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Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Complex
Location20 Newcastle Street NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay City LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is Significant?
The Sacred Heart Roman Catholic complex, comprising the School constructed by Bart Moriarty in 1930 and the Church designed by PJ O'Connor and constructed in 1942, at 20 Newcastle Street, Newport. The Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church complex is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay. Historically and socially, the complex is significant for the strong associations for many Newport and district Catholics. It demonstrates the development of Newport during the first half of the twentieth century. (AHC criteria A4 and G1) Aesthetically, the church is significant as a superior example of a large interwar church by noted church architect, PJ O'Connor, which is notable for the unusual detail to the tower. A local landmark in Newport, it is an integral part of the Sacred Heart complex and is complemented by the contributory (although less intact) 1930 brick school. (AHC criteria E1 and F1)
Group
Religion
Category
Church