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Christ Church Co-Cathedral

Location

22-24 Gray Street HAMILTON, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

File Number

HAMDS #015

Level

Stage 2 study complete

Statement of Significance

SIGNIFICANCE: Originally called St Botolph's, the first church either fell down or was demolished and re-erected in Gray St as a store. The present church was built in two main stages and is the focus for Anglicans in the region. It is the most important building in the Christ Church complex

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Christ Church Co-Cathedral

22-24 Gray Street

Originally called St Botolph's, the first church on the site either fell down or was demolished and re-erected in Gray Street as a store. ([i]) The present church was built in two main stages. It is the focus for Anglicans in the region. It was designed in 1878 by the Ballarat architect, H R Caselli, in an Early English Gothic idiom. ([ii]) Unusually, the interior nave walls have been left in unplastered basalt. A chancel was added in 1956-57, designed by G S Richards of Ballarat. ([iii]) The Cassons Patent Organ Company of London supplied the organ in 1891. It was rebuilt in 1956. ([iv])

The church which is of regional significance is at the centre of the Christ Church complex. It is complimented by its planting, by the various memorials and by the associated buildings. The spire of the church, along with its neighbour and that of St Mary's, is one of the landmarks of Hamilton.

[i] Garden, Don, Hamilton, Melbourne, 1984.

[ii] Church of England Messenger, 13 September 1878, pp 6-8.

[iii] National Trust of Australia (Victoria) File No 1471.

[iv] Ibid.

Group

Religion

Category

Cathedral