‘Tasmanian Gothic’, Compass, ABC TV
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<p>‘Tasmanian Gothic’ was an episode of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Compass television programme presented by Geraldine Doogue. The story was researched by Wendy Boynton and aired on June 24, 2012 to celebrate the 200<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the birth of English architect and designer Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852), one of the main instigators of the Gothic Revival. Although he never visited Australia some consider the best examples of Pugin’s work to be in Tasmania, in part due to their preservation. When his friend Robert William Willson (1794-1866) was chosen as Tasmania’s first Catholic Bishop, Pugin provided him with the materials necessary to establish his diocese. These items, including scale models for three churches, were taken by Willson by ship from England to Hobart in 1844. Pugin artefacts in Tasmania include alter cloths, baptismal fonts, chalice linens, crosses, rood screens, headstones, vestments, and a monstrance (a vessel to hold the communion host, first used in the medieval period), the churches at Oatlands and Colebrook, and elements of the church at Richmond. The programme also deals with Pugin’s lasting legacy, including the enduring notion that Gothic style architecture is the most appropriate for ecclesiastical architecture. </p>
<p>For the episode transcript see <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s3510122.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s3510122.htm</a></p>
<p>For the Pugin churches see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1104">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1104</a></p>
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
June 24, 2012
Boynton, Wendy (researcher)
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1104">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1104</a>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/951">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/951</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1117">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1117</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119</a></p>
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St John the Evangelist’s Church interior, Richmond, Tasmania
Brian Andrews, baptismal font, Catholic, font, Henry Edmund Goodridge, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet windows, John Bede Polding, pointed arch, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Pugin, Richmond, St John the Evangelist’s Church, Tas, Tasmania, Frederick Thomas, tiles, tracery, Robert William Willson, Bishop Willson.
<p>St John the Evangelist’s Church is in the village of Richmond, Tasmania, and is the oldest continuously used Catholic church in Australia. The present building is an amalgam of two designs. The earliest building was designed by the English (Bath) architect Henry Edmund Goodbridge (1800-1863) after John Bede Polding (1794-1877), Australia’s first Catholic bishop, obtained plans for several churches from Goodbridge before sailing to Australia in 1835. Polding laid the foundation stone in 1835 and the church was completed in 1837. The nave of the present building is from the original church. In 1859 additions were completed under the supervision of architect Frederick Thomas (1817-1885) from a parts of a detailed scale model made by the English architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) in 1843. The model was made for Pugin’s friend Robert William Willson (1794-1866) who was the first Catholic Bishop in Tasmania. From Pugin’s design come the chancel (including the rear stained glass window with tracery seen in photograph two), sacristy and spire. Thomas designed the communion rails as the rood screen in Pugin’s model was too large for the building, as well as the pointed chancel arch. The interior also includes a font designed by Pugin in 1843. It was carved in England and brought to Tasmania by Bishop Wilson, and sits atop a platform of simple medieval-style tiles. </p>
<p>Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) played a central role in establishing the Gothic Revival style and is best remembered for his work on the Houses of Parliament in London, and the interior of the Palace of Westminster.</p>
<p>For the exterior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/admin/items/show/1117" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1117</a></p>
<p>For an essay on the church by Brian Andrews see <a href="http://www.puginfoundation.org/assets/Richmond_Essay.pdf" target="_self">http://www.puginfoundation.org/assets/Richmond_Essay.pdf</a></p>
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McLeod, Shane (essay by Brian Andrews)
October 5, 2012
No Copyright (essay copyright Brian Andrews and the Pugin Foundation)
<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/admin/items/show/1117">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1117</a>
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St John the Evangelist’s Church exterior, Richmond, Tasmania
Brian Andrews, buttress, Catholic, Rod Cooper, Henry Edmund Goodridge, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet windows, Alexander North, John Bede Polding, pointed arch, porch, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Pugin, Richmond, St John the Evangelist’s Church, spire, Tas, Tasmania, Frederick Thomas, tracery, turret, Robert William Willson, Bishop Willson.
