ST MARY'S ANGLICAN CHURCH (FORMER CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH)

St Mary's Anglican Church, estimated to date to the 1870s, occupies a rectangular allotment on the west side of Sandhurst Road, Raywood. It is a small brick and stuccoed church in the Gothic Revival manner, with gable ends and a steeply pitched roof. A circular rose window is in the front (east) gable, surmounted by a large rendered relieving arch overlooking a buttressed porch. There are three buttressed bays to the nave with lancet arched windows. The buttresses are two-step, with cement dressings, and angled at each corner. The porch has a two-leaved entry door under a pointed arch. The roofs to the main gable and porch are clad with corrugated galvanised sheet steel, painted red. There are three vents to each face of the main gable roof. The church has a shallow and open set back to Sandhurst Road, with a small bell tower to the north of the church. 

St Mary's Anglican Church, Raywood, is of local historical, social and aesthetic/architectural significance. 

St Mary's Anglican Church, Raywood, is historically significant (Criterion A) for its association with the earliest phase of development at Raywood, following the discovery of gold nearby in October 1863. It was built for the Congregational Church and later rented to the Salvation Army, following the decline of Congregational attendances. Dissenting faiths, such as the Congregationalists, were common on the goldfields, and the presence of their churches helps emphasise the diversity of the various goldfields communities and populations. The take-over of the property by a more mainstream church, such as the Anglican Church after 1895, was also a not uncommon outcome for the dissenting churches. The property is additionally significant for remaining in use, for over 140 years, as a church. 

St Mary's Church is also of social significance (Criterion G) as the focus of the local Anglican community since c. 1895, including being the building in which church services were held over this period. The restoration and redecoration of the church in 1962, and its reconsecration, emphasise its ongoing importance to the local community.

In terms of the local aesthetic/architectural significance (Criterion E), St Mary's is a substantially intact small brick and stuccoed church in the Gothic Revival manner. The large relieving arch to its front (west) gable end is a distinguishing element, demonstrative of its origins as a dissenting church. Other elements of note include the three-bay nave expressed by two-step buttresses, squat entry porch with franking buttresses, rose window to the front (east) gable, and the flat plates used as main gable coping. Churches with front gables with a large relieving arch in these proportions are also comparatively rare in Australia (Criterion B). In addition, the church is a prominent element on the main street of the township, by virtue of its height, limited setback, and picturesque steeply pitched roof form.