Church

Item details


Name of item:	Church
Type of item:	Built
Group/Collection:	Religion
Category:	Church
Primary address:	1 Justin Street, Smithfield, NSW 2164
Local govt. area:	Fairfield

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
1 Justin Street	Smithfield	Fairfield			Primary Address

Statement of significance:


	One of the oldest surviving church buildings in the City. Social significance as a record of the long involvement of the Catholic Church in the community. Architectural interest as an example of a Victorian Gothic style ecclesiastical building. Local significance.
	Date significance updated: 23 Apr 09
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Description


Physical description:	Victorian period church now used as classrooms. Close-eaved corrugated iron gable roof. Colonial bond face brick walls, buttressed on long elevations. Double-centred arches to original openings. Original brick and wrought iron fence. Current church in 1950’s red textured brick with few alterations. Tiled roof. Symmetrical façade with slightly projecting gable to one side. Parapet to central porch area. Butterscotch glass to upper part of windows. Not significant.
Modifications and dates:	Alterations have been made to the original Victorian period church. In 1951, the original gothic style windows with double-centred arches were replaced with windows in square openings (Mu). New doors.

History

Historical notes:

Land at this site was purchased by Archbishop Polding in 1875 for the building of a church, school and presbytery. A Christmas mass was celebrated in a temporary chapel on the site in 1875. The original church was opened by the Very Rev Dean Rigney in 1884. A sanctuary and sacristy were added in 1895. In 1951, following the opening of the new church, the 1884 building was converted into classrooms, a function it still fulfils.

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Local Environmental Plan	Fairfield Local Environmental Plan 2013	I90	17 May 13	122	7147

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Local Government
Database number:	1570013

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