Christ Church Anglican Church, North Adelaide

Christ Church Anglican Church, North Adelaide

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A view of Christ Church Anglican Church in North Adelaide, South Australia. The foundation stone was laid by Dr Augustus Short, the Bishop of Adelaide, in 1848 and the church, which originally consisted of only the choir and the transept, was consecrated the following year in 1849. It was later extended in 1851, 1855 and 1884. Bishop Short had arrived from England with three different building plans in 1847, but the Anglo-Norman design of the resulting church has been credited to local architect Henry Stuckey. The building’s Victorian Romanesque features include the relatively small window openings in comparison to the wall area, the high parapeted gable and the semi-circular rounded arches.

For more on Christ Church, North Adelaide, see E. J. R. Morgan & S. H. Gilbert, Early Adelaide Architecture: 1836-1886, Oxford University Press, London, 1969, pp.104-105.

Dorey, Margaret

3 July 2011

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Digital Photograph; JPEG