Interior, Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul, Mullewa

Mullewa_interior.jpg

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Title

Interior, Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul, Mullewa

Subject

Catholic, church, column, dome, John Cyril Hawes, Monsignor Hawes, Mullewa, Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul, Romanesque, sanctuary, sculpture, semi-circular arch, vaulted ceiling, WA, Western Australia

Description

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).

Creator

Munro, Tony

Date

2002

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Digital Photograph; JPEG

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Digital Photograph; JPEG