Former Roman Catholic Church, 3 Bunbury Road, GLENORCHY

The former Roman Catholic Church at Glenorchy is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Federation Gothic style. These qualities include the parapeted steeply pitched roof form, together with another side parapeted gable to the rear and the side projecting entrance porch at the front with its battlemented brick parapet. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the face red brick wall construction, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, pointed arched windows with diamond leadlighting, pointed arched door openings with timber doors, cement rendered window sills, lintels, parapet copings and eaves bands, crosses surmounting the apexes to the gables, narrow lancet openings in the gable ends, and the projecting brick and cement buttresses.

The former Roman Catholic site and Church at Glenorchy are historically significant at a LOCAL level. The site is associated with the development of the Roman Catholic Church at Glenorchy from 1861. A timber Church building was constructed on the site in 1884, and was replaced with this brick Church in 1914. It was designed by Clegg, Miller and E.W. Riley, architects of Horsham, Ballarat, Hamilton and Sale. The Church has subsequently closed.

The former Roman Catholic Church at Glenorchy is socially significant at a LOCAL level. Although closed, it is still recognised by members of the Glenorchy community for religious reasons.

Overall, the former Roman Catholic Church at Glenorchy is of LOCAL significance.

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Religion

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Church