kirk and Fisher, Neo-Norman, Presbyterian, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, Tas, Tasmania, tower, tracery.
<p>St Matthew’s Presbyterian Church is in the suburb of Glenorchy in Hobart, Tasmania. It was designed by the convict architect James Blackburn (1803-1854) in 1839. The foundation stone was laid by Governor Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) in 1839 and the church was built by the firm Kirk and Fisher and completed in 1841. The church is in the Romanesque Revival style and is one of the earliest remaining Romanesque Revival buildings in Australia. The style is evident in the use of semi-circular arches on the windows, doorway, and the blind arcading above the doorway. The building also has buttresses, a large square corner tower, and three smaller octagonal corner towers. The church is unusual in having its cemetery at the front of the building.</p>
<p>Romanesque Revival architecture is sometimes referred to as Neo-Norman due to the Normans influence in spreading the Romanesque style through England after their conquest in 1066.</p>
<p>For a close up photograph of the entrance see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1213">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1213</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
November 21, 2012
No Copyright
<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1213">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1213</a>
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St Andrew’s Anglican Church interior, Westbury, Tasmania
Anglican, James Blackburn, carving, Church of England, convict, Gothic, Gothic Revival, memorial, Ellen Nora Payne, pointed arch, pulpit, rood screen, St Andrew’s Anglican Church, stained glass, Tas, Tasmania, tracery, Westbury, woodcarver.
<p>The interior of St Andrew’s Church of England (Anglican) in the small Tasmanian town of Westbury continues the Gothic Revival style of its exterior. The nave was designed by the convict architect James Blackburn (1803-1854) in 1840-02. Of particular note are the various carvings by Tasmanian woodcarver Ellen Nora Payne (1865-1962) of Hobart, who had been born in the Westbury district. These include the pulpit which was carved in London sometime between 1901 and 1906, and the ‘Seven Sisters’ rood, or chancel, screen completed in 1938 as a memorial to her seven dead sisters. The screen features a recreation of tracery common in Gothic windows. Other Gothic features are the large pointed arch east window with tracery made up of three lancet windows with stained glass, lancet windows in the north and south walls, and the internal pointed-arch doors and doorways.</p>
<p>For more of the interior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1186">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1186</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1197">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1197</a></p>
<p>For the exterior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1178">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1178</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
October 20, 2012
No Copyright
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1186">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1186</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1178">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1178</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1197">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1197</a></p>
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St Andrew’s Anglican Church exterior, Westbury, Tasmania
Anglican, George Arthur, James Blackburn, buttress, Church of England, William Henry Clayton, convict, crenellation, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet windows, Francis Russell Nixon, parapet, pinnacle, pointed arch, porch, St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Tas, Tasmania, tower, tracery, Westbury.
<p>St Andrew’s Church of England (Anglican) is opposite the Village Green in the small Tasmanian town of Westbury. The foundation stone was laid in 1836 by Lieutenant George Arthur (1784-1854) and the sandstone brick church was first used in 1841. The nave was designed by the convict architect James Blackburn (1803-1854) in 1840-02. The church was finally consecrated in 1851 by Tasmania’s first Bishop, Francis Russell Nixon (1803-1879). The tower was added in 1859 under the supervision of architect William Henry Clayton (1823-1877). The sanctuary and chancel were completed in 1888 and consecrated in 1890. St Andrew’s is in the Gothic Revival style and features buttresses, lancet windows, a porch, tracery in the east window, and pointed arch doorways. The tower is topped by a crenelated parapet and originally had pinnacles but these were removed following serious storm damage in 1877.</p>
<p>For the interior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1191">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1191</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1186">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1186</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1197">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1197</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
October 20, 2012
No Copyright
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1191">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1191</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1186">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1186</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1197">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1197</a></p>
<p> </p>
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