Interior, Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul, Mullewa
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The church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul is in the small rural Western Australian town of Mullewa. The church was built between 1920 and 1927 to the design of Monsignor John Cyril Hawes as his parish church. Hawes was also the builder, fundraiser, and a labourer for the building. His design for the church changed following a study tour to France, Spain and Italy in 1923, and Hawes stated that the style was inspired by twelfth-century churches found in southern France. The elaborate interior of the church includes prominent brick ribs to create a vaulted ceiling. The photograph shows the sanctuary.
For more on the architecture of Monsignor Hawes see John J. Taylor, Between Devotion and Design: The Architecture of John Cyril Hawes 1876-1956 (University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, 2000).
Munro, Tony
2002
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The Trussed Timber Roof of Christ Church, Claremont, WA
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A view of the timber trusses and arch braces of the ceiling at Christ Church, Claremont, in Western Australia. The ceiling of the church is comprised of tongue and groove pine boards. It is supported by timber crucks extending from corbels on the walls between the arcading. The curved timbers intersect to form functional, but also decorative, arch-braces. Arches roof trusses were a common feature of medieval architecture.
About Christ Church, Claremont:
Christ Church is an Anglican Church located in Claremont, Western Australia. It was designed by Perth architect J. J. Talbot Hobbs and built in a Gothic Revival style. The foundation stone was laid on 10 September 1892, and the original church building (consisting of the Sanctuary and the eastern four bays of the nave) was completed in February 1893. The nave was extended in 1901, and in 1909 two aisles were added. Further extensions took place in 1938 when the vestry, porch and square bell tower at the western end were completed under the supervision of architect T. W. L. Powell.
McEwan, Joanne
4 February 2011
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Christ Church Interior, Claremont, WA
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An interior view of Christ Church, Claremont in Western Australia. The neo-gothic style of the building is clearly visible in the pointed arches of the stained-glass windows, arcading and large chancel arch separating the rectangular nave from the octagonal chancel. The wooden pulpit and lectern are the work of William Howitt, a well-known Western Australian wood carver.
About Christ Church, Claremont:
Christ Church is an Anglican Church that was designed by Perth architect J. J. Talbot Hobbs and built in a Gothic Revival style. The foundation stone was laid on 10 September 1892, and the original church building (consisting of the Sanctuary and the eastern four bays of the nave) was completed in February 1893. The nave was extended in 1901, and in 1909 two aisles were added. Further extensions took place in 1938 when the vestry, porch and square bell tower at the western end were completed under the supervision of architect T. W. L. Powell.
McEwan, Joanne
4 February 2011
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Trussed Timber Roof, Christ Church, Claremont, Western Australia
altar, Anglican, Anglican church, apse, arch, arch-brace, architect, architecture, chancel arch, church, church building, Church of England, Claremont, corbel, Cottesloe limestone, gothic architecture, Gothic Revival style, J. J. Talbot Hobbs, lancet arch, limestone, masonry, nave, neo-gothic, purlin, sanctuary, T. W. L. Powell, trussed ceiling, Western Australia
A view of the timber trusses and arch braces of the ceiling at Christ Church, Claremont, in Western Australia. The ceiling of the church is comprised of tongue and groove pine boards. It is supported by timber crucks extending from corbels on the walls between the arcading. The curved timbers intersect to form functional, but also decorative, arch-braces. Arches roof trusses were a common feature of medieval architecture.
About Christ Church, Claremont:
Christ Church is an Anglican Church located in Claremont, Western Australia. It was designed by Perth architect J. J. Talbot Hobbs and built in a Gothic Revival style. The foundation stone was laid on 10 September 1892, and the original church building (consisting of the Sanctuary and the eastern four bays of the nave) was completed in February 1893. The nave was extended in 1901, and in 1909 two aisles were added. Further extensions took place in 1938 when the vestry, porch and square bell tower at the western end were completed under the supervision of architect T. W. L. Powell.
McEwan, Joanne
04 February 2011
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Christ Church Interior, Claremont, Western Australia
altar, Anglican, Anglican church, apse, arch, architect, architecture, buttress, chancel, chancel arch, church, church building, Church of England, Claremont, Cottesloe limestone, gothic architecture, Gothic Revival style, J. J. Talbot Hobbs, lancet arch, lancet windows, lead-light windows, lectern, limestone, masonry, nave, neo-gothic, pews, pulpit, sanctuary, stained glass, T. W. L. Powell, trussed ceiling, Western Australia, William Howitt, wood-carving
An interior view of Christ Church, Claremont in Western Australia. The neo-gothic style of the building is clearly visible in the pointed arches of the stained-glass windows, arcading and large chancel arch separating the rectangular nave from the octagonal chancel. The wooden pulpit and lectern are the work of William Howitt, a well-known Western Australian wood carver.
About Christ Church, Claremont:
Christ Church is an Anglican Church that was designed by Perth architect J. J. Talbot Hobbs and built in a Gothic Revival style. The foundation stone was laid on 10 September 1892, and the original church building (consisting of the Sanctuary and the eastern four bays of the nave) was completed in February 1893. The nave was extended in 1901, and in 1909 two aisles were added. Further extensions took place in 1938 when the vestry, porch and square bell tower at the western end were completed under the supervision of architect T. W. L. Powell.
McEwan, Joanne
04 February 2011
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Building a Cathedral. Progress at St. Mary's.
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In this newspaper article from The West Australian, the author describes progress on the building of the eastern part of St. Mary’s Cathedral in East Perth in June, 1929. He describes the Gothic design of the architecture as a particularly English style dating from the period 1370-1550, characterised by “a perpendicularity given it by the extensions of the chief mullions in the windows on to the arches and the addition of horizontal bars or transoms to divide the long lightsâ€. The style is also notable, the article suggests, for its “great window spacesâ€. In the second half of the article, the author likens the intricate stonework of the 25 masons employed to work on the cathedral to that of guild journeymen building village cathedrals in the middle ages.
"Hermes"
National Library of Australia<br /><a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32284566" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32284566</a><a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32284539" target="_blank"><br /></a>
The West Australian
Saturday, 1 June 1929, p.7.
The West Australian
Newspaper Article