St Andrews Church, Hall and Rectory (former)

Item details


Name of item:	St Andrews Church, Hall and Rectory (former)
Type of item:	Built
Group/Collection:	Religion
Category:	Church
Primary address:	313 Seven Hills Road, Seven Hills, NSW 2147
Parish:	Prospect
Local govt. area:	Blacktown

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
313 Seven Hills Road	Seven Hills	Blacktown	Prospect		Primary Address

Owner/s

Organisation Name	Owner Category	Date Ownership Updated
	Private

Statement of significance:


	The land on which the church, hall and rectory is located is closely associated with early pioneer families of the area. The three buildings comprise an intact precinct of early church buildings with high architectural and social value within the local area. The church building is a good example of Victorian church architecture. Stained glass in the church is the work of noted nineteenth century firm Lyon Cottier and Co. and the twentieth century Alfred C. Handel Studio. The hall represents significant religious development in Seven Hills and the rectory is a fine late Victorian mansion which is rare within Blacktown.
	Date significance updated: 19 Dec 18
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Description


Physical description:	The church is a typical Victorian Gothic church with single nave in brickwork and galvanised iron roof. The hall is a small single storey brick building with gable ended roof in galvansied iron and gothic arched windows. The rectory is a two storey mansion built in the Victorian era with imposing double storey verandah containing iron lace balustrades and columns.

History

Historical notes:

Permission was given for St Andrews Church to be built at Seven Hills in 1871. The church was completed in 1880 with a stained glass window by Lyon Cottier & Co. The burial ground for the church was consecrated in 1888.

Two memorial stained glass windows in this building were designed and manufactured by Alfred C. Handel Studio, a noted Sydney ecclesiastical stained glass artist, in 1933-4. Alfred Handel had purchased the equipment of Lyon & Cottier when it ceased trading in 1923. The windows were in memory of Gordon Archdall Pearce and Edward William Archdall Pearce (Good Shepherd Window) and Elizabeth Hannah Horwood (I am the light of the world). The memorial window to Gordon Archdall Pearce and Edward William Archdall Pearce depicting the Good Shepherd was rebuilt by Philip Handel in 2006.

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)	New South Wales theme	Local theme
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Settlement in the 19th Century-

Assessment of significance


SHR Criteria a) [Historical significance]	The land on which the church, hall and rectory is located is closely associated with early pioneer families of the area.
SHR Criteria b) [Associative significance]	Stained glass in the church is the work of noted nineteenth century firm Lyon Cottier and Co. and the twentieth century Alfred C. Handel Studio.
SHR Criteria c) [Aesthetic significance]	The three buildings comprise an intact precinct of early church buildings with high architectural and value within the local area. The church building is a good example of Victorian church architecture. The rectory is a fine late Victorian mansion which is rare within Blacktown.
SHR Criteria d) [Social significance]	The former St Andrews Church served as the focal point of worship for the Anglican community in Blacktown from 1880 until its closure.
SHR Criteria f) [Rarity]	The rectory is a fine late Victorian mansion which is rare within Blacktown.
SHR Criteria g) [Representativeness]	The church building is a good example of Victorian church architecture.
Assessment criteria:	Items are assessed against the State Heritage Register (SHR) Criteria to determine the level of significance. Refer to the Listings below for the level of statutory protection.

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Local Environmental Plan	Amend No 143		12 Apr 02	72	2262
Local Environmental Plan	Blacktown Local Environmental Plan 2015	I112	07 Jul 15	430

Study details

Title	Year	Number	Author	Inspected by	Guidelines used
Blacktown Heritage Study	1988		Jonathan Falk Planning Consultants in association with Rodney Jensen and Assoc.s		No

References, internet links & images

Type	Author	Year	Title	Internet Links
Written	Philip Handel	2006	Summary of material in Anglican Archives prepared for Mrs Harrison

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Local Government
Database number:	1140126

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