St Luke’s Church interior, Bothwell, Tasmania
Anglican, John Lee Archer, George Arthur, Bothwell, Celtic, Celtic cross, convict, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet window, pointed arch, Presbyterian, St Luke’s Church, stained glass, Tas, Tasmania, Uniting Church.
<p>St Luke’s Church is in the small town of Bothwell in Tasmania. Built by the government under the direction of Lieutenant Governor George Arthur (1784-1854), St Luke’s originally held combined services for Anglicans and Presbyterians, before the Anglicans built their own church in 1891. It is now a Uniting Church. It was designed in 1828 by John Lee Archer (1791-1852) and was opened in 1830. Apparently the building was supposed to have Romanesque semi-circular windows but George Arthur directed Archer to change them to the pointed Gothic style as he considered rounded windows unchristian (!). The simple interior of the church shows these Gothic windows, consisting of two lancet windows parallel and more recent stained glass. Some of the stained glass feature ring-headed ‘Celtic’ crosses that originated during the early medieval period in Ireland. The design is more commonly found in Catholic churches but such stylistic barriers between the denominations are now less common.</p>
<p>For the exterior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1146">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1146</a></p>
<p>For the Celtic heads see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1147">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1147</a></p>
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McLeod, Shane
October 8, 2012
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<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1147">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1147</a></p>
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St Luke’s Church ‘Celtic’ heads, Bothwell, Tasmania
Anglican, John Lee Archer, George Arthur, Bothwell, Celtic, convict, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Daniel Herbert, parapet, pointed arch, Presbyterian, sculpture, St Luke’s Church, Tas, Tasmania, Uniting Church.
<p>St Luke’s Church is in the small town of Bothwell in Tasmania. Built by the government under the direction of Lieutenant Governor George Arthur (1784-1854), St Luke’s originally held combined services for Anglicans and Presbyterians, before the Anglicans built their own church in 1891. It is now a Uniting Church. It was designed in 1828 by John Lee Archer (1791-1852) and was opened in 1830. The pointed arch molding around the doorway ends in two heads reputedly carved by the convict sculptor Daniel Herbert (1802-1868). The heads possibly depict a Celtic god and goddess.</p>
<p>For the church exterior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1146">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1146</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
October 8, 2012
No Copyright
<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1146">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1146</a>
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St Luke’s Church exterior, Bothwell, Tasmania
Anglican, John Lee Archer, George Arthur, Bothwell, buttress, crenellation, Gothic, Gothic Revival, parapet, pointed arch, Presbyterian, Romanesque, St Luke’s Church, Tas, Tasmania, tower, Uniting Church.
<p>St Luke’s Church is in the small town of Bothwell in Tasmania. Built by the government, St Luke’s originally held combined services for Anglicans and Presbyterians, before the Anglicans built their own church in 1891. It is now a Uniting Church. It was designed in 1828 by John Lee Archer (1791-1852) and was opened in 1830. Apparently the building was supposed to have Romanesque semi-circular windows but Lieutenant Governor George Arthur (1784-1854) directed Archer to change them to the Gothic style as he considered rounded windows unchristian (!). The church is in the Gothic Revival style with pointed arch doorways and windows, and corner buttresses. The central tower is topped by a crenellated parapet.</p>
<p>For the Celtic heads on the entrance doorway see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1147">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1147</a></p>
<p>For the interior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1154">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1154</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
October 8, 2012
No Copyright
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1147">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1147</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1154">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1154</a></p>
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St Luke the Physician’s Church exterior, Richmond, Tasmania
Anglican, John Lee Archer, Bishop Broughton, buttress, convict, Gothic, Gothic Revival, pointed arch, porch, Richmond, Romanesque, St Luke the Physician’s Church, Tas, Tasmania, tower, tracery.
<p>St Luke the Physician’s Anglican Church is in the town of Richmond, Tasmania. The sandstone building was designed by architect John Lee Archer and built by convict labour. It was completed in 1836 and consecrated by Bishop Broughton in 1838. The clock came from St David’s Church in Hobart and was added to the tower in 1922. The building is primarily in the Romanesque style with semi-circular windows and entrance doorway, although the pointed arch stained glass window with tracery in the chancel is Gothic in style. Other medieval inspired features are the central tower and the two small solid towers at the rear, all with crenellation.</p>
<p>For the interior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1124" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1124</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
October 5, 2012
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St Peter’s Church, Oatlands, Tasmania
Anglican, John Lee Archer, buttress, clock molding, crenellation, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet window, Robert de Little, parapet, Oatlands, St Peter’s Church, pointed arch, porch, Tas, Tasmania, tower, turret.
St Peter’s Church is a stone Anglican church in the Tasmanian town of Oatlands. The church was designed by architects John Lee Archer and Robert de Little and building commenced in 1838. The building is in the Gothic Revival style and features lancet windows, a pointed arch entrance, buttresses, a porch, clock moldings, and a square tower topped by a crenellated parapet and corner turrets.
McLeod, Shane
August 3, 2012
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