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Church of the Immaculate Conception, 41 Queens Avenue, ST ARNAUD
Location41 Queens Avenue ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The Church of the Immaculate Conception, 41 Queens Avenue, St. Arnaud, is significant as an intact example of a Federation Gothic styled brick Church building in rural Victoria. Built in 1906 to a design by Keogh and Austin of Bendigo, the building has serviced the local Catholic community to the present day. Internally, the Church is adorned with an intact marble high altar, sculpted by Pratellis Angrani in Genoa, Italy, and installed in the building in 1911. It remains in its original location. The Church of the Immaculate Conception is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Federation Gothic style. These qualities include the steeply pitched and parapeted gable roof form, projecting minor gables at the front and sides, and flanking rendered spires on the main gable end. Other intact qualities include the slate tile roof cladding and galvanised ridge cappings, unpainted brick wall construction, substantial rendered brick plinth with a moulded top, unpainted brick buttresses with rendered double copings and rendered steeply pointed cappings, bluestone steps with solid brick and rendered balustrades flanking the central gable porch, pointed windows having decorative leadlighting, vertical boarded pointed doors, substantial rose window with circular and quatrefoil motifs, rendered window and door drip moulds, rendered quoinwork, panelled and battened and quatrefoil gable infills, and the Celtic crosses at the apexes of the gables. Internally, the altar and alter rail is of particular significance. The Church of the Immaculate Conception is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the development of the Catholic Church in St. Arnaud from 1907 until the present day. This Church replaced the St. Patrick's Church nearby that had been built in 1875. The Church of the Immaculate Conception is also associated with the architect, Ernest J. Keogh of Bendigo, and the sculptor, Pratellis Angrani of Genoa, Italy. The Church of the Immaculate Conception is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is recognised and highly valued by the St. Arnaud community for religious reasons. Overall, the Church of the Immaculate Conception is of LOCAL significance.
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Religion
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Church