The Blue Place, Kempton, Tasmania
The Blue Place, Gothic, Gothic Revival, James Hadden, hall, Kempton, lancet window, pointed arch, Presbyterian, Presbyterian Church, Tas, Tasmania.
The Blue Place is a community hall housed in a former Presbyterian Church in the small Tasmanian town of Kempton. The timber church was built in 1886 on land donated by James Hadden (d. 1911), whose mother Jane had been a Presbyterian convict transported from Scotland. The church is in the Gothic Revival style and features lancet windows, a pointed arch door and doorway, and decorated timber at the front of the building.
McLeod, Shane
November 21, 2012
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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
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<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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(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>
Digital Photograph
(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 Michael and All Angels Anglican Church tower and exterior, Bothwell, Tasmania
Anglican, blind arcading, Bothwell, buttress, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet windows, Thomas Lewis, Alexander North, pointed arch, Presbyterian, St Luke’s Church, St Michael and All Angels Church, Tas, Tasmania, tower, turret.
<p>St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church is in the<br />small town of Bothwell in Tasmania. It was built from 1887 and consecrated in 1891 after disputes between the towns Anglican and Presbyterian congregations made the continued sharing of St Luke’s (1830) impossible. St Michael and All Angels was designed by Launceston architect Alexander North (1858-1945) and built of local stone by stonemason Thomas Lewis. The tower, with an internal stone spiral staircase and stair turret, was added in 1923. The proportions of the Gothic Revival church make it appear to be a small country cathedral. The church features buttresses, blind arcading, lancet windows, and pointed arch entrances. </p>
<p>For more of the exterior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1158">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1158</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1157">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1157</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
October 8, 2012
No Copyright
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1157">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1157</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1158">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1158</a></p>
<p> </p>
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St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church unfinished exterior, Bothwell, Tasmania
Anglican, Bothwell, buttress, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet windows, Thomas Lewis, Alexander North, pointed arch, Presbyterian, St Luke’s Church, St Michael and All Angels Church, spire, Tas, Tasmania.
<p>St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church is in the small town of Bothwell in Tasmania. It was built from 1887 and consecrated in 1891 after disputes between the towns Anglican and Presbyterian congregations made the continued sharing of St Luke’s (1830) impossible. St Michael and All Angels was designed by Launceston architect Alexander North (1858-1945) and built of local stone by stonemason Thomas Lewis. As is clearly evident from these photographs, the cruciform church is not yet complete and is missing its north transept and spire. Instead, a weatherboard extension has been added, with Gothic-style windows sympathetic to the main building. The church is in the Gothic Revival style and features buttresses and lancet windows.</p>
<p>For more of the exterior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1162">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1162</a> and</p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1157">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1157</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
October 8, 2012
No Copyright
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1162">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1162</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1157">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1157</a></p>
<p> </p>
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St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church porch, Bothwell, Tasmania
Anglican, Bothwell, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Thomas Lewis, Alexander North, pointed arch, porch, Presbyterian, St Luke’s Church, St Michael and All Angels Church, Tas, Tasmania.
St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church is in the small town of Bothwell in Tasmania. It was built from 1887 and consecrated in 1891 after disputes between the towns Anglican and Presbyterian congregations made the continued sharing of St Luke’s (1830) impossible. St Michael and All Angels was designed by Launceston architect Alexander North and built of local stone by stonemason Thomas Lewis. The church is entered through a small porch featuring stone seats. Both doorways have pointed Gothic arches.
McLeod, Shane
October 8, 2012
No Copyright
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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>
<p> </p>
McLeod, Shane
October 8, 2012
No Copyright
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1146">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1146</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1147">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1147</a></p>
2xDigital Photograph