Christ Church including interior

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The foundation stone of the Christ Church was laid by the Lord Bishop of Sydney, Bishop Broughton, on 7th October, 1843. Christ church, a Barrabool freestone church of Early English gothic style dating from 1847, has been described as 'the oldest in Victoria in continuous use' , and one which is associated with the earliest history of the Anglican Church I Victoria. Although the church was never completed entirely to his design, and then subsequently altered, it is one of the first works in Australia of the celebrated NSW ecclesiastical architect, Edmund Thomas Blacket. The imported stain glass windows are a special feature of the interior. This church was extensively enlarged in 1855 by Geelong Architects, Snell, Kaweau and Prowse.

RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Geelong Regional Commission Register.

Historic Buildings Council Register.

REFERENCES

National Trust of Australia (Victoria) File No 1060 -'Research into Christ Church, Moorabool Street, Geelong', including detailed history and bibliography.

Herman, Morton - The Blackets, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1963, pp 7-10.

Grant, James - Church Life in Geelong, Church of England Historical Society, Melbourne, 1958.

PP Patriot - 25th September, 1846, p.3 tender called by Jon Gill.

Willingham, Alan - Index of tenders notices I Geelong Advertiser, 1840-1878.

Church of England Record for Victoria, heath and Cordell, Geelong. February 1855, p. 60.

October 1855, pp. 27-28.

November 1855, p. 120.

Church of England Record for the Diocese of Melbourne - heath and Cordell, Geelong. April 1859, p.33. May 1859, p.48, November 1859, p. 120.

Kerr, Joan, The Blackets, national trust of Australia (NSW) 1983.

Group

Religion

Category

Church