Rose Tympanum, St Patrick’s Basilica, Fremantle, Western Australia

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Rose Tympanum, St Patrick’s Basilica, Fremantle, Western Australia

Subject

arch, architect, architecture, basilica, blind tracery, Catholic, Catholic Church, church, church building, Federation Gothic Style, Fremantle, gothic architecture, gothic revival, lancet arch, masonry, Michael Cavanagh, minor basilica, missionaries, neo-gothic, Oblates of Mary Immaculate, oblates, presbytery, Sydney freestone, Thomas Ryan OMI, tracery, tympanum, Vatican, Western Australia

Description

A close-up view of the decorative blind tracery in the shape of a rose on the tympanum of the Basilica of St Patrick’s main entrance doorway. Ornate and detailed tracery was a common feature of gothic architecture.

About St Patrick’s Basilica:

St Patrick’s Basilica is a Roman Catholic Church located in Fremantle, Western Australia. It was designed by Adelaide architect Michael Cavanagh and constructed from local limestone and Sydney freestone in a Federation Gothic style. The church was commissioned by Thomas Ryan OMI as a place of worship for Oblates of Mary Immaculate, who had arrived in Fremantle in 1894 as missionaries. It was completed and consecrated in June 1900. A presbytery was also built on the site in 1916. The Vatican issued St Patrick’s with the status of a minor basilica in 1994.

Creator

McEwan, Joanne

Date

04 February 2011

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