St John The Baptist Anglican Church

Item details


Name of item:	St John The Baptist Anglican Church
Type of item:	Built
Group/Collection:	Religion
Category:	Church
Primary address:	7-9 Broughton Street, Kirribilli, NSW 2061
Local govt. area:	North Sydney

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
7-9 Broughton Street	Kirribilli	North Sydney			Primary Address

Statement of significance:


	A good small scale Romanesque church in a central location in the Kirribilli commercial centre. Important church in the development of the locality and attended by prominent colonials and Australian dignitaries, particularly admirals and Governors General, over the years. The interior is also of significance. Heritage Inventory sheets are often not comprehensive, and should be regarded as a general guide only. Inventory sheets are based on information available, and often do not include information on landscape significance, interiors or the social history of sites and buildings. Inventory sheets are updated by Council as further information becomes available. An inventory sheet with little information may simply indicate that there has been no building work done to the item recently: it does not mean that items are not significant. Further research is always recommended as part of preparation of development proposals for heritage items, and is necessary in preparation of Heritage Impact Assessments and Conversation Management Plans, so that the significance of heritage items can be fully assessed prior to submitting development applications.
	Date significance updated: 07 Apr 14
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Description


Designer/Maker:	Arthur Blacket (attrib)
Physical description:	o This building is designed in the Victorian Romanesque style. Single storey church will be semi-circular arched windows, circular openings to gable ends and a pyramidal tower. Gabled slate roof with small transverse dormer ventilators. The interior has a decorative cathedral ceiling. The vestries are sectioned off for use as offices. The original joinery is present including the pews and pulpit. The walls are plastered and painted white.
Physical condition and/or Archaeological potential:	Intact. The Church is linked to the Hall by a 1980s toilet block. There is DA 295/09 approval for redesign of the link and courtyard area.
	Date condition updated:07 Apr 14

History

Historical notes:

Opening service held 3/2/1884. Initially a branch of Christ Church St. Leonards (now Lavender Bay) with Rev. A. Yarnold as Rector and Rev. H.J. Rose as curate in charge. Later became a separate parish. Closed due to falling attendances in the 1980s and acquired by the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Australia in 1983.

The Church was amalgamated with the Parish of St Augustine in December 1989 and known as St John the Baptist, Kirribilli and the congregation size grew to become an independant provisional parish. In 2007 however, the Chinese congregation relocated to Artamon and Paul Dale became curate of St John’s.

The Church is currently owned by the Anglican Church Property Trust Diocese of Australia and became known as the 'Church by the Bridge' in 2005.

In 1909, the Church constructed a Church Hall which was referred to as the School Hall. Its foundation stone was laid in August 1909. Originally used as a Sunday school, it was later used by a pre-school.

A Rectory was built on Park St in 1922.

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)	New South Wales theme	Local theme
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities.	(none)-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Religion-Activities associated with particular systems of faith and worship	(none)-

Assessment of significance


SHR Criteria f) [Rarity]	This item is assessed as aesthetically rare statewide.
SHR Criteria g) [Representativeness]	This item is assessed as socially representative statewide.
Integrity/Intactness:	_
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	North Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2013	I0185	02 Aug 13

Study details

Title	Year	Number	Author	Inspected by	Guidelines used
North Sydney Heritage Study Review	1993	0016	Godden Mackay, with T. Brassil, R. Irving, C. Pratten, Conybeare Morrison	TB 17/3/92	Yes

References, internet links & images

Type	Author	Year	Title	Internet Links
Written	City Plan Heritage	2009	St John's Anglican Church 5-9 Broughton St Kirribilli heritage Impact Statement

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Local Government
Database number:	2180016

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