<p>St John the Evangelist’s Church is in the village of Richmond, Tasmania, and is the oldest continuously used Catholic church in Australia. The present building is an amalgam of two designs. The earliest building was designed by the English (Bath) architect Henry Edmund Goodbridge (1800-1863) after John Bede Polding (1794-1877), Australia’s first Catholic bishop, obtained plans for several churches from Goodbridge before sailing to Australia in 1835. Polding laid the foundation stone in 1835 and the church was completed in 1837. The nave of the present building is from the original church. In 1859 additions were completed under the supervision of architect Frederick Thomas (1817-1885) from a detailed scale model made by the English architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) in 1843. The model was made for Pugin’s friend Robert William Willson (1794-1866) who was the first Catholic Bishop in Tasmania. From Pugin’s design come the chancel (including the rear window with tracery), sacristy and spire. The building is in the Gothic Revival style with pointed arch doorways, buttresses, tracery, spire, stair turret, and lancet windows. The present spire is the third and a scaled down version of Pugin's original designed by architect Rod Cooper and added in 1972. The cross on top of the spire is all that remains of the second spire, designed by Alexander North (1858-1945) in 1893.</p>
<p>Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) played a central role in establishing the Gothic Revival style and is best remembered for his work on the Houses of Parliament in London, and the interior of the Palace of Westminster.</p>
<p>For the interior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119</a></p>
<p> For an essay on the church by Brian Andrews see <a href="http://www.puginfoundation.org/assets/Richmond_Essay.pdf" target="_self">http://www.puginfoundation.org/assets/Richmond_Essay.pdf</a></p>
McLeod, Shane (Essay by Brian Andrews)
October 5, 2012
No Copyright (Essay copyright Brian Andrews; Pugin Foundation)
<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119</a>
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St Patrick’s Church, Colebrook, Tasmania
Brian Andrews, bellcote, buttress, Catholic, Colebrook, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet windows, St Patrick, pointed arch, porch, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Pugin, St Patrick’s Church, Tas, Tasmania, Frederick Thomas, tracery, Robert William Willson, Bishop Willson.
<p>St Patrick’s Catholic Church is in the village of Colebrook, Tasmania. The sandstone building was built in 1855-7 under the supervision of architect Frederick Thomas from a detailed scale model made by the English architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) in 1843. The model was made for Pugin’s friend Robert William Willson (1794-1866) who was the first Catholic Bishop in Tasmania. The building is in the Gothic Revival style with pointed arch doorways, buttresses, tracery, porch, and lancet windows. A noticeable feature is the triple bellcote which was reinstated in 2007 after falling in a storm in 1895. The elaborate balustrade was not part of Pugin’s design and was added by Thomas due to the sloping site. St Patrick’s represents Pugin’s idea of an early fourteenth century English village church.</p>
<p>Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) played a central role in establishing the Gothic Revival style and is best remembered for his work on the Houses of Parliament in London, and the interior of the Palace of Westminster.</p>
<p>St Patrick (c. 387 - c. 460) was an early medieval British missionary who worked in northern Ireland and is now Ireland’s patron saint.</p>
<p>For an essay on the church by Brian Andrews see <a href="http://www.puginfoundation.org/assets/Colebrook_Essay.pdf" target="_self">http://www.puginfoundation.org/assets/Colebrook_Essay.pdf</a></p>
McLeod, Shane (essay by Brian Andrews)
October 5, 2012
No Copyright (essay copyright Pugin Foundation, Brian Andrews)
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St Paul’s Church, Oatlands, Tasmania
Brian Andrews, bellcote, blind window, buttress, Catholic, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet window, medieval village, Oatlands, St Paul’s Church, pointed arch, porch, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Pugin, Frederick Thomas, Tas, Tasmania, tracery, Bishop Robert William Willson.
<p>St Paul’s Church is a small stone Catholic church in the Tasmanian town of Oatlands. The church was designed by the English architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin in 1843 and constructed in 1850-1. It opened on February 25, 1851. The church was constructed from a detailed model brought to Tasmania by the first Catholic bishop of Tasmania, Robert William Willson, who was a friend of Pugin’s. Hobart architect Frederick Thomas supervised the construction. The building is in the Gothic Revival style and features lancet windows with tracery, a pointed arch entrance, buttresses, a porch, and a bellcote. It represents Pugin’s idea of a medieval village church. </p>
<p>Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) played a central role in establishing the Gothic Revival style and is best remembered for his work on the Houses of Parliament in London, and the interior of the Palace of Westminster. </p>
<p>Further information on St Paul’s, including an essay<br />by Brian Andrews, can be found at: <a href="http://www.puginfoundation.org/">http://www.puginfoundation.org/</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
August 3, 2012
No copyright
